06 PerDev The Powers of The Mind

The Powers of
the Mind
You are driving down the road in your car on a
wild, stormy night, when you pass by a bus stop
and you see three people waiting for the bus:
a. An old lady who looks as if she is about to die

b. An old friend who once saved your life
c. The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.
Knowing that there can only be one passenger in your

car, whom would you choose?
Acting on an anonymous phone call, the police raid a
house to arrest a suspected murderer. They don't
know what he looks like but they know his name is
John and that he is inside the house. The police bust in
on a carpenter, a lorry driver, a mechanic and a
fireman all playing poker. Without hesitation or
communication of any kind, they immediately arrest
the fireman.
How do they know they've got their man?

A man lives in the penthouse of an apartment
building. Every morning he takes the elevator
down to the lobby and leaves the building.
Upon his return, however, he can only travel
halfway up in the lift and has to walk the rest of
the way - unless it's raining.
What is the explanation for this?

BRAIN POWER
Complex organ controls your every thought and move
Brain
◦ Our brain has all the power connections,

wiring, storage memory and processing
power we need to function as a human
being.
◦ If the brain is the hardware, then mind is the

software.
◦ It is the operating system that gathers,

stores, and manage information.
The Main Parts of
the Brain
◦ Cerebrum
◦ Cerebellum
◦ Brain stem
Brainstem
◦ acts as a relay center connecting the

cerebrum and cerebellum to the spinal
cord.
◦ It performs many automatic functions
such as breathing, heart rate, body
temperature, we can sleep cycles,
digestion, sneezing , coughing, vomiting
and swallowing.
Cerebellum
◦ controls voluntary movement.
◦ Its function is to coordinate muscle

movements, maintain posture, and balance.
◦ you form the thought and then an area in the

cerebellum translates your will into action.
Cerebrum
◦ Is the largest part of the brain and is

composed of right and left hemispheres.
◦ It performs higher functions like
interpreting touch , vision and hearing,
as well as speech, reasoning, emotions ,
learning and find control of movement
Neurons
◦ "Nerve Cell"
◦ The basic functional units of the brain
and nervous system.
◦ They have three distinct parts,
including a cell body, axon, and
dendrites. These parts help them to send
and receive chemical and electrical
signals.
DO YOU EVER WONDER
WHY THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHO WERE BORN ARTISTIC
THAN OTHERS? OR WHY
OTHERS HAVE MATH
SKILLS SUPERIOR TO
OTHERS?
ROGER W. SPERRY
 An American Psychologist
 Focused on the Left and the Right

Brain Theory
RIGHT
BRAIN
AND
LEFT
BRAIN
BRAIN DOMINANCE
Which of these apply to you?
◦ ___ I am very organized. ◦ ___ I work best in a quiet space.
◦ ___ I remember faces more than names. ◦ ___ I daydream a lot.
◦ ___ I think things through before making ◦ ___ I hate taking risks.
a decision. ◦ ___ I tend to get emotional.
◦ ___ If someone’s mad at me, I can tell ◦ ___ I make a to-do-list.
even without the person saying a word. ◦ ___ I trust my “gut instinct”
Left Brain
◦ The left brain is verbal, analytical,
and orderly.
◦ It’s also referred to as the digital
brain.
◦ Reading and writing

◦ Calculations
◦ Logical thinking
Right brain
◦ Right brain is non-verbal and intuitive,

using pictures rather than words.
◦ It referred to as the analog brain.
◦ Visual
◦ Intuitive
◦ Simultaneous
Left versus Right Hemisphere Functions
LEFT BRAIN RIGHT BRAIN
(Logical, Judging. Evaluating) (Creative, Idea-generating)
Deals with: Deals with:
Language Images, Imagination
Logic Colors, geometry
Linearity (step by step process) Pattern, face and map recognition
Numbers and sequence Rhythm, music
Analysis Dimension, Parallel processing

Advice for Right Brain Students
2. Watch your
1. Choose to do personal 3. Let your imagination
daydreaming-keep it under
essays. work for you in the arts.
control.
5. Let your deep-thinking
4. Let your intuition work 6. Be creative with essays.
work for you during essay
for you in social You can use colorful
tests but don't ponder too
situations. language well
long.
7. Use images and charts 9. Try to be more

8. Write down directions.
when you study. organized.
10. Make outlines to 11. Choose fiction in 12. You tell stories well,
organize your thoughts. reading assignments. so write some!
14. Finish things! You 15. You have great instincts

13. Put information into
have so much talent, but and survival skills. If you
categories for better
you don't always complete study hard, you might be a
understanding. finalist on Survivor
things.
Advice for Left Brain Students
2. You can do math but

gets impatient trying to
3. You like to take the
1. Study in a quiet explain it to someone 4. Join a debate team
lead in a study group,
room to avoid who struggles--so don't or academic
so go ahead and
distractions. volunteer to be a tutor competition.
volunteer
unless you know you
have the patience.
8. You prefer factual

5. Try to excel at the 6. Take advantage of questions and
7. Choose non- 9. Keep your room
science fair; you can your skills in math assignments, as
fiction reading. opposed to open- organized.
be a winner. and science.
ended questions.
MIND-
MAPPING OF
THE LEFT
AND RIGHT
BRAIN
MIND-MAPPING OF THE LEFT AND RIGHT
BRAIN
◦ Mind-mapping is a method of documenting that uses the right brain (creative hemisphere) to
enhance your ability to understand information and solve problems.
◦ Unlike outlining, which uses the left brain (logical hemisphere)

◦ mind mapping is flexible, has few rules, and is easy to learn and teach.
◦ Uses of mind-mapping can be for taking notes or learning new content, writing
papers/preparing presentations, preparing for exams, promoting idea-generation
(brainstorming) and facilitating group problem-solving.
Eight Steps for Mind-Mapping to Improve
Critical Thinking
1. Put central theme 2. Place the main 3. Add details by
or concept in the ideas relating to the putting them on lines 4. Use key words or
center, bottom, or top concept on lines (or in (or in circles) simple pictures only;
of the page, and draw circles) around the connecting them to keep it legible.
a circle around it. central theme. the main ideas.
6. Don't allow yourself to

slow down over concerns
5. Make sure no idea
about where to place 8. Once you've completed your
stands alone. If you
words (this is your left 7. Use colors to mind map, get in touch with
can't connect an idea
brain habits trying to highlight most your left brain talents (judging
with something on the
dominate). Rather, let important ideas. and evaluating) and evaluate
page, it's irrelevant to
your ideas flow, and use what you've produced
the central theme.
lines to show
connections.
Activity
1.Take a Multiple Intelligence Test online.

2.You may use this link:
https://personalitymax.com/multiple-intelligences-test/
3.Submit here your results together with the URL of the
Multiple Intelligence Test you've taken.
4.Then, write a reflection based on the results of your
Multiple Intelligence Test.
Group Activity
Choose one from the concepts below and create a mind-map
using Coggle. Upload your file here.
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The Powers of

a. An old lady who looks as if she is about to die

Knowing that there can only be one passenger in your

How do they know they've got their man?

What is the explanation for this?

◦ Our brain has all the power connections,

◦ If the brain is the hardware, then mind is the

◦ It is the operating system that gathers,

◦ acts as a relay center connecting the

◦ controls voluntary movement.

◦ Its function is to coordinate muscle

◦ you form the thought and then an area in the

◦ Is the largest part of the brain and is

 Focused on the Left and the Right

◦ ___ I am very organized. ◦ ___ I work best in a quiet space.

◦ ___ I remember faces more than names. ◦ ___ I daydream a lot.

◦ Reading and writing

◦ Right brain is non-verbal and intuitive,

Deals with: Deals with:

Language Images, Imagination

Logic Colors, geometry

Linearity (step by step process) Pattern, face and map recognition

Numbers and sequence Rhythm, music

Analysis Dimension, Parallel processing

7. Use images and charts 9. Try to be more

14. Finish things! You 15. You have great instincts

2. You can do math but

8. You prefer factual

◦ Unlike outlining, which uses the left brain (logical hemisphere)

6. Don't allow yourself to

1.Take a Multiple Intelligence Test online.

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◦ _ I am very organized. ◦ _ I work best in a quiet space.

◦ _ I remember faces more than names. ◦ _ I daydream a lot.