posted on Nov, 25 2009 @ 11:13 AM
reply to post by jinx880101
I came to this conclusion while watching the 'rotating woman' (left brain vs right brain test)with my boyfriend.
Yet that animation was created in objective reality specifically to trigger that cognitive illusion and highlight the fallacies of subjective
observations. It demonstrates that there is an objective and outside reality which our minds build purposeful models of in order to facilitate our
interaction with. It does not reinforce the idea of reality being subjective and open to choice or preference.
And the left-brain/right-brain dichotomy actually isn't. The differences between cognitive faculty between the hemispheres is fairly non-existent -
and what specialization there is that differentiates the operation of the hemispheres is pretty much limited to language and associations between
words, symbols, and representative meaning.
The identification of "left" and "right" brain specializations that you're referencing was the work of Roger Sperry's experiments on patients
suffering from split brain disorder caused by the severing of the corpus callosum.
You can read his Nobel Prize speech regarding his work at the link below.
Edit: By looking over some of your other posts, I get the feeling that you are generally very curious and what you're poking at are some very deep
and often still debated topics. For example, you noted the heightened ability for children to pick up and learn languages. This is an observations
many Evolutionary Psychologists have picked up on - especially when contrast against efforts to learn literacy. Children are seemingly WIRED for
language dissection and assimilation. Yet, we spend years of school time teaching them how to read. Why can't children pick up on the written word as
easily as they can the spoken word? Perhaps because in our evolutionary past, being able to pick up on and figure out meaningful communication (both
body and auditory gestures) was a trait that was greatly selected for. However, writing was not beneficial for survival - and it's invention occurred
too recently in our lineage for evolution to shape our brains in a manner that makes written language as easy to pick up as spoken/gesture
And of course, if this is true... then our mental faculties and talents are at least partially genetically determined. To what degree are our brains,
and our mental processes, similar or identical?
You might want to look into the work of linguists and evolutionary psychologists such as Noam Chomsky and Steven Pinker for some insights and thought
provoking suggestions on the matter.
[edit on 25-11-2009 by Lasheic]