Left Brain vs Right Brain

Left Brain Vs Right Brain

Here’s a quick overview of how the brain processes information.

Basic Characteristics of Left and Right brain:

In general, the left and right hemispheres of our brain process information in different ways. While we have a natural tendency towards one way of thinking, the two sides of our brain work together in our everyday lives. The right brain of the brain focuses on the visual, and processes information in an intuitive and simultaneous way, looking first at the whole picture then the details. The focus of the left brain is verbal, processing information in an analytical and sequential way, looking first at the pieces then putting them together to get the whole.

Left brain thinking is verbal and analytical. Right brain is non-verbal and intuitive, using pictures rather than words. The best illustration of this is to listen to people give directions. The left brain person will say something like “From here, go west three blocks and turn north on Vine Street. Go three or four miles and then turn east onto Broad Street.” The right brain person will sound something like this: “Turn right (pointing right), by the church over there (pointing again). Then you will pass a McDonalds and a Walmart. At the next light, turn right toward the Esso station.”

Though right-brain or non-verbal thinking is often regarded as more ‘creative’, there is no right or wrong here; it is merely two different ways of thinking. One is not better than the other, just as being right-handed is not ‘superior’ to being left-handed. What is important is to be aware that there are different ways of thinking, and by knowing what your natural preference is, you can pay attention to your less dominant side to improve the same.

By learning abacus through the systematic training approach at UCMAS, children can fully realize their potential by activating both sides of their brain. By consciously using the right side of our brain, we can be more creative. More so , because left brain strategies are the ones used most often in the classroom, right brain students sometimes feel neglected.

By activating the power of both hemispheres, a child will be able to retain knowledge better and become proficient in any subject, especially math.

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Workings of Our Brain

The human brain is made up of two halves. These halves are commonly called the right brain and left brain , but should more correctly be termed ‘hemispheres’. For some reason, our right and left hemispheres control the ‘opposite’ side of our bodies, so the right hemisphere controls our left side and processes what we see in our left eye while the left hemisphere controls the right side and processes what our right eye sees.

The concept of right brain and left brain thinking developed from the research in the late 1960s of an American psycho biologist Roger W Sperry. He discovered that the human brain has two very different ways of thinking. One (the right brain) is visual and processes information in an intuitive and simultaneous way, looking first at the whole picture then the details. The other (the left brain) is verbal and processes information in an analytical and sequential way, looking first at the pieces then putting them together to get the whole. Sperry was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1981.

So as you know, the human brain consists of the right brain and the left brain. The shapes of these two parts are similar, but differences have been gradually found in their functions. The left brain is also referred to as the digital brain. It controls reading and writing, calculation, and logical thinking. The right brain is referred to as the analog brain. It controls three-dimensional sense, creativity, and artistic senses. These two work together, to allow us to function as humans.

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Brain (Left vs Right )

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Brain Development

Most brain development in children occurs primarily before the age of 14, with much of that development taking place in the first several years of life. Children retain significant “neuroplasticity”, meaning brain adaptability that allows growth and inter-connection of brain neurons.

The UCMAS Program is designed to develop the integrated and motoring functions from both sides of the brain. When children manipulate the beads of the Abacus, communication between the hands and the brain stimulates the brain’s right and left hemispheres. The right hemisphere – abstract side – creates an image memory of the beads on the Abacus while the left hemisphere – logical side – applies the requisite rules to perform the calculation.

Because the right hemisphere of the brain is much faster than the left, when the students exercise the right side through ‘visualization’, this results in strengthening the right-brain capabilities such as:

• Photographic memory
• Perform complex calculations
• Conversion of images to words, numbers and symbols and the reverse
• Ability to process information on an intuitive level

When both sides of the brain are activated through the UCMAS training, students can achieve calculations speeds previously only attainable by math geniuses.

Beyond math, our whole brain development technique ignites a cognitive firestorm in our students, who apply skills learned through our program in every area of their life. Better focus and concentration coupled with enhanced creativity and memory help students swiftly determine
the component parts of a problem and devise a viable solution – and not just in Math – but in navigating effectively through every day life.

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Human Brain Skills

The human brain is a complex structure and over the years become the seat for thousands of myths and speculations. Researchers have been kept busy trying to differentiate between myth and reality.

It has been proved beyond reasonable doubt that the human brain and the nervous system is one of the largest, best connected networks with information flowing at great speeds between them. Information from one part of the body is carried through the nervous system to the brain as also the brain's response to it – carried from the brain through the nervous system to another part of the body.

The brain is also the seat of human intelligence and emotions. And over the years educationalists and systems have revolved around developing the best ways of training the brain, so as to produce very clever and well balanced future generations. This however, has proved to be too difficult as the personality of children vary greatly from child to child and the curriculum fails when a specific system is used for all types of children.

In the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century it was widely believed that the human brain was a mass of nerve cells that developed and specialized in specific fields as the person grew up. The common belief among the neuro biologists’ was that the brain developed specialty as the result of practice and nothing was natural by endowment.

This theory was disproved by Dr. Roger Walcott Sperry and his team of researchers and students. Dr. Sperry proved that each nerve cell of the human brain specialized in a specific function from birth and any attempt to alter this resulted in chaos and confusion. Using his research he proved that if the nerve cells connecting the legs of a rat were to severed, interchanged and then reconnected, the rat would move its left leg every time it wanted to move its right and vice versa. The rat’s brain could never unlearn this process and change itself to suit the new arrangement.

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Mental Calculation

Mental    Arithmetic is  a    form of calculation   that   does not involve use   of   any  physical or external gadgets  /  instruments such as a calculator  ,  paper  ,  pencil  or  a computer. It  (calculations) is solely done by human  mind using mental   power or  performing mathematical calculations  mentally.   According to scientific studies  and  research mental abilities in children   must   be developed by the age of 12.

1.      The mental calculation is defined as calculation of number conception and the way of imaging the abacus calculation in brain is called as the mental arithmetic by image of abacus. 

2.      In recent years we have been discussing and studying the mental arithmetic by image of abacus which is more advantageous than other skills in the light of the result of examination.

3.      The mental arithmetic by image of abacus means that we calculate on the abacus in our brain without seeing the Physical ABACUS

What are the objectives of mental arithmetic education? ·          Train and inculcate in children the habit of careful deduction based on careful observation. ·         Train and inculcate in children the habit of good memory and recall of data with maximum efficiency and minimum possible effort ·         Train and inculcate in children the habit of using multiple skills simultaneously with maximum efficiency and minimum economy. ·         Train and inculcate in children the importance of sound reasoning and original thinking. ·         Expand the children's mental prowess and faculties and thus to uplift their morale.

What are the mental arithmetic methods ? Mental arithmetic is a skill that can be cultivated initially by adopting the pen or bead. In the pen method we use pen and paper to perform the calculation. In the bead method we use an imaginary abacus in our minds to calculate and arrive at the answer. UCMAS adopts the later method, using an abacus. We can use the bead method to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The different methods of calculation can be divided into : ·         Dictation This is also called "Mental arithmetic calculation through listening’ to the sum/problem ". Someone will read aloud the numbers and the listener will perform the calculation. ·         Observation The person will use the numbers that he sees and imagines the numbers to be the beads on an abacus. He will use this imaginary abacus to perform the calculation. ·         Silent Dication The person will dictate the number to himself silently and use an imaginary abacus to perform the calculation.

·         Mental arithmetic skill is an inborn talent.  Some people think that only intelligent people can master mental arithmetic. In actual fact, as long as a person has learnt how to manipulate the beads in an abacus, it will be easy for him to master mental arithmetic. Therefore, as long as someone practices the lessons diligently, he/she can master this skill. ·         It takes only a short time to master mental arithmetic.  Like learning any other skills, one needs to work systematically at mastering mental arithmetic. It involves many steps or levels of learning. Every level requires solid practices. It means learning patiently through trial and error as one sits for the tests at each level, only then can one achieve perfection. It is our aim that by teaching mental arithmetic in interesting, simple and lively classes, students will acquire the skills easily and shorten the learning process Mental Calculation ·         The mental calculation is defined as calculation of number conception and the way of imaging the abacus manipulation / calculation in brain is called as the mental arithmetic by image of abacus.  ·         In recent years discussions were on studying mental arithmetic by image of abacus, and the methodology is more advantageous than other skills in the light of the result of examination. ·         The mental arithmetic by image of abacus means that we calculate on the abacus in our brain without seeing the Physical ABACUS Contact UCMAS to Discover the Genius within Your Child! Ucmas Satwa Mob : +9715 - 67041726

Calculator VS Abacus

Abacus	Calculators
Input      -   By the child Process  -   Done by the child  Output  -    Take out by the child	Input     -    By the child            Process    -    Internal            Output    -    Display
v Abstract numbers take the form of beads, so the child finds it easy  to compute using abacus. v Child does the information processing, and hence knows how to arrive at the answer	Presses the buttons and gets the answer. Computation is done by the calculator Calculator does the information processing, so Child does not know how answer is arrived
v When abacus is removed after some time, Child would have  internalized the abacus to perform the computation by image of abacus  Increase the self confidence	When calculator is removed after some time Child is totally at a loss. Increases gadget dependency.
v Child acquires skills v Interaction of Right and Left Brains resulting in Whole brain development. v Child emerges as the winner	No skill attained Brain utilization only takes place. No gain achieved

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