Right versus Left Hemispheres

Neuroscience has long understood that in order for the human brain to function together, large areas of the brain with the left and right hemispheres, use electrical impulses to communicate through short and long range connections.Each hemisphere performs different functions that allow us to react to the world in which we live. Research has shown that when the two sides of the brain do not mature at the same rate, the electrical impulses between the the two sides get out of balance and interfere with the communication.

Studies now show that this communication problem is responsible for the behavioural, social and learning difficulties we are seeing in some of our children. There is a name for it, Functional Disconnection Syndrome (FDS). It is not coincidental that children with neurological disorders share a number of these symptoms. Their only differential is the side of the brain that’s out of balance and the severity of that imbalance.

A child with a slow developing left brain, for example, will have different academic problems and display different behavioural traits to a child with a slow developing right brain.

He may not be able to spell words or be able to say focused on reading and he may even have speech issues. A child with a brain dysfunction may not look at you when speaking because the brain’s ability to read body language is out of balance. The symptoms are different but the problem is the same – Functional Disconnection Syndrome (FDS).

But this can change by changing neuroplasticity! As pathways get used more and you stimulate that weaker side, the signals in the brain increase speed and new nerve pathways are created. The more we do use them, the faster and more secure that pathway will be.

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