Insights
Left - Right brain functioning / interaction

Right Brain Left Brain skit 

[So the question might be - how to be "drunk" w/o being drunk.]

Brain Anatomy and Functions -- Left Brain Vs Right Brain Education

 

Brit Humes Panel Discusses Wright's right-brain/left-brain (YT) - freudian slip on Brit Hume's part.
commentators vicious attack...shows their weakness / bias / faults. Too busy labeling/blaming to see...
Rev.Wright's analysis of right/left brain is incorrect. But saying learn differently - in some form is correct.
As how we learn is influenced by culture, diet, etc...which does affect the mind. Look at "blacks" in UK for comparison...

Daniel Pink: Right Brain / Left Brain

 

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-happens-in-the-brain-when-we-experience

http://www.myetymology.com/spanish/pensar.html - means to pay / weigh for

What is Left Brain Right Brain Crossover -- Integrating the Two Hemispheres of Our Brains

 

People claim right brain is subjective...when in fact I'll say it is our LEFT brain that is subjective. Right is objective. Also fits in line with Tony Wright's analysis.
We CONvince ourselves that we are objective, left brained folks - when we are not.

BrainLink | Resources | The Brain - Understanding the Nervous System - http://www.brainlink.org.au/understanding-the-nervous-system.htm

Mindfulnet.org:The independent mindfulness information website - Neuroscience of mindfulness - http://www.mindfulnet.org/page25.htm

 


TED - Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insight

 

Left brain - serial processor. Right brain - parallel processor (Instinct!) [WC note - if left is damaged it could be parallel processor too]
Both hemispheres, completely separate.  [WC note - Does dreaming take place in right hemishphere while left is asleep?]

Left - linear, methodical. Past - future. Details, categorizes. Thinks in language. I AM. ME ME ME.  Right - wholesome, in the moment.
Death = moment of transition

What is the nature of consciousness? Is consciousness merely a by-product of the physical brain? (TED) - 635+ comments

Neuroscientific studies of Enlightened human beings (TED) - some thoughts and links on Meditation & Science - 35+ comments

TED Conference (Wikipedia)


Various 15 minute talks which MAY be useful

al_seckel_says_our_brains_are_mis_wired --  tom_wujec_on_3_ways_the_brain_creates_meaning

aditi_shankardass_a_second_opinion_on_learning_disorders -- dan_dennett_on_our_consciousness

kwabena_boahen_on_a_computer_that_works_like_the_brain -- joshua_klein_on_the_intelligence_of_crows

pawan_sinha_on_how_brains_learn_to_see -- christopher_decharms_scans_the_brain_in_real_time

deborah_gordon_digs_ants -- keith_barry_does_brain_magic -- amber_case_we_are_all_cyborgs_now

gregory_petsko_on_the_coming_neurological_epidemic

Unprecedented Memory Memorialized (TED Blog) - Woman With Perfect Memory Baffles Scientists (ABC News)