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Left and Right Sides of the Brain

The Right side is the animal brain, specializing in what is important to animal survival, such as:

• Visual images -- basic observation
• Face images -- recognizing a special individual
• Spatial sense -- remembering where the nest is
• Music -- remembering bird songs, mating calls, etc.
• Learning actions -- how to hunt for food, or attract mates

The Left side is the human brain, with features almost unique to humans. Very little of this specialization has been identified in the non-human world,
including apes. Examples include:

• Sequential planning -- originally for tool use, now useful for important things needed for human survival, such as planning committee meetings, and
writing scripts for TV soap operas.
• Symbols -- originally useful for making hand signs to indicate a mammoth over the hill, now useful for important modern functions such as road signs
and calculating income tax.
• Language -- originally useful to communicate using grunts and belches to indicate a good meal of bear steak, now useful for important functions such
as politicial speeches and Email.

Connections : The Corpus Callosum is a bundle of fibres that connects the left and right sides of the brain.

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