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2.5 Brain and Thinking

 

A scientific field of study that helps us to distinguish the functions of the brain from those performed by the mind is hemisphere specialization. Launched in the early 1960s at the California Institute of Technology by psychologist Roger Sparry and his associates, the field has advanced enormously with vigorous neurophysiological and split brain studies that use computer correlated psychophysiological measuring techniques. Today, all major research works in visual communication media related topics for example, acknowledge the findings in the field of hemisphere specialization, particularly those related to the recognition and aesthetic effects of moving images. In visual learning the discussion of left and right brain recognition of moving images is very important because the composition of visual images is directly related to brain specialization.