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Cognitive Skills/Functions Associated with Hemispheres of the Brain
Left Hemisphere – LogicalWords (spelling)Verbal meaningVocabulary in languageDetails – rulesAnalysisOne-by-one selectivityStep-by-step instructionsSequential orderingCause and effect relationshipsLearned factsLetter-symbol associationsAbstract reasoningAcademically-learned informationIdeasSerial/ordered structuresSelf-verbalizationsSelective attentionConsciousness – reasoningScientific logic
Right Hemisphere – AestheticImages, pictures, and colors – spatial
Music and feelingsGestalt – whole/relational
Synthesis, comparisonsSimultaneous patterning
Whole processWhole units
AnalogiesCreativity – new combinations
Visual symbolismConcrete
Practical – common sense knowledgePatterns of things/theory
Random-without structure body languageFacial expression, tone of voice
Sustained attentionMeditation, spontaneous ideas, subconscious
Spiritual – mythicalPatterns of logical associations
Used with Permission: Maureen Priestley 2004
InputsAuditory
Language skills Visual-spatial skills
OUTPUTS(motor, oral, written)
Brain-Behavior Model
Manipulations in Manipulations in Active Active
Working MemoryWorking Memory
InputsVisual
InputsKinesthetic
Attention, concentration, memory
Concept formation, reasoning,logical analysis
