Right hemisphere: how to turn it on at full power? 7 ways

People who actively use the right hemisphere of their brain are more likely to be successful, says John O'Keeffe, the author of the method of unconventional thinking. We have already told you what the right and left hemispheres of the brain are responsible for and how they cooperate with each other. Today we’re talking about ways to turn on the right hemisphere at full capacity.

Using the right hemisphere of the brain is relatively easy. These methods are literally on the surface - sometimes you just need to remember them. However, the habits formed in Western society push us only towards logic, analysis and facts. So those who want to succeed should learn techniques that allow the right hemisphere to automatically engage in active work.

Only the left hemisphere - and the whole brain: test

How can you feel the difference between the work of the whole brain and the work of just the left hemisphere? Try to quickly answer the following questions.

SECTION "A"

1. Name the seventh letter of the alphabet.
2. How many days are there in November?
3. Count the numbers from 26 to 0.

SECTION "B"

1. Write down instructions on how to get from your home to work by car.
2. Write down instructions for tying a tie or shoelace.
3. Name all the letters of the alphabet in reverse order.

When solving problems from section “A”, you use exclusively the left hemisphere of your brain. They require predominantly mechanical thinking - mental repetition of words, letters or numbers.

The tasks in section “B” are completely different. They engage the right hemisphere and require that you form a certain picture in your head, and then the left hemisphere translates this picture into logical instructions.

You can easily count the numbers from 26 to 0 - partly due to mechanical thinking, and partly due to logic. To do this, it is enough to use one left hemisphere. However, most people cannot recite all the letters of the alphabet in reverse order because the alphabet has been learned mechanically and there is no logic to it. A different approach is needed here.

There are several simple techniques that allow you to engage not only the left, but also the right hemisphere of the brain:

1. Use color.
2. Use pictures.
3. Use metaphors and analogies.
4. Use emotions.
5. Use your intuition.
6. Use not only facts, but also a coherent story.
7. Use not only professional vocabulary, but also figurative expressions.

Continuation of practice (2012)

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First of all, it must be said that it has been scientifically proven that when a person, for one reason or another (for example, during a stroke in the left hemisphere of the brain), the work of the left hemisphere is switched off and the right hemisphere begins to take on the leading role, then the person begins to feel and experience those states that, for example, in esotericism and Yoga are called nirvana, samadhi - merging with something Higher, boundless. — Copying is prohibited by the AUTHOR — © Sergey Veretennikov — This is a complete exit from the world of logic and egocentrism, beyond the small “I”, beyond the line of limitation. — Copying this material is PROHIBITED — www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm — © Your Yoga —

It is also surprising that such a change of roles (i.e. turning off the left hemisphere and turning on the right) is one of the key ones in any spiritual, esoteric, religious, magical culminating states. ::: © Veretennikov Sergey - © www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm ::: If we consider some shamanic practices, then the use of psychotropic drugs, so-called entheogens, leads to the transfer of consciousness to other, more subtle dimensions, and this is due to the fact that these drugs turn off the left hemisphere and consciousness moves to the right, where these amazing experiences occur. ::: © Veretennikov Sergey - © www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm ::: Everything is the same, for example, in any religious practices, for example in many hours of prayer - a person brings himself to a state where consciousness shifts to the right hemisphere and he begins to feel ecstasy, awe,... © Veretennikov Sergey - copying any part of this text is PROHIBITED... the presence of something unearthly, divine. — Copying this material is PROHIBITED — www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm — © Your Yoga — The same thing in Yoga — various mantras, exercises, etc. - all this gradually leads to the awakening of the right-sided consciousness, and as a result of this - an altered state of consciousness, where a person enters other areas of world perception, his consciousness is not limited by anything and he sees a different Reality. - © Copyright... COPYING IS PROHIBITED... www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm - © Veretennikov Sergey - Copying any part of this practice is PROHIBITED by its Author - I will not list all spiritual disciplines, teachings, religions - You just have to understand that the names there are many, but the essence is the same - in one way or another, shift consciousness to the right hemisphere, turn off the left hemisphere of the brain and turn on the right. - © Your Yoga - COPYING IS PROHIBITED © TY - Your Yoga - In shamanic practices this is done somewhat extreme, in yogic and religious - ... Material is not allowed to be copied - Site author - Copyright - Sergey Veretennikov ... gradually and in a controlled manner. But it all comes down to just one thing - learning to switch to the right hemisphere when necessary and not allowing the left hemisphere to dominate in everyday life. ::: © Sergey Veretennikov — © www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm :::

Therefore, there is no point in taking drugs, any entheogens, or psychotropic substances for what can be achieved with the help of simple practices that do not destroy health. - © Copyright... COPYING IS PROHIBITED... www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm - © Veretennikov Sergey - Copying any part of this practice is PROHIBITED by its Author -

Arabic readings

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As you know, Arabic is written and read from right to left. ::: © Veretennikov Sergey - © www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm ::: That is. completely opposite to how it is done in the Western (left-handed, logical) world. — Your Yoga — © www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm — copying is prohibited by the Author — This method of writing perfectly develops the right-sided consciousness, i.e. that consciousness, the only one with which one can know the Creator. — Copying is prohibited by the AUTHOR — © Veretennikov Sergey —

The practice is quite simple. You just need to follow the link below. ::: © Veretennikov S. ::: You will see how some random text is automatically written. It will be written from right to left. And you just need to read this text. ... Copyright protection - Copyright - Your Yoga website ...

Go to this practice

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Dominance of the right hemisphere... Copyright protection - Copyright - Your Yoga website...

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Just download the program and double click on the file, this will launch the program. - © Copyright... COPYING IS PROHIBITED... www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm - © Veretennikov Sergey - Copying any part of this practice is PROHIBITED by its Author - Look calmly at the words that appear, do not strain. — Copying this material is PROHIBITED — www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm — © Your Yoga — The right hemisphere does not like any tension. — © Your Yoga — COPYING IS PROHIBITED © TY — Your Yoga — When you relax, then it can work effectively. Therefore, in all esoteric practices, everything always begins with relaxation. — © Copying prohibited — www.youryoga.org — Your Yoga website —

Gain of the right hemisphere channel

In India, a very long time ago, knowledge appeared that is associated with the worship of Ganesha (the God of wisdom and powerful intellect) about how to develop the brain in a very simple way. — Copyright protection — Esoteric site Your Yoga — www.youryoga.org © — Any copying is PROHIBITED by the author — Many have already seen a video about this method. — © www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm — If someone hasn’t seen it, then watch it: “Indian exercise for developing a superbrain.” — COPYING IS PROHIBITED — Author: © Your Yoga — www.youryoga.org — COPYING IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED — But in the context of strengthening the right hemisphere, it will look a little different. — © Your Yoga — COPYING IS PROHIBITED © TY — Your Yoga —

1. The exercise is like this: You do everything as in the main exercise, but only with your right hand you do not pinch your left earlobe. Those. With your left hand you pinch the lobe of your right ear, and you keep your left hand straight, palm down. And this is how you do squats. ::: © Veretennikov S. ::: Preferably do full squats, not very quickly, with your feet approximately shoulder-width apart. Down - inhale, up - exhale. ... © Veretennikov Sergey - copying any part of this text is PROHIBITED ... Eyes look to the left. ... Sergey Veretennikov is the author of this material - copying is not permitted... That is. your head looks straight, you don’t turn it, only your eyes look to the left. This is quite important. Because the eyes aren't really an organ—they're literally part of the brain. Therefore, the impact through the eyes is very strong. — Copying is prohibited by the AUTHOR — © Veretennikov Sergey —
2. In order to slightly intensify the exercise, you can slightly move your index and thumb relative to each other while squatting, doing something similar to massaging the lobe of your right ear. ... © Sergey Veretennikov - copying any part of this text is PROHIBITED ...
3. It is enough to do the exercise once a day, for example 25 squats. — © www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm —

Right-sided breathing

1. Inhale slowly through your nose. ::: © Veretennikov Sergey - © www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm ::: Imagine that the nose and the right hemisphere are a single connection, such as: nose - lungs. ... Copying this material is illegal... Only instead of the lungs - the right hemisphere. ... By copying this material you are violating the Law of the Russian Federation - The author of the site is Sergey Veretennikov ... That is. imagine that when you inhale, air goes to the right hemisphere. As you inhale, imagine your right hemisphere filling with air, like your lungs.
2. When exhaling, there is no need to imagine that the air from the right hemisphere is leaving through the nose. You need to imagine that the air seems to be compacted in the right hemisphere, i.e. create a pumping effect. — © Your Yoga — COPYING IS PROHIBITED © TY — Your Yoga —
3. Continue pumping the right hemisphere with air (but actually prana). === All rights belong to the Your Yoga website - © www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm - Copying is prohibited ===
4. Try to think about the entire area of ​​the right hemisphere of the brain. +++ You CANNOT copy material - © www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm +++

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Psychological charts for stopping the left hemisphere

This is a special type of graphic drawings that were developed by psychologists based on modern knowledge about the functioning of the brain. This knowledge has actually been used for a long time in the form of mandalas or yantras. ... Material is not allowed to be copied - Site author - Copyright - Sergey Veretennikov ... This is ancient knowledge, the use of which puts the brain into a certain operating mode, which allows you to enter altered states of consciousness. — Copying is prohibited by the AUTHOR — © Veretennikov Sergey —

This program presents the most powerful of the diagrams. ::: © Veretennikov S. ::: You need to download the program from the link below and double-click on the file to launch the program. Use all three types of diagrams sequentially (in the order they are presented in the program). === All rights belong to the Your Yoga website - © www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm - Copying is prohibited ===

You need to look with a calm gaze at the center of the diagrams, fishing for about 3-5 minutes per diagram. There is no need to strain your eyes, look calmly, as if contemplating a beautiful landscape while sitting on the seashore. ...Copying this material is illegal...

The program can be expanded to full screen; use the corresponding buttons at the bottom left or top right to do this. — Copying is prohibited by the AUTHOR — © Veretennikov Sergey —

A little more is written about these diagrams in the book “Development of the Right Hemisphere of the Brain,” if you have time, you can read it. +++ © www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm - All rights reserved - any copying is strictly prohibited +++

Electrical sensations in the right hemisphere

I think that many have experience from childhood, when, in search of a practical study of the world, we were dissatisfied with information from our parents, most often sounding like “you can’t, you can,” but we ourselves tried and touched everything - we tasted electricity, sticking our tongue between two contacts batteries. — © Your Yoga — COPYING IS PROHIBITED © TY — Your Yoga — Perhaps someone has some other experience. But somehow imagine an electrical tingle in the right hemisphere of your brain. As if it is between two electrodes. Feel the strong electromagnetic activity in this hemisphere. Perhaps after some time you will actually begin to feel electrical tingling in this area, or as if running electrical manifestations. ... This material is protected by Copyright - Copying is PROHIBITED by its Author - © Veretennikov Sergey ...

This is a very effective exercise. ... This material is protected by Copyright - Copying is PROHIBITED by its Author - © Veretennikov Sergey ... It works in the opposite way. ... This material is protected by Copyright - Copying is PROHIBITED by its Author - © Veretennikov Sergey ... Ie You all know that electromagnetic activity takes place in our brain. For example, when some function in the body is active, the electromagnetic activity of the corresponding area in one or another hemisphere begins to increase. ... © Sergey Veretennikov - copying any part of this text is PROHIBITED ... Scientists can place sensors on the head and thus judge what is active in a given case. But you can do the opposite - influence the necessary areas in the brain and thus influence certain functions in the body. ... Copyright of the site Your Yoga - Prohibition of copying Author - © Veretennikov Sergey ...

In this practice, you strengthen the electromagnetic activity of the entire right hemisphere with the help of your intention and visualization. +++ You CANNOT copy material - © www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm +++

Music and the right hemisphere of the brain

Listen to beautiful harmonious music every day. - © Copyright... COPYING IS PROHIBITED... www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm - © Veretennikov Sergey - Copying any part of this practice is PROHIBITED by its Author - This is a very good way to develop the right hemisphere. All great musicians are right-brained and they were all extraordinary individuals. Music is a great tool for expanding consciousness. Use it. Plus it's such fun. ... Material is not allowed to be copied - Site author - Copyright - Veretennikov Sergey ...

Next, using the link below you can go to the piano playing program. The program is designed in such a way that even a person far from music will be able to create something exciting that will involve him in the creative process. It doesn’t matter that someone will do things differently than professional musicians, the goal is not that, but to start playing like a child in childhood, to feel a wave of creativity. ::: © Veretennikov S. :::

Go to virtual piano

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In our brain they can change places. ... © Veretennikov Sergey - copying any part of this text is PROHIBITED ... I.e. either the Sun is in the left hemisphere, or the Moon. In our technocratic modern society, the Sun is in the left hemisphere and the Moon is in the right. Therefore, just imagine for a few minutes a day the Sun in the right hemisphere and the Moon in the left. — COPYING IS PROHIBITED — Author: © Your Yoga — www.youryoga.org — COPYING IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED —

You need to start the practice with the Moon covering the Sun (solar eclipse). +++ © www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm - All rights reserved - any copying is strictly prohibited +++ And then they disperse - the Sun to the right, the Moon to the left. And then keep the Sun in the right hemisphere, the Moon in the left. ::: © Veretennikov S. :::

Use color

This method is simple but effective. The next time you write something down, use colored pens or different colors of paper, including very bright ones. Use different colors for headings, highlighted words, summaries, and key phrases. You will feel your mood lift from work. It will become more pleasant, interesting, memorable and fun.

This is how you engage the right hemisphere of your brain. Now several other thoughts come to your mind. You feel that you are no longer constrained by any boundaries. You feel that your thinking is becoming unconventional.

After two or three weeks, try going back to black and white notes. You will find them boring, tedious, routine and limited.

Color is present in almost all business communications - modern technologies allow this. Presentations include color slides. Photocopies may be in color. Personal computers provide color graphics. Newspapers and television have long switched to color. Imagine the opposite situation. Go back to black and white newspapers, movies, television, black and white presentation slides, monochrome monitors. You will feel like you are in a dark basement. This occurs due to deactivation of the right hemisphere of the brain. You will have to expend enormous amounts of energy to use it when faced with an ocean of colorless communication.

If this is so obvious, why continue the habit of using one color when writing, which dates back to the era of quill pens?

Use pictures

Pictures are just as effective as color.
One picture is worth a thousand words. Don't limit yourself to a world made up of columns of numbers or pages and pages of facts. Television has triumphed over radio. Personal computers have powerful graphics capabilities and are capable of bringing any information to life. A presentation with only text on the slides will never be as effective as one that uses high-quality visuals. The effectiveness of pictures is due to the fact that they appeal to the right hemisphere of the brain. Pictures can be very simple, approximate; reduced simply to symbols. However, the question “How can this be illustrated?” includes the right hemisphere of the brain. The combination of color and pictures is even more effective.

Use metaphors and analogies

Metaphors and analogies stimulate the right hemisphere—both yours and those around you. They evoke emotion and a sense of belonging, and help paint a picture much better than dispassionate detailed descriptions. For example, when faced with a problem of duplication of responsibilities, a typical response is to investigate and analyze the problem. Another approach that involves the right hemisphere of the brain would look like this. In your speech, you resort to the proverb “Seven nannies have a child without an eye,” and then propose to clearly delineate areas of responsibility.

By comparing a goal or problem to something distant from the area being discussed, metaphors and analogies remove the limitations of standard thinking. When you say phrases like “Let's try to become like Microsoft” or “Let's catch up and overtake Coca-Cola in popularity,” it pushes the boundaries of conventional thinking and removes barriers to creative thinking.

Restoring speech in aphasia: is the right hemisphere enemy or friend?

S. B. Buklina, A. I. Batalov

National Scientific and Practical Center for Neurosurgery

them. Academician N. N. Burdenko of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation,

Russian National Research Medical University named after. N. I. Pirogova, Moscow, Russia

fMRI, as a non-invasive method, allows one to trace intra- and interhemispheric reorganization of the speech system in case of damage to the left hemisphere during speech restoration and is widely used in patients with strokes. fMRI or PET - studies of patients after removal of a tumor from the speech-dominant hemisphere are practically absent. Not all tumors of the left hemisphere, with their slow growth and possibilities of brain plasticity, are accompanied by the appearance of aphasia. Consequently, these studies could answer the question: is the emergence of right-sided foci of activation during speech tasks always observed in the presence of aphasia, and, conversely, if aphasia, even severe, has developed, is the right hemisphere always activated? And what is the possible functional significance of the activation of the right-sided homologs of speech areas?

The purpose of this work was to study, using fMRI, the interhemispheric reorganization of the functional speech system in patients with gliomas of the left hemisphere in comparison with the dynamics of speech disorders.

In total, the condition of 20 people with gliomas of the left hemisphere of the brain was monitored over time using fMRI and a comprehensive neuropsychological study. In 12 patients the tumor was localized in the frontal lobe, in 8 patients - in the temporal lobe. Patients were examined before surgery, 3-10 days after tumor removal, then 3 months, 5-7 months and 1 year after surgery.

Neuropsychological research using the method of A. R. Luria and fMRI were carried out on the same day. It was considered (Glozman Zh. M., 2012) that 0 points - normal speech functions, 1 point - mild speech impairment, 2 points - moderate, 3 points - severe.

The MRI examination was performed on a SignaHDxt (GE) 3.0 T magnetic resonance imaging scanner. The NordicNeuroLabActiva attachment was used to conduct fMRI. During the study, a standard speech block paradigm was used; 5 tasks were presented. To improve the accuracy of the data, high processing thresholds of p < 0.001 were used instead of group analysis on a case-by-case basis.

The leading hand was determined by self-assessment and the M. Annett questionnaire (Bizyuk, 2005). All patients were right-handed; only 1 patient with a temporo-insular tumor had signs of left-handedness (sometimes he did some of his housework with his left hand).

Speech disorders before surgery were detected in 6 patients out of 19 to a mild to moderate degree (2 with frontal lobe tumors, 4 with temporal lobe tumors).

Before surgery, in most patients, according to fMRI data, only left-sided localization of speech zones was noted. However, in 4 patients, bilateral activation was already noted before surgery: on the left - Broca's area and its homologue, on the right - according to data from various speech tasks. These were two patients with tumor recurrence and aphasia and two more patients with primary gliomas without speech disorders, but with extensive tumors of the fronto-insular region. It should be emphasized that activation of right-sided homologs of Broca's area was detected in patients without speech impairments in the presence of large, long-growing Gr II tumors.

After the operation, the appearance of speech impairments of varying degrees was noted in 10 patients (and in 6 patients it already existed before the operation), that is, after the operation, speech remained normal in only 4 patients out of 20. fMRI and neuropsychological examination in the early postoperative period were performed in 11 patients. In all patients, even despite the appearance of severe speech disorders in some cases, foci of activation remained in the speech zones in the left hemisphere in response to various speech loads.

Thus, during an fMRI study immediately after surgery, the pattern of activation of speech zones more often than not remained stable, left-sided foci of activation of speech zones were preserved, and no additional activation zones were identified in the left hemisphere at our statistical processing thresholds based on fMRI data. In 2 cases, activation zones homologous to speech appeared in the right hemisphere in patients with extensive tumors.

Upon further monitoring of the patients' condition over time in comparison with fMRI data 3.5-7 months after tumor removal, the following picture was discovered. Aphasia gradually regressed in all patients, even with malignant gliomas. Moreover, different aspects of speech function could be restored to varying degrees. Most often, changes in fMRI were noted in patients when examined after 5-8 months, but sometimes they were detected when patients were examined as early as 3 months after surgery. First of all, the changes concerned the appearance of activation of zones of the right hemisphere, homologous to speech ones. Activation of speech areas of the left hemisphere remained stable throughout the observation period in all patients. We did not observe the emergence of new activation zones in response to speech loads at our statistical processing thresholds.

When analyzing fMRI data over time, two groups of patients could be distinguished:

1. Patients in whom, during the entire observation period (up to 1 year or more), there was no connection of activation of the right-sided homologs of Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas in all the tests we used, while the localization of activation of the left-sided speech areas also remained stable - 4 patients. Moreover, in 3 of them, aphasia after surgery was moderate or severe, in 1 patient speech was preserved.

2. Patients in whom left-sided activation of speech zones was accompanied by activation of right-side homologs of speech zones according to at least some tests—16 people. In 4 of them, aphasia after surgery was severe, in another 9 it was moderate or mild. And what is very important, in 3 people the speech remained normal. A year or more later, 12 patients were studied. At the same time, in all patients, foci of activation in the left hemisphere remained in the same places, and in almost all of them, foci of activation in the right hemisphere remained in response to speech load. That is, in patients with speech impairments (even moderate and severe) there may have been no shifts in the activation of speech areas according to fMRI data during speech loads over long periods of observation. At the same time, activation of speech homologues of the right hemisphere (Broca's area and Wernicke's area) was also observed in patients who did not have aphasia after surgery. It is important that this activation was detected only after surgery. All this may indicate individual characteristics of the restructuring of the speech functional system.

Thus, foci of activation of the right hemisphere in response to speech loads according to fMRI and PET data have been identified in both strokes and brain tumors. According to the literature, the emergence of right-sided activation of homologs of speech areas, identified using fMRI or PET in response to speech loads, along with the appearance of additional foci of activation in the left hemisphere, are considered compensatory processes in the restoration of speech functions impaired due to strokes and brain tumors (Meyer PT , 2003; Winhuisen L., 2005; Thiel, 2004, 2006a; Crosson B. 2007; Anglade C., 2014; Winhuisen L., 2007; van Oers CAMM, 2010]. Most of these authors indicate an unfavorable prognosis for speech restoration with connecting the activation of the right hemisphere to perform speech tests. This is understandable in relation to strokes - a large volume of the left hemisphere is quickly destroyed with the exhaustion of its reserves. However, in the case of brain tumors, the pathogenesis of brain destruction is fundamentally different - the tumor grows gradually, during surgery they try to remove mostly its mass with minimal damage to brain tissue.Nevertheless, in some cases, in the complete absence of aphasia, we have detected the appearance of activation of zones of the right hemisphere - in some patients already before surgery, in other patients only after surgery.

Currently, there are two fundamentally different approaches to assessing the significance of activation of areas of the right hemisphere and, therefore, to the possibilities of influencing the right hemisphere in order to restore speech in aphasia.

The first, characteristic of domestic rehabilitation, is the use of the capabilities of the right hemisphere (and its activation) with the aim of including it in speech restoration and subsequent disinhibition of the left hemisphere. This makes sense for various aphasias, especially their severe forms. For example, disinhibiting singing of a patient with gross motor aphasia, rhythmic and melodic techniques, emotional exclamations “oh!”, “oh!”, stimulation of understanding of situational and everyday speech with temporal aphasia, recognition and arrangement of ideogram signatures under drawings (Tsvetkova L. S. ., 1985). However, the capabilities of the right hemisphere in terms of speech restoration are limited (Gainotti G., 1993, Bidelman, 2016).

Studies of patients with “split brain” by R. Sperry, M. Gazzaniga, E. Zaidel (1978), as well as patients after unilateral electroconvulsive therapy by L. Ya. Balonov, V. L. Deglin, T. V Chernigovskaya (2002) showed that the right hemisphere does not have phonetic coding. Therefore, understanding of oral and written speech in the right hemisphere is carried out not on the basis of phonetic analysis, but by the method of integrated, gestalt comparison of the sound and graphic image of a word with memory standards and subsequent association of this image with meaning. It has been suggested that the right hemisphere may also be involved in understanding metaphors (Gianotti G., 2016).

There is an opposite point of view - about reciprocal relationships between the hemispheres, the “interhemispheric competitive model” (Takeuchi N., Izumi Sl, 2017), when the weakening of the functions of one hemisphere leads to a reflex strengthening of the functions of the other. On this basis, inactivation of parts of the right hemisphere homologous to the speech zones of the left hemisphere using repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has now become very actively used to restore speech function (Barwood CH, 2011; Turkeltaub P., 2011; Heiss WD, 2016). At the same time, according to A. Thiel (2006), there is a reduction in transcallosal inhibition of the left hemisphere and, as a result, a disinhibition of its functions with an improvement in speech activity. However, this raises many questions. There is no obvious evidence of reciprocal relationships between the hemispheres, for example, with paresis of one arm there is no the function of the other does not improve (except against the background of forced social adaptation). On the contrary, with unilateral hemiplegia, the patient is actively forced to act with healthy limbs, and for the development of speech in a small child, the development of fine motor skills of both hands is stimulated. With right-sided (frontal) lesions, indeed, it can there may be disinhibition of speech, but only within the framework of the patient’s general disinhibition (euphoria, uncriticality, etc.). In addition, studies suggesting inactivation of the right hemisphere using rTMC, as a rule, present few observations, and the treatment can be “stretched” over time, which can also provide speech restoration.

In conclusion, our data show the individual degree of involvement of the right hemisphere in speech functions. Despite the limited possibilities for the participation of the right hemisphere in ensuring speech function, it is impossible to neglect them when restoring speech. The hypothesis about the reciprocal relationships of the hemispheres in ensuring the function of speech, in our opinion, today seems unproven practically and insufficiently supported theoretically.

Use emotions

There is nothing wrong with emotions. They exist, and at the same time they can have an impact much stronger than logical constructions. The combination of emotions and logic can sweep away all obstacles in its path. Television advertising becomes much more effective when it appeals not only to logic, but also to emotions. For example, one of the commercials dedicated to car tires especially emphasizes their role in ensuring safety. The advertisement uses an image of a huge tire with a child sitting in it - this is a combination of logic and emotion.

Reports and presentations sound much more convincing if they appeal to the feelings of the audience, and not just to logic. This has to go in: use your own emotions to appeal to other people's emotions.

Use your intuition

We are too often interested in facts and do not ask about premonitions. Facts are pure logic. In contrast, intuition is associated with the right, creative, hemisphere of the brain. The combination of logic and intuition has enormous power.

Apparently, a person makes the most important decisions in his life with the participation of both hemispheres of the brain, and not just the left. We can name three such moments: the choice of a spouse, profession and place of residence. These decisions may have to be made several times in your life. However, none of them are usually accepted based on logic, analysis, and facts alone.

The issue of starting a family is not a dispassionate decision based on hard facts and logic. The choice of profession is largely based on feelings, a few signals, as well as impressions and inclinations, but not on rational analysis. The house you live in is also chosen based on feelings, not dry facts - you often act illogically, overpaying to live in a place you like.

Gymnastics (charging) for the neurobic brain

What is neurobics - brain gymnastics. It helps synthesize new connections between neurons in the brain and preserves good memory for a long time. It is useful for people at any age: schoolchildren and the elderly for mental correction.

Every person who cares about the state of his own intelligence can learn the simplest neurobics techniques and not be afraid of the onset of senile insanity.

Finger gymnastics

Brain training can begin with finger exercises. Stretch your fingers, bring your palms together, bend your fingers, passing the index finger of your right hand first. Now straighten your fingers and bend them in a different order, lowering the index finger of your left hand first. Repeat these movements several times.

Bend your fingers, straighten them, clench your fists, unclench them. Repeat 10 times. Place your fingers in a lock and rotate both hands clockwise and back, 10 times.

Touch your fingertips to both hands, palms straight. The palms are separated by 5 centimeters. Using springy movements, try to bring your palms together. Repeat 10 times.

Touch the thumb of each hand to the little finger, ring finger, middle finger, and index finger. Repeat everything in reverse order 8-10 times.

Kinesiological exercises

An excellent exercise for the brain is kinesiological exercises. An example would be a simple exercise that is easy to get confused about.

Sitting on a chair, raise your left arm up and raise your right leg 5 centimeters above the floor. After this, clap your palms and raise your right arm and left leg up. Clap both hands and switch hands and feet. Repeat several times.

Squeeze the fingertips of the thumb and little finger on both hands at the same time. Massage the pads, rub one against the other. Now repeat the massage with the ring finger, middle finger, index finger and repeat everything in reverse order.

Place the palm of your right hand on your stomach and your left hand on the top of your head. Make several movements at the same time: rotate the palm of your right hand over your stomach, clockwise. Lightly pat the top of your head with the palm of your left hand. After this, switch hands and repeat the movements. Rotation on the stomach and patting on the top of the head.

Fingers

Fingering exercises for brain development. They are performed simultaneously with both hands, develop synchronous work of the two hemispheres, improve memory, increase reactions, and decision making. New neural connections are formed in the gray matter of the brain.

Exercise plays a big role even in martial arts. Photos of them can be found on the Internet if you ask Google what Fingers are. They are similar to ancient mudras and beautiful poses of the hands of oriental dancers.

Qigong

A special system of Buddhist breathing and movement exercises is called Qigong. It represents a special set of movements with the arms and legs and is associated with the religious teachings of Taoist monks.

Adults and elderly people who practice Qigong gymnastics feel much younger and better than their peers. How to develop your brain 100 percent? Qigong teachers will undoubtedly be able to answer this question.

Yoga

In Indian culture, the concept of Yoga means a combination of spiritual and physical exercises. They are developed in different directions of Buddhism and Hinduism. Yoga develops in a person the ability to control his physical and mental functions. There is Raja Yoga, Karma Yoga, Hatha Yoga and other directions.

The ultimate goal of yoga is to improve a person's physiological abilities and even achieve enlightenment and eternal life. In any case, long-lived yogis are known, with flexible bodies and excellent memory.

Entire books are devoted to other aspects of yoga. Followers of this teaching devote their entire lives to their improvement. The neuropsychological capabilities of such people are very highly developed.

By doing any type of mental gymnastics, a person is able to preserve his memory and intellect for a long time.

From the editor: Headache all the time, atherosclerosis

Use not only facts, but also a coherent story

"The facts speak for themselves." It is not true. Such statements are often made by people who fail to fully convince their interlocutor.

If the facts really spoke for themselves, then all controversy would cease. Everyone would come to the same obvious conclusions. The very fact that you use the expression “the facts speak for themselves” indicates the opposite: you were not able to fully convince the audience, the job is only half done. You must be prepared to use a variety of stories and anecdotes to evaluate the facts presented—to bring them to life so that they make sense to the listener. For example, one story or one anecdote can be more effective than a whole list of facts - and they are remembered better.

Use not only professional vocabulary, but also figurative expressions

Most professional slang is associated with the left hemisphere of the brain. It's something like a set of formulas. Professional slang and abbreviations may be present in our speech, but they must know their place. If you want to convey the depth of meaning, don't be afraid to use figurative language.

Perhaps, from a stylistic point of view, they will not be entirely ideal, but they will accurately convey the meaning of what you want to convey to your listeners. Figurative expressions “strike the right chord” in the right hemisphere of the interlocutor’s brain. Figurative expressions are like pictures. They engage the right hemisphere of the brain, which professional slang is not capable of.

Transition to the right hemisphere

All of the above practices are aimed at weakening the dominance of the left hemisphere and gaining the ability to move your consciousness to the right hemisphere. ... The material is not allowed to be copied - Site author - Copyright - Sergey Veretennikov ... Flexibility of movement is developing, the rigidity and chronicity of the left-sided perception of the world is “breaking”. The center of perception sways, like a ball, it begins to easily roll you from one hemisphere to the other. In the end, in the process of practice you reach the golden mean, when this ball is always in the center, at the point of harmony, and you can easily move it and move it from the center to the right hemisphere. ::: Copyright - © www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm :::

After you have practiced the above practices well, you can proceed directly to the transition to the right hemisphere. ... Copyright protection - Copyright - Your Yoga website ... Of course, you can do this whenever you want and not forever. Because the effect is the same as from entheogens, drugs or samadhi - i.e. in these states, a person is lost to this world; for example, he cannot do something not only for his family, but also for himself. — COPYRIGHT protection — © Your Yoga: www.youryoga.org — copying is PROHIBITED — Copying any part of this material is PROHIBITED —

1. Take a comfortable body position. +++ You CANNOT copy the material - © www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm +++ It’s better if it’s in a reclining position. For example, on a bed with pillows behind your back and head. Throw on a blanket to keep it cool; it’s better to keep it warm, like in the summer. It is better to darken the room with curtains; the room should be twilight or completely dark (which is better). You can wear light-proof glasses. You can also wear headphones with meditative music; Liquid Mind is very suitable for this. === All rights belong to the Your Yoga website - © www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm - Copying is prohibited ===
2. Relax. Release the muscles of your face and the muscles of your entire body behind them. +++ © www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm - All rights reserved - any copying is strictly prohibited +++ Feel the warmth and comfort. You are safe, nothing threatens you, a benevolent Universe full of wonders and mysteries surrounds you.
3. After this, begin to perform right-side breathing, the technique of which I gave you above. By practicing this breathing, your right hemisphere will become more and more dominant over the left and you will gradually move completely to the right hemisphere. ::: © Sergey Veretennikov — © www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm :::
4. Once again I want to draw attention to the main mistakes that many will still make, despite the fact that I focus on this. === All rights belong to the Your Yoga website - © www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm - Copying is prohibited === Don’t strain. Don't strain your eyes, don't strain your facial muscles, don't tense up internally. Everything should be completely relaxed and let go. — © Your Yoga youryoga.org/copyright.htm —
5. When you are in the right hemisphere, you can no longer do right-sided breathing (as a rule, it will simply stop on its own). — Copying is prohibited by the AUTHOR — © Sergey Veretennikov — Then just concentrate on the right hemisphere and on the new worldview that will come to you. — COPYRIGHT protection — © Your Yoga: www.youryoga.org — copying is PROHIBITED — Copying any part of this material is PROHIBITED —
6. At the beginning of this practice, only small experiments with consciousness are possible. But gradually you will achieve very strong experiences, where experiences, for example, with LSD are left far behind. ... By copying this material you are violating the Law of the Russian Federation - Site author - Sergey Veretennikov ...

Why switch to the right hemisphere at all?

There can be many reasons. Everyone will have their own. ... Copyright protection - Copyright - Your Yoga website ... I would say that this is more a philosophical question than a practical one. He is related to the questions “why do we live?”, “why do we need to know how the planets rotate in the Galaxy, what will this change?”, “why should I love someone, I should live well anyway?” etc. ... Copyright of the site Your Yoga - Prohibition of copying Author - © Veretennikov Sergey ... Of course, billions of people lived without the transition to the right hemisphere, lived, perhaps successfully, grew old and died. And you can follow their example. — © www.youryoga.org/copyright.htm — And no one will twist a finger at your temple, saying that you are not normal. But still, if you have something inside that calls you to something new, for which the Soul greatly yearns, that does not leave you, or leaves, but returns again and again, that says “listen, there must be something else, because there must be something else!” - then you will certainly not miss this chance. ... This material is protected by Copyright - Copying is PROHIBITED by its Author - © Veretennikov Sergey ...