anbuend wrote:
And it's also pretty silly to go around using Broca and Wernicke to justify the sort of pop-psychology things being discussed in this thread, like "right-brained people are more creative".
I have done no such thing. I used Broca and Wernicke to justify the reality of lateralization--
not the "pop psychology" offshoots.
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It just doesn't work like this, and bringing up the fact that brain lateralization exists doesn't mean that everything attributed to it automatically exists as well.
It seems like you didn't read my post at all. I've acknowledged several times now that the reality of lateralization doesn't justify all of the conclusions that have been drawn in regard to it. I repeat:
Perhaps some people have taken the notion of brain lateralization, and the general characteristics attributed to each hemisphere, and "run wild" with them, using them to draw invalid conclusions. The fact that these conclusions aren't valid DOESN'T mean that the whole notion of brain lateralization is.
Read carefully.
05 Mar 2011, 2:43 pm
