Experiments conducted by Bianki concluded that in animals the parallel-
spatial processor of information processing is localised in the right hemi-
sphere and the sequential-temporal processor in the left one.10 According
to Kaiser, ‘Reducing input from the environment to components and se-
quences is a result of the left side’s form of organisation.’11 McCarthy says,
‘The left brain processes in a linear, sequential, logical manner. When you
process on the left side, you use information piece by piece to solve a math
problem or work out a science experiment. When you read and listen, you
look for the pieces so that you can draw logical conclusions. If you process
primarily on the right side of the brain, you use intuition.’12
According to Joseph Bogen13, the human ‘propositional’ left hemi-
sphere is complemented by an ‘appositional mind’ on the right side. To
‘appose’ means to place attributes in juxtaposition, in a superposition or
in parallel. Propositional is an ‘either-or’ or ‘true-false’ approach — either
one attribute or its contrary is accepted as true at a point in time. It uses
asymmetric (classical or Aristotelian) logic. The right brain uses a ‘both-
and’ approach. It uses ‘symmetric logic’ — some might say ‘quantum logic.’
Hence, the internal logic used by the right brain is different from the left
brain.
According to Ornstein, many researchers in the field have now con-
cluded that the role of the right hemisphere seems to involve maintaining the
alternative meanings of ambiguous words in immediate memory, while the
role of the left hemisphere is to focus on only one meaning. Generalizing,
we could say that the right hemisphere is able to hold an attribute and its
corresponding contrary attribute in superposition (or in parallel) whereas
the left hemisphere attends to one attribute at a time — first one attribute
and then the contrary attribute — in a sequential manner.
spatial processor of information processing is localised in the right hemi-
sphere and the sequential-temporal processor in the left one.10 According
to Kaiser, ‘Reducing input from the environment to components and se-
quences is a result of the left side’s form of organisation.’11 McCarthy says,
‘The left brain processes in a linear, sequential, logical manner. When you
process on the left side, you use information piece by piece to solve a math
problem or work out a science experiment. When you read and listen, you
look for the pieces so that you can draw logical conclusions. If you process
primarily on the right side of the brain, you use intuition.’12
According to Joseph Bogen13, the human ‘propositional’ left hemi-
sphere is complemented by an ‘appositional mind’ on the right side. To
‘appose’ means to place attributes in juxtaposition, in a superposition or
in parallel. Propositional is an ‘either-or’ or ‘true-false’ approach — either
one attribute or its contrary is accepted as true at a point in time. It uses
asymmetric (classical or Aristotelian) logic. The right brain uses a ‘both-
and’ approach. It uses ‘symmetric logic’ — some might say ‘quantum logic.’
Hence, the internal logic used by the right brain is different from the left
brain.
According to Ornstein, many researchers in the field have now con-
cluded that the role of the right hemisphere seems to involve maintaining the
alternative meanings of ambiguous words in immediate memory, while the
role of the left hemisphere is to focus on only one meaning. Generalizing,
we could say that the right hemisphere is able to hold an attribute and its
corresponding contrary attribute in superposition (or in parallel) whereas
the left hemisphere attends to one attribute at a time — first one attribute
and then the contrary attribute — in a sequential manner.
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