Functions and characteristics of the left and right brain

Our brain actually consists of many parts, including not only the cerebrum but also the cerebellum, and the brain is divided into the left brain and the right brain. Different brain stem tissues play different roles in our life activities. Their division of labor is very clear. They can control many activities in our body and help us remember many things. So what are the characteristics of the left and right brain functions?

The brain includes the skull and brain tissue inside the brain. The so-called brain tissue is located in the cranial cavity. Some of the most important functional organs of the human body are equivalent to the headquarters. The brain sends out a lot of information and is divided into the cerebrum, diencephalon, and midbrain. There are also the brain stem and cerebellum, which are the highest command centers of the human body. The brain is divided into left and right sides, the cerebral hemispheres are located on the top and the brain stem is located in the middle. The brain stem controls breathing and heartbeat, and it is the most important life center. There is also the cerebellum, whose main function is to maintain the balance of body posture. These brain structures are interconnected and not independent.

The left brain, called the "text brain", mainly processes abstract information such as text and data. It has abstract thinking functions such as understanding, analysis, and judgment. It is rational and logical, so it is also called the "rational brain"; the right brain, called the "image brain", processes specific information such as sound and images. It has functions such as imagination, creativity, inspiration, and ultra-high-speed reaction (ultra-high-speed memory and calculation). It is emotional and intuitive, so it is also called the "emotional brain."

It can be said that almost everyone has the innate conditions to become a genius at birth, because our right brain is mainly active before the age of 3. However, as we grow up, we use the left brain more and more, and the right brain less and less. In addition, the left-brain exam-oriented education has suppressed the right brain function for a long time and gradually put it into a dormant state. Therefore, the imagination, creativity, super-fast memory and inspiration that are unique to the right brain, which are the abilities that become geniuses, have no chance to develop. Therefore, the exam-oriented education in schools cultivates almost all ordinary people who use the left brain. If we want to cultivate real elite talents or even geniuses, we must develop and utilize the right brain that has huge potential but is in a dormant state!

Right Brain Application The right brain is the image brain, focusing on processing casual, imaginative, intuitive and multi-sensory images. The right brain is the hemisphere that thinks through images, so it can turn language into images. Not only that, the right brain can also turn numbers into images and smells into images. The right brain converts everything it sees, hears, and thinks into images for thinking and memory. When the right brain analyzes a word, for example, when the right brain reads the word "cat", it will automatically search for the image of a cat in the image library of the right brain, and then link the word cat with its picture and feeling. When analyzing a sentence, such as "the cat is sleeping", what appears in the image library is an image of a cat curled up in the sun and sleeping in a daze. Maybe there's even some light snoring.

Photographic memory makes use of the image processing ability of the right brain. Whether it is a long paragraph of text or a series of pictures, when the right brain wants to remember something, it first converts them into images and captures them in the mind, just like a camera, freezing the content into a picture in the brain. When you use it, the image in your mind will appear before your eyes.

The speed of photographic memory in the right brain is much faster than that in the left brain. This is because when processing information, the left brain lexicalizes the information, and the five senses also need to convert it into language before it can be conveyed, so it takes time. The right brain processes information in the form of images, so it is very fast and only takes a few seconds.

Utilizing the image memory principle of the right brain, image reading is also used in the advanced stage of speed reading, where you see pictures but not words. The ancients said that reading ten lines at a glance develops the brain's image reading function. Since the right brain has a preference for ultra-high-speed information input, reading a book in 3 minutes, the so-called "wave speed reading" image reading, brings the right brain's image memory function to the extreme.