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Informative Draft 2 v3 PDF
Informative Draft 2 v3 PDF
SPEECOM C31
1. Introduction
1.1. How many among you consider yourselves as right-handed? How about the
left-handed ones?
1.3. Brain lateralization reveals that people can show preference towards their right, or
2. Body
2.1. The dominance of the left side of our brain leads to the dominance of the right
2.1.2. The brain’s left hemisphere is activated when one uses his or her right
2.1.3. Skills relating to “logic, differences, numbers and letters, reasoning and
Teimournezhad, 2011)
2.2.3. The body’s left side is controlled by the right hemisphere, hence,
Teimournezhad, 2011)
2.2.4. Skills relating to “gestalt, similarities, images and meaning, emotions and
intuition, rhythm and flow, humor and mood, and farsightedness” can be
2.2.6. Various disorders or disabilities are more common to left-handers who are
Fletcher, 2007)
Teimournezhad, 2011)
lateralization.
2.3.3. This means that aside from our handedness, our bodies show different
2.3.3.2. What seems to be your dominant side when raising your eyebrow?
2.3.3.3. What seems to be your dominant side when testing your eye?
2.3.3.5. What seems to be your dominant side when putting your hands
together?
lateralization.
3.1. It is important to consider not only our handedness, but our preference towards
the right, left, or even both sides in accordance to brain lateralization. (Air
University, n.d.)
3.2. Brain lateralization, which can be used to determine one’s preference over brain
hemisphere, can identify one’s personality and strengths that is of value in making
3.3. Being knowledgeable of brain lateralization can be a tool for one to develop areas
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