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[yetanotherSarah]

Here is the most powerful and profound TED talk I have seen so far:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/229

A neuroanatomist chronicles her stroke and recovery and makes some beautiful discoveries...

Check it out.

[Ya-ta Boy]

Fascinating description of her experiences of having a stroke.

[schwa]

Wow.

[VanIslander]

So, I wager,... Democrats access their right hemisphere more, Republicans their left. And since the brain is inversely related to our motor functions: indeed, Democrats are on the Left and Republicans the Right!

[yetanotherSarah]

[Ya-ta Boy]

[yetanotherSarah]

'Overly literate' is bad wording on my part. Better wording is that we are disproportionately left brained and have been for a long time.

There is an interesting idea put forth by this book: http://www.alphabetvsgoddess.com/

For a long time we as westerners and other civilizations, have enjoyed widespread literacy. This is especially true of the Abrahamic faiths where it is clearly stated that 'the word is God'. Therefore knowing God requires literacy and almost all Jewish and Muslim boys are taught to read, not just now but throughout their entire histories. Catholicism perhaps less so, but in Protestantism access to God is clearly textual, I mean what's a more personal access to God than reading holy texts, some of which He authored through prophets? The idea that literacy rates were low until recently is a widespread misunderstanding (at least for men). Imagery on the other hand, was much less widespread. The only place most people could see images was churches, and in Islam there aren't any at all. Muslims instead use gorgeous stylized calligraphy to adorn their public and sacred spaces.

So if the left hemisphere functions to understand writing and the right to take in imagery, and one is more exercised by everyday stimulus than the other, you get disproportion. In the modern world we sit in front to screens, see billboards and have access to mass produced images all the time. And thus a greater equilibrium between the two hemispheres can be achieved.

[Ya-ta Boy]

Why is it particularly useful to see pictures of things rather than the regular objects in our environment...trees, balls, clouds, buildings...those kinds of things?

[Gopher]