I was at a conference recently and one of the speakers based a lot of one of his presentations on the "Left Brain Right Brain" theory. As he spoke, I recalled a documentary I saw recently on television that called this theory into question. In fact, it went as far as to say that this theory has largely been discredited and that it is no longer accepted in the scientific community even though it still has broad acceptance in society. Unfortuantely, I can't remember the name of the documentary (is that a left, right, or whole brain problem?).
In any case, I've decided to do some reading on this theory as so many people refer to it and base their teaching (and preaching) methods upon it. What if the theory isn't actually correct? Should we still be basing what we do on it?
I've ordered a book that has what looks to be an interesting article about this topic. The book is titled Tall Tales about the Mind and Brain: Separating Fact from Fiction.
If you know anything else about this topic I'd love to hear what you know. If I learn anything interesting as I go, I'll try to post it here.
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