Which side is the left hemisphere responsible for? Developing the left hemisphere of the brain

The human brain is the most important and yet least studied organ of the human body.

Let's figure out what our brain hemispheres are responsible for and why some people have mainly the left one active, while others have the right one.

What is the left hemisphere of the brain responsible for?

The left hemisphere of the brain is responsible for verbal information. It controls reading, speaking and writing. Thanks to its work, a person can remember a variety of dates, facts and events.

Also the left hemisphere of the brain is responsible for logical thinking. Here, all information received from outside is processed, analyzed, classified and conclusions are formulated. It processes information analytically and sequentially.

What is the right hemisphere of the brain responsible for?

Right By the hemisphere of the brain is responsible for processing nonverbal information expressed in images rather than words. This is also where a person’s abilities for various types of creativity are located, the ability to indulge in dreams, fantasize, and compose. It is responsible for generating creative ideas and thoughts.

Also right hemisphere of the brain is responsible for recognition of complex images, such as people's faces, as well as the emotions displayed on these faces. It processes information simultaneously and holistically.

It should be noted that for a person to live a successful life, the coordinated work of both hemispheres is necessary.

Which hemisphere of your brain is active?

There is a visual, psychophysiological brain hemisphere test(Vladimir Pugach’s test), with which you can easily determine which half of your brain is active at a given time. Look at the picture. Which direction is the girl spinning?

If clockwise, it means that at the moment your left hemisphere activity predominates, and if it’s counterclockwise, then right hemisphere activity predominates.

Some may observe the moment when the activity of the hemispheres changes, and then the girl begins to rotate in the opposite direction. This is characteristic of people (very few) who simultaneously have left-hemisphere and right-hemisphere brain activity, the so-called ambidextrous people.

They can achieve the effect of changing the direction of rotation by tilting the head or sequentially concentrating and defocusing their vision.

What about the child's brain?

The most intensive development of the brain occurs in the first years of a child’s life. And at this time, the right hemisphere is dominant in children. Since a child learns about the world through images, almost all mental processes occur in him.

But we live in a world of logic, in a world with a crazy pace of life, we are in a hurry to do everything, we want more for our children. We try to give them the maximum, we stock up on all sorts of early development methods and practically from the cradle we begin to teach our children reading and counting, we try to give them encyclopedic knowledge, giving early stimulation to the left, while the imaginative, intuitive right remains, as it were, out of work.

And, therefore, when a child grows and matures, his left hemisphere becomes dominant, and in the right, due to the lack of stimulation and a decrease in the number of connections between the two halves of the brain, an irreversible decrease in potential occurs.

I want to assure you right away that I do not urge you to leave the mental development of your children to chance. Vice versa! The age of up to 6 years is the most favorable age for developing brain potential. It’s just that development should not be so early as it should be timely. And if it is inherent in nature that the right dominates in children at an early age, then maybe it is worth developing it, without trying to early stimulate the work of the left with methods aimed at developing logical thinking?

Moreover, the opportunities that our children lose in childhood precisely because of the lack of training of the right hemisphere include truly phenomenal abilities. For example: memorizing unlimited amounts of information using images (photographic memory), speed reading, and this is only the beginning of the list of superpowers that your child can have with proper systematic training of the right hemisphere.

I will tell you more about the superpowers that children with a developed right hemisphere have in the next article.

Nadezhda Ryzhkovets

The brain is the most important and complex part of the central nervous system. With its help, all processes associated with thinking and evaluating information received from the external environment are carried out. The brain has two hemispheres - left and right, each of which is responsible for certain processes - creativity and logic. The work of both hemispheres must be harmonious and coordinated so that a person can adequately carry out all types of life activities.

Description

Interhemispheric asymmetry of mental processes is understood as the functional specialization of the cerebral hemispheres: when performing some mental functions, the left hemisphere is dominant, while others are the right hemisphere.

Functional asymmetry is one of the most important psychophysiological patterns in the activity of the human brain. According to the researchers, asymmetry is associated with optimization of the decision-making process. The right and left hemispheres operate at different frequencies. Twice a day, at the moment of falling asleep and waking up, the frequency is synchronized. At this moment, a person has incomparably greater capabilities.

Nerve pathways from the sense organs go to each of the hemispheres of the brain. The right hemisphere mainly “serves” the left side of the body, and the left hemisphere primarily “serves” the right. Thus, left-handedness, a dominant left eye or left ear may indicate a predominant role of the right hemisphere in the perception and analysis of information.

It is currently believed that the left hemisphere in right-handed people plays a predominant role in expressive and impressive speech, reading, writing, verbal memory and verbal thinking. The right hemisphere acts as the leading hemisphere for non-speech, for example, musical hearing, visual-spatial orientation, non-verbal memory, and criticality.

The mechanisms of abstract imaginative thinking are concentrated in the left hemisphere, and the mechanisms of concrete figurative thinking are concentrated in the right hemisphere, therefore those people in whom emotional-imaginative thinking predominates are called “right-hemisphere”, and those in whom rational-logical thinking predominates are called “left-hemisphere”.

A curious detail noticed by scientists is the ability of asymmetry to change with age. It has been experimentally proven that the dominant hemisphere works more economically and ages more slowly. It should be remembered that the dominance of the right hemisphere will sooner or later manifest itself. For many people who grew up in a left-hemisphere rational world, creativity manifests itself only in the second half of life. Someone suddenly starts cross-stitching at the age of forty, someone paints pictures in secret from everyone.

Features of the hemispheres

The symmetrical sections of the hemispheres provide movement and specific sensitivity equally. However, such averaging does not apply to higher cortical functions, emotions, activation and adaptation processes.

Neurophysiologists classify interhemispheric asymmetry of the brain into:

anatomical (expressed in the morphological heterogeneity of the hemispheres);
biochemical (manifested by differences in cellular reactions, content of neurotransmitters);
psychophysiological (motor, sensory, cognitive-emotional).

Left

The left hemisphere of the brain is responsible for verbal information; it is responsible for a person’s language abilities, controls speech, the ability to write and read. Thanks to the work of the left hemisphere, a person is able to remember various facts, events, dates, names, their sequence and how they will look in writing.

The left hemisphere is responsible for human analytical thinking; thanks to this hemisphere, logic and analysis of facts are developed, and manipulations with numbers and mathematical formulas are carried out.

The left hemisphere of the brain dominates in the following areas:

coordination of movements of the right side of the body;
control of speech, reading, writing, recognition and understanding of mathematical symbols, as well as remembering names and dates;
logical analysis of facts received from outside;
only a literal understanding of concepts;
stages in the processing of any information received;
all mathematical manipulations;
orientation in time and feeling of one's own body;
the concept of one’s own “I” and its isolation from the environment;
dominance in character;
logical, symbolic and sequential thinking.

In case of any damage to the left hemisphere of the brain, disturbances, disappearances or deformations of its function are noted. The following pathological conditions may occur:

impaired ability to generalize received data;
impairment of the ability to build logical chains;
various lesions of the speech apparatus (misunderstanding of speech, loss of the ability to speak, and others);
damage to the written analyzer (failure to understand what is written when perceiving oral speech or the inability to write with normal speech);
combined lesions of speech and writing;
violation of time orientation;
impaired ability to arrange in the correct sequence the tasks that need to be completed to achieve a goal;
inability to draw conclusions from available facts.

A child with a left-hemisphere dominant often learns to read on his own, because he has memorized the symbols mechanically, but the letters are unlikely to include images in his mind: this can lead to indifference to reading.

Interesting to know! It is also difficult for these children to play games on their own, inventing imaginary events and actions.

Right

The right hemisphere of the brain specializes in processing so-called nonverbal information, which is expressed not in words, but in symbols and images.

Important! It is responsible for imagination; with its help, a person is able to fantasize, dream, and compose. This is also where a person’s abilities for initiative and art are located.

The right hemisphere is responsible for parallel processing of information, that is, like a computer, it allows a person to simultaneously analyze several different streams of information, make decisions and solve problems, simultaneously considering the problem as a whole and from different angles.

Thanks to the right hemisphere of the brain, we make intuitive connections between images, understand a variety of metaphors, and perceive humor. The right hemisphere allows a person to recognize complex images that cannot be broken down into elementary components, for example, the process of recognizing people's faces and the emotions that these faces display.

Therefore, we can identify a certain “area of responsibility” of the right hemisphere:

reading information from images, symbols;
representation of images under the influence of music;
orientation in space;
collecting puzzles and mosaics;
perception of musical works;
understanding the figurative meaning of words and expressions;
the ability to dream, compose;
expression of sexuality;
a penchant for mysticism, religious consciousness;
control of the left side of the body.

It follows from this that although the left hemisphere of the brain is responsible for logic, speech, event planning and the ability to perform exact sciences, their holistic perception will be impossible without the right half of the brain.

Relationship

The work of both hemispheres of the brain is equally important for a person. With the help of the left hemisphere, the world is simplified and analyzed, and thanks to the right hemisphere, it is perceived as it really is. The intuitive work of the right hemisphere of the brain is based on facts that have been analyzed by the left hemisphere.

Important! If there were no right, “creative” hemisphere of the brain, people would turn into emotionless, calculating machines that could only adapt the world to their life.

It should be noted that the right hemisphere controls the left half of the human body, and the left hemisphere controls the right half of the body. That is why it is believed that a person whose left half of the body is better developed (“left-handed”) has better developed creative abilities. By training the corresponding part of the body, we train the hemisphere of the brain that is responsible for these actions.

In the majority of people, one hemisphere is dominant: the right or the left. When a child is born, he evenly uses the capabilities that were initially inherent in him in different hemispheres.

Interesting to know! However, in the process of development, growth and learning, one of the hemispheres begins to develop more actively.

In addition, the peculiarities of the distribution of functions in the hemispheres and their interaction give a different clinical picture when pathological conditions occur. This is the basis for diagnosing a number of neurological diseases. At the same time, it is impossible to consider interhemispheric asymmetry as the work of isolated structures.

Important! Only the unity of both hemispheres and their coordinated work guarantee the full functioning of the body.

Short test

It is very easy to determine which of them is dominant at the moment; you need to conduct a simple test that will show the most active side of consciousness. You need to pay attention to the location:

thumb when intertwining the fingers of both hands together into a kind of fist;
palms during voluntary clapping;
forearms when crossing arms over chest;
legs thrown over one another while sitting.

If the activity of the right side of the body predominates, it means that the left hemisphere is more developed, since it is it that controls it. If it’s the other way around, it means that the person is prone to emotional and illogical behavior and has creative abilities, but he needs to pay more attention to the development of his mind and analytical skills.

Another way to determine the dominant hemisphere is presented in the video below.

Development methods

Music lessons will be very useful for anyone, especially piano, accordion, and accordion. The motor activity of the hands and fingers is directly related to the functioning of the brain. When both hands are used at the same time, two hemispheres develop harmoniously at once, getting used to cooperating.

In addition, they are extremely useful for the development of logic, intelligence and memory, as well as imaginative thinking:

chess and checkers;
poker, backgammon;
Monopoly and Scrabble games;
puzzles and puzzles;
embroidery and knitting.

Left hemisphere

Since it is known that the left hemisphere controls the right side of the body, it can be activated in two ways: by loading it with the work it is oriented to, and by maximizing the use of the side of the body that it controls.

Logic problems
You will find a large number of them on the Internet, both individually and collected into games and applications. Play, solving both yourself and getting together with the whole family.
Physical exercise
To activate the left hemisphere, you need to use the right side of the body. For example, perform normal actions with your right hand (write, brush your teeth, stir tea). For right-handed people this will not be difficult, but for left-handed people it will be more difficult. Also, when performing regular gymnastics, pay more attention to the right side of the body. For example, you can jump on your right leg and bend to the right side.
Self-massage
There are many points on the human body that are responsible for different organs, including the brain. At the base of the big toes there is a point responsible for the cerebellum, and below it are the points of the cerebral hemispheres. By massaging the point under the big toe of your right foot, you activate the left hemisphere.
Fine motor skills
Fine motor skills of the hands are very useful for the development of the hemispheres. There is a special exercise for this. Place the tip of the little finger of your right hand against the tip of the thumb of your left hand, and the little finger of your left hand against the thumb of your right. Rotate your hands so that the position of your fingers changes places. Then the same should be done with the ring and index fingers.

Right hemisphere

Any creative activity is suitable for developing the right half of the brain - composing music, drawing, writing stories. There are also special exercises that will increase the potential of the right side and make it work at full strength.

Visualization
Close your eyes and imagine a blank white sheet of paper. Now try to see your name on it in your favorite color. Then make the name change color several times. The brighter the picture, the better. You can also use not a “fictional” sheet of paper, but use applications with exercises to train the right part of the brain. Try to name the colors in which the words are written as quickly as possible.
Movement exercises
Some have been known to us since childhood, for example, “ear-nose”. With your left hand, grab the tip of your nose, and with your right hand, grab your left ear. Then clap your hands and change hands - now the right one should hold the nose, and the left one should hold the right ear. Anyone who played this game as a child remembers that it worked out much better then. This is due to the fact that in childhood the right hemisphere is more developed (hence the love of drawing and all kinds of creativity in children).
Tactile senses
Another effective way to develop the right hemisphere is to use tactile sensations. You can imagine absolutely any images during the exercise. For example, try to feel that you are eating a certain dish, what it tastes like, what you associate with it. To develop creative skills, the same can be done with smell or in any way.
Finger work
Such gymnastics will help develop creative thinking. Try clenching both palms into fists at the same time. After this, straighten the thumb on your right hand and the index finger on your left. Then straighten the index finger on your right hand and the thumb on your left hand. Repeat this exercise several times, speeding up the pace. Alternate and throw other fingers.
Infinity sign
This exercise also helps to effectively develop the right hemisphere and improve creative skills. To do this, you need to press your left ear to your shoulder and extend your left arm forward. Then all attention should be concentrated on the index finger. Draw a figure eight with your hand, starting from the center - up and from the center - to the left. Perform the exercise with your left hand 8 times, and then do the same for your right hand.

Right-handed people should sometimes use their left hand for writing or daily tasks. It will be difficult at first, but over time the illegible scribbles will turn into elegant handwriting, and new and fresh ideas will appear in the right hemisphere.
and visualizations are useful not only for mental comfort and activation of the subconscious. It is also a training of imagination and intuition. Even if a person is far from esotericism, it would be useful to imagine the taste of a favorite dish in your mouth or remember the smells of a forest clearing, a perfume you like, activating your figurative memory. You can simply try to imagine any object with your eyes closed, clearly and in color.
Constant training also expands the functions of the PP. You can ask a friend or relative to make a wish for an inanimate object, for example, one of those in the room. Concentrate and try to guess with your inner vision what it could be. When you hear the phone ringing, try to imagine who is calling before answering.
Drawing pictures, even if you don’t have any special artistic abilities, is a great way to refresh your mind and increase creativity, which even a financial analyst will benefit from. This helps remove excess control. At first, it can be scary to make the first smear, since there is no clear plan of action, which is what people with strong LP are used to, but your imagination will definitely awaken.
Keeping a diary, writing poems, stories and fairy tales in the evenings for children is not just entertainment, but also very useful activities.

Much more important are exercises aimed at improving the connections between the right and left hemispheres of the brain. Development methods include:

A very simple exercise involves simultaneously stroking your stomach with your right hand and tapping your head with your left hand. You should do it slowly at first, carefully monitoring the movements of each hand, and then gradually speed up.
The next exercise also requires arm work. Having placed them in front of him, a person should draw a square in the air with one, and, for example, a star with the other. At the same time, as soon as he notices progress, that is, it becomes easier to perform the exercise, he should change hands.
A more complex coordination exercise involves holding the tip of your nose with one hand while holding the opposite ear with the other. The training method is to change hands as quickly as possible.
Depending on whether a person is right-handed or left-handed, you should try to do familiar things with your opposite hand, such as brushing your teeth or eating.
Dancing classes, in particular tango, help develop both hemispheres at the same time.

There are also a number of exercises that will help harmoniously develop both hemispheres of the brain.

"Ring". Consistently and very quickly connect the fingers of both hands into a ring with the thumb for several minutes.
“X-Men” - on paper of any size, draw in bright color two intersecting straight lines in the form of the letter “X” and hang the sheet on the wall. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, back straight. The gaze is directed to the point of intersection of the lines. At the same time, connect the elbow of your right hand with the raised knee of your left leg. Perform vigorously for several minutes. This type of training very effectively relieves fatigue after routine work and invigorates.
“Multi-colored confusion” - you will need a piece of paper on which the names of the colors are written with multi-colored felt-tip pens. The difficulty is that the name and colors do not match each other. For example, the word “yellow” is written in red, “green” - in blue. The more words, the better. You need to quickly read aloud not the word, but the name of the color with which it is written.

The left hemisphere of the brain is responsible for the ability to think logically, organize and think critically. In a harmoniously developed person, both hemispheres work harmoniously and balance each other. We train and achieve perfection.

3. We load the right side of the body

We perform all actions with the right hand. Left-handers will have a hard time, but right-handers, for whom this will not be difficult, can be advised to do gymnastics, where more attention is paid to the right side of the body: jumping on the right leg, bending to the right.

4. Do a massage

There are points on our body that correspond to different organs. The cerebellum is controlled by points located on the feet at the base of the big toes. Just below are the points of both hemispheres. By massaging such a point on the right foot, we activate the left hemisphere.

5. Develop fine motor skills of the hands

The tip of the little finger of the left hand touches the tip of the thumb of the right hand, and the tip of the little finger of the right hand touches the thumb of the left hand. The thumb of the left hand will be at the bottom, and the right one at the top. Then quickly swap fingers: the thumb of the left hand will be at the top, and the thumb of the right hand will be at the bottom. We do the same with the index and ring fingers.

Exercises

Exercises that improve the relationship between both hemispheres have a positive effect on the activation of the left hemisphere.

At the same time, we stroke our stomach with our left hand, and tap our head with our right hand. Then we change hands.
With one hand we draw a star in the air, and with the other - a triangle (or other geometric shapes, the main thing is that they are different for different hands). When we can do one exercise quite easily and quickly, we change the figures.
We draw the same picture simultaneously with the right and left hands, maintaining mirror symmetry.
With your left hand, grab your right ear, and with your right hand, grab the tip of your nose. Let's clap our hands and change hands: with the right we touch the left ear, and with the left - the tip of the nose.
Dancing, particularly tango, improves coordination of movements and develops both hemispheres.

In this article we will talk about what the hemispheres of the brain are responsible for. It's no secret that it is to the brain that we owe our ability to think. In addition, the functions of the brain include: coordination of movement, generation and decoding of speech, processing of information about the external and internal world, planning, attention, decision making, memory, emotions. The brain is the main part of the nervous system and is a complex system of nerve cells. The brain has not yet been fully studied; many of its abilities remain a mystery to us.

To begin with, it is worth noting that the brain consists of five sections: the medulla oblongata, hindbrain (pons, cerebellum), midbrain, diencephalon and forebrain (cerebral hemispheres).

What are the hemispheres of the brain responsible for: functions

Now let us dwell in more detail on the functions of the cerebral hemispheres.

The right hemisphere of the brain is responsible for the creative side of a person’s character:

Imagination, dreams. Thanks to the right hemisphere, there are creative individuals among us who write books and create beautiful paintings. With the help of the right hemisphere we can imagine and dream.
Musical ability and ability to perceive music.
Perception of non-verbal information, that is, thanks to the work of the right hemisphere, we perceive images and symbols.
Orientation in space. Thanks to this hemisphere, we can navigate the terrain and perceive our position in it.
Intuition, so-called premonitions, and everything related to mysticism also refers to the activities of the right hemisphere.
The right hemisphere is also responsible for our understanding of metaphors, that is, thanks to this hemisphere we can read “between the lines”, understand not the literal meaning of information, but various literary expressions.
Parallel information processing. In a given hemisphere, many streams of information can be processed simultaneously. That is, it considers the process, phenomenon, problem as a whole, without subjecting them to analysis. At the same time, we can observe a holistic picture of what is happening.
Controlling the movement of parts of the left half of the body.

The left hemisphere of the brain is responsible for logic:

Analytics. It is the left hemisphere of the brain that is responsible for analysis and logic.
Mathematical thinking.
Literal understanding of words is provided by the left hemisphere.
Language abilities, namely speech, writing and reading abilities, memorizing letters, numbers, and writing them.
Consistency in information processing, that is, during the work of the left hemisphere, information is processed sequentially, it is thanks to this that we can analyze a particular situation.
Control of the movement of the right half of the body.

How to develop the abilities of the hemispheres

If you want to develop any hemisphere, then intensively engage in what it is responsible for. Ideally, both hemispheres should be equally developed and work harmoniously. So if you think that your right hemisphere is not developed enough, take up music, dancing, painting, photography. If on the contrary, solve logical problems, study a foreign language, read more.

From this article you learned information

What are the left and right hemispheres of our brain “responsible for?”

The human brain remains the most poorly understood organ. Despite the fact that research in this area has been going on for more than a hundred years, the secret of brain function remains a mystery. The most complex biological mechanism that nature has ever created is the human brain. This piece of gray matter remains a huge blank spot on the map of human knowledge.

Most of the brain mass, namely 70%, is located in the cerebral hemispheres. The corpus callosum, which connects the left and right hemispheres, consists of neurons that ensure the exchange of information between the hemispheres.

The two hemispheres of our brain share certain functions. The left hemisphere is responsible for logical and abstract thinking, the right for motor skills. The two hemispheres can complement each other. If one of the hemispheres is damaged, its functions are transferred to the other half.

The brain is a complex and interconnected system, the largest and functionally important part of the central nervous system. Its functions include processing sensory information from the senses, planning, decision making, coordination, motor control, positive and negative emotions, attention, memory. The highest function performed by the brain is thinking.

There are schools that favor one hemisphere over the other. Thus, schools that develop the left hemisphere focus their attention on logical thinking, analysis and accuracy. While the right-brain school focuses on aesthetics, feelings and creativity.

The right hemisphere mainly “serves” the left side of the body: it receives most of the information from the left eye, ear, left arm, leg, etc. and transmits commands to the left arm and leg accordingly.

The left hemisphere serves the right side.

Usually one of the hemispheres in a person is dominant, which is reflected in the individual properties of the personality. For example, left-hemisphere people are more drawn to science. Right-hemisphere people are more eager to engage in art or areas of activity that require individual imaginative solutions. The vast majority of great creators - composers, writers, poets, musicians, artists, etc. - "right-brain" people. But there are individuals who work with both hemispheres.

Areas of specialization of the left and right hemispheres of the brain

Left hemisphere

The main area of specialization of the left hemisphere is logical thinking, and until recently doctors considered this hemisphere to be dominant. However, in fact, it dominates only when performing the following functions.

The left hemisphere of the brain is responsible for language abilities. It controls speech, reading and writing abilities, remembers facts, names, dates and their spelling.

Analytical thinking:
The left hemisphere is responsible for logic and analysis. It is this that analyzes all the facts. Numbers and mathematical symbols are also recognized by the left hemisphere.

Literal understanding of words:
The left hemisphere can only understand the literal meaning of words.

Sequential information processing:

Information is processed by the left hemisphere sequentially in stages.

Mathematical abilities: Numbers and symbols are also recognized by the left hemisphere. Logical analytical approaches, which are necessary for solving mathematical problems, are also a product of the work of the left hemisphere.

Control of movements of the right half of the body. When you raise your right hand, it means that the command to raise it came from the left hemisphere.

Right hemisphere

The main area of specialization of the right hemisphere is intuition. As a rule, it is not considered dominant. It is responsible for performing the following functions.

Processing nonverbal information:
The right hemisphere specializes in processing information, which is expressed not in words, but in symbols and images.

Spatial orientation: The right hemisphere is responsible for location perception and spatial orientation in general. It is thanks to the right hemisphere that you can navigate the terrain and create mosaic puzzle pictures.

Musicality: Musical abilities, as well as the ability to perceive music, depend on the right hemisphere, although, however, the left hemisphere is responsible for musical education.

Metaphors: With the help of the right hemisphere, we understand metaphors and the results of other people's imagination. Thanks to it, we can understand not only the literal meaning of what we hear or read. For example, if someone says: “He’s hanging on my tail,” then the right hemisphere will understand exactly what this person wanted to say.

Imagination: The right hemisphere gives us the ability to dream and fantasize. With the help of the right hemisphere we can create different stories. By the way, the question “What if...” is also asked by the right hemisphere.

Artistic ability: The right hemisphere is responsible for visual arts abilities.

Emotions: Although emotions are not a product of the functioning of the right hemisphere, it is more closely related to them than the left.

Sex: The right hemisphere is responsible for sex, unless, of course, you are too concerned about the technique of this process itself.

Mystic: The right hemisphere is responsible for mysticism and religiosity.

Dreams: The right hemisphere is also responsible for dreams.

Parallel information processing:

The right hemisphere can simultaneously process a lot of different information. It is able to look at a problem as a whole without applying analysis. The right hemisphere also recognizes faces, and thanks to it we can perceive a collection of features as a whole.

Controls movements of the left half of the body: When you raise your left hand, it means that the command to raise it came from the right hemisphere.

How can you check which hemisphere is more developed in you?

Squeeze your palms in front of you, now interlace your fingers and notice which hand’s thumb is on top.
- clap your hands, mark which hand is on top.
- cross your arms over your chest, mark which forearm is on top.
- determine the leading eye.

How can you develop the abilities of the hemispheres.

There are several simple ways to develop the hemispheres. The simplest of them is an increase in the amount of work on which the hemisphere is oriented. For example, to develop logic, you need to solve mathematical problems, solve crosswords, and to develop imagination, visit an art gallery, etc.

The next way is to maximally use the side of the body controlled by the hemisphere - to develop the right hemisphere, you need to work with the left part of the body, and to work out the left hemisphere, you need to work with the right. For example, you can draw, jump on one leg, juggle with one hand.

An exercise on awareness of the right and left hemispheres of the brain will help develop the hemisphere.

1. Preparation for the exercise.

Sit up straight, close your eyes. Breathing should be calm and uniform.

Visualize your brain as consisting of two hemispheres and divided into two halves by the corpus callosum. (See pic above) Focus on your brain.

We try (in our imagination) to establish a connection with our brain, alternately looking with our left eye at the left hemisphere of the brain, and with our right eye at the right. Then, with both eyes, we look inward, at the middle of the brain with the corpus callosum.

2. Doing the exercise.

We inhale slowly, fill with air and hold our breath for a short time. During exhalation, we direct the stream of our consciousness, like a searchlight, to the left hemisphere and “look” at this part of the brain. Then we inhale again, hold our breath and, as we exhale, direct the spotlight to the right hemisphere of the brain.

We imagine: on the left - clear logical thinking; on the right - dream, intuition, inspiration.

Left: inhalation, pause, exhalation associated with the projection of the number.
Right: inhalation, pause, exhalation associated with the projection of the letter.
Those. left: number “1” number “2” number “3”, etc.
Right: letter “A” letter “B” letter “C” etc.

We continue this combination of numbers and letters as long as it evokes pleasant sensations. Letters and numbers can be swapped, or replaced with something else - for example, summer - winter, white - black.

"Ear-nose."

With our left hand we take the tip of the nose, and with our right hand we take the opposite ear, i.e. left. At the same time, release your ear and nose, clap your hands and change the position of your hands so that the right one is holding the tip of the nose, and the left one is holding the opposite one, i.e. right ear.

"Ring".

We move our fingers one by one and very quickly, connecting the index, middle, ring, and little fingers into a ring with the thumb. First, you can do it with each hand separately, then with both hands simultaneously.

"Mirror drawing"

Place a blank sheet of paper on the table and take a pencil. Draw mirror-symmetrical designs and letters with both hands at the same time. When doing this exercise, you should feel your eyes and hands relax, because when both hemispheres work simultaneously, the efficiency of the entire brain improves.

Brain training with imagery

The left hemisphere of the brain deals with logical thinking, while the right hemisphere deals with visual thinking and feeling.
Part 1:

Sadiya, immerse yourself in a state of inner peace, transparency, a state when nothing bothers you.

Imagine (imagine) in turn:

In the left hemisphere of the brain

Medieval religious procession of a group of monks

Blooming trees

Snow covered peak

Sunrise

Hot summer day

Red color

Theater stage

Slowly flowing river

Feeling when touching soft silk

Sandpaper feeling

Feeling like your fingers are sliding on a piece of ice

The sound of a big ball hitting

The sound of a blacksmith at work

Sound - a cat meows

Lemon flavor

In the right hemisphere

Whirlwind on the coast

Galaxy

Snow covered peak

Autumn day

Thick fog

sandy desert

Touching a piece of corrugated steel

Feeling of smooth, cool glass

The hand is in warm water

Car engine noise

Sound of a bell

The sound of a dog barking

Taste of chocolate bar

Take a few deep breaths. Stand up slowly. Walk around the room a little, suggesting that you are becoming more alert, your consciousness is more active. And immediately do part 2.

Part 2:

Look up with your left eye, as if you were looking at the left hemisphere of your brain.

Look up with your right eye, as if you were examining the right hemisphere of your brain.

Try to rotate your eyes vertically. It's like they're spinning right in the middle of the head.

Circle 2 circles with your eyes on the left side of your head.

Circle 2 circles with your eyes, on the right.

Draw your eyes around many circles that fit into each other. The circles are tilted at different angles. Circles fill the entire head.

Rest for a while, don't do anything.

Circle the circle with your eyes: it is located horizontally, at eye height. The next circle is a little smaller. Draw many circles like this until they turn into a dot.

Stop your eyes on this point. And keep them there as long as possible. But don't tense up or hold your breath.

When your eyes move from this point, draw them again in many circles that converge to a point.

Take a few deep breaths. Stand up slowly. Walk around the room a little, suggesting that you are becoming more cheerful, your consciousness is becoming more active.

And immediately do part 3.

Part 3:

Imagine the right hemisphere of your brain.

Focus on the right hemisphere,

On it - like a supersensitive organ,

On the curves and irregularities on the surface,

On the nerve that connects the 2 hemispheres,

On millions of brain cells.

Try to feel the 2 hemispheres of the brain.

Think about the electrical and chemical processes going on in the brain.

Name the colors, not what is written.

The right hemisphere of the brain recognizes colors, the left hemisphere reads. This exercise involves balancing the hemispheres and training their interaction. For safety (from user glitches), the test begins and ends with the “correct” word-color combinations.