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The brain is a truly extraordinary instrument that we are only just beginning to understand. The hundred billion or so neurons that go to make up the brain still make it the most complex structure on earth. Nature has designed our brains to work as fully integrated units in which the various parts can work seamlessly together. The synchronicity and timing of the integration seem fundamental to overall efficiency. Such integration is not just a function of mental activity, but also encompasses our physiological and energetic states. We are beginning to see that loss of integrated brain function is the key factor in our understanding of learning difficulties and that the emotional state of anxiety is both a direct result and a precursor to further problems. The left brain's primary functions are opposite and complimentary to the right's. The left side is concerned with 'doing', the right with 'being'. The primary characteristics attributed to left brain function are speech, literacy, abstraction and numeracy. The primary characteristics of the right concern images, holism (perceiving things in an 'all at once' fashion) and the reception of music. Natural learning allows the learner to develop the capacities of the brain in a balanced, all-encompassing way that is integrated with other dynamic biological systems. Unnatural learning encourages the development of one side to the detriment of the other and results in states of imbalance and disharmony. F2be.com promotes the holistic integration and development of both sides of brain function enabling every learner to grow to his or her full potential. |
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Interesting things to read Open systems. Open Minds, by Bob Samples, In Context Magazine, Winter 1988 |