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Both Sides Now:Am I Just Dumb or What?

Why Do Others LearnMore Easily than Me?

Dr !harles " #rebs$ %ounder o&LEA'

!lini(ian and )esear(her

"he Lydian !enter &or Inno*ati*eMedi(ine

+++ !on(ord A*enue$ Suite ,-.

!ambrid/e$ Massa(husetts



A Model of Learning

based upon Gestalt & Logic

Modes of Leaning:

Two different, yet Complementary Modes of

Mental Processing.

Two different ways to Organise &

Consolidate "packages of Sensory np!t

and #perience for Storage in Memory$

One Mode is %ased !pon lo%al,Sim!ltaneo!s Processing of 'ata.

(ses nd!cti)e *easoning to percei)e t+e

Pattern and orm of t+e -+ole, is in+erently

/on0*ational1 & nt!iti)e.

*eferred to as estalt 0 t+e erman

word for Pattern or orm$



A Model of Learning

based upon Gestalt & Logic

Modes of Leaning:

Other Mode is based upon Logical,Linear, Sequential Processing.

Uses Deductive Reasoning to analyse theRelationship of the Pieces to the hole.

!s inherently Rational " #nalytical.

$%o Po%erful Modes of Mental Processingthat perfectly &o'ple'ent each Other.

hy (hole )rain* $hin+ing is al%ayspreferable to (alf )rain* $hin+ing.

hy %e need )oth Sides -o% )rain!ntegration/



0estalt " Logic (Lead*

1unctions 0estalt functions do Predo'inate in One

&erebral e'isphere and Logic functions inthe Other.

o%ever, Processing underlying igherMental 1unctions is done in bothe'ispheres.

#nd at $hree Levels 2 the &ortical Level,

the Li'bic Level " the )rainste' Level.

0estalt and Logic 1unctions are not si'plylocalised in the Right or Left &erebrale'isphere

However, each type of Brain Function orprocess has a Cerebral Lead Functionwhich is either predominantly Gestaltor Logic in ature!



0estalt " Logic (Lead*

1unctions (Lead* 1unctions are activated

by &onscious $hin+ing/

3ach (Lead* 1unction initiates a&hain of integrated activity atall $hree Levels in the )rain/

)loc+ed (Lead* 1unctions thus(shut do%n* the ability to begina hole Process/

igher Level $hin+ing requiresaccess to both 0estalt " Logic(Lead* 1unctions & their!ntegration.



Right )rain 2 Left )raino% the t%o Sides Meet4

!ntegrative Path%ays uniting our0estalt and Logic (Lead* 1unctions

are called &o''issures. $he biggest &o''issure in the

)rain is the &orpus &allosu'/

$he &orpus &allosu' is a set of566 to 766 Million!nterhe'ispheric #8ons/

$he -u'ber of 1ibers 9aries %ithSe8 and andedness 2 o'en "-onRight anded Men have the'ost 1ibers/



&orpus &allosu')oth Sides -o%/

%i/ure ,:"he Corpus Callosum #e$panded view

Right side cut a%ay to sho%!nterhe'ispheric 1ibers fro' the Right

&erebral &orte8 go to e8actly the sa'eareas of the Left &erebral &orte8.



%i/ure .: "he Corpus Callosum, %nteriorCommissure and other Commissures of thebrain # cross sectional view! "he 0bres (rossin/throu/h the (or1us (allosum (onne(t most

(orti(al areas in one hemis1here with the sameareas in the o11osite hemis1here hereas the#nterior &o''issure connects areas in the anterior,inferior and 'edial te'poral lobes in one he'isphere%ith the sa'e areas in the opposite he'isphere.

$here are a nu'ber of other 'inor co''issuresconnecting the right and left sides of the brain.One of the 'ost !'portant being theippoca'pal &o''issure the source of 38a'

)lan+ Out/



%i/ .: Sim1li0edS(hemati( o& Mental

'ro(essin/the 'any Levels of !ntegration, and ho% late in Prciousness appears " this is :ust on oneside of the

the &orpus &allosu' 'ust further !ntegrate the 0estalt * 1unctions in both e'ispheres that !nitiate our $hin+in



Learnin/ &rom the LEA'1oint o& *iew$ re2uires

three thin/s:

#ccess to Speci;c )rain1unctions.

#bility to !ntegrate these)rain 1unctions.

Maintaining !ntegration ofthese 1unctions under9arying Degrees of Stress.

)ut ho% do %e +no% %hen aPerson has Lost !ntegrationneeded to Learn4



Both Sides Now:!or1us !allosum 3 )i/ht4Le&t

5emis1here Inte/ration

o% Do



Both Sides Now:!or1us !allosum Neuro6

Inte/rationMus(le "est

$his $est %as developed by9ic Roderigues in @A7B.

! then 'odi;ed this $est to'a+e it speci;c for the&orpus &allosu'.

$he &&-M $est is basically aighSupraspinatus $est, but %iththe ands facing each other" the Pressure is across thechest.



7$he Stress #voidance &ycle begins %hen you have either oc situational loss of )rain !ntegration C)!. Ongoing loss of )! is a in early childhood, and is there every day, %hile situational losere in the presence of a speci;c stressor.



hat is the Result ofthe Stress #voidance

&ycle4



Both Sides Now:!or1us !allosum 3

)i/ht4Le&t 5emis1hereInte/ration

hat is the Result ofUnbloc+ing the &orpus&allosu'4

$he Success &ycle/



%i/ure 8:$he Success &ycle begins %hen you (hold* )rain!ntegrationeven %hen stressed by a speci;c tas+ or function, or even%hen you'a+e a 'ista+e, allo%ing you (1igure it out* eli'inating the

stress .



hat is the Result of

the Success &ycle4



Oneday or+shopfollo%ing the

&onference ill provide the Si'ple

Muscle $ests to chec+ for

&orpus &allsou'.()loc+age*.

$hen e8plore ho% this 'aychange in DiEerent&onte8ts/

)rain !ntegration is totally&onte8tual/

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