majka@ubc-visi (12/17/83)
From: Marc Majka <majka@ubc-vision.UUCP> I have heard endless talk, and read endless numbers of magazine - grade articles about left / right brain theories. However, I have not seen a single reference to any scientific evidence for these theories. In fact, the only reasonably scientific discussion I heard stated quite the opposite conclusion about the brain: That although it is clear that different parts of the brain are associated with specific functions, there is no logical (analytic, mathematical, deductive, sequential) / emotional (synthetic, intuitive, inductive, parallel) pattern in the hemispheres of the brain. Does anyone on the net have any references to any studies that have been done concerning this issue? I would appreciate any directions you could provide. Perhaps, to save the load on this newsgroup (since this is not an AI question), it would be best to mail directly to me. I would be happy to post a summary to this group. Marc Majka - UBC Laboratory for Computational Vision