Brain asymmetry and education

Abstract

This study attempts to review and comparatively evaluate the neurobio­logical findings concerning the localization of brain functions and the specif­ic allocation of these functions in the two cerebral hemispheres. Our aim is to try to give an answer to the questions that are raised particularly by those who deal with the consequences of brain research in everyday life and edu­cation, in the light of constantly increasing knowledge and information on the subject of brain asymmetry. The study concludes with the assertion that the brain is a highly integrated system and its parts rarely work separately. Consequently, most activities require collaboration of both the cerebral hemispheres and the assertion that each subject is characterized either by a holistic-intuitive way of thinking -in which only the left hemisphere is involved- or by an analytical-logical approach of problem solving -in which only the right hemisphere is involved- is considered a simplified one.