Affiliation:
1. Department of Education, Tezpur University
Abstract
This paper provides an insight into the neurologic phenomenon of Brain hemispheric dominance in which one hemisphere tends to be dominant over the other, leading to a greater consistency in utilising certain functions. The right and left hemispheres of the brain are structurally similar but significantly unlike in their functions. Based on the dominant hemisphere, a person can be right brained or left brained; and whole brained if both the hemispheres work about equally. This paper delineates the functional differences between the two brain hemispheres based on evidences from brain research. It also provides an understanding of the emergence of the Nobel Prize winning Brain dominance theory, the various models that bring about further distinctions between the brain hemispheres and the implications of the theory in Education.
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