英语翻译RogerSperryandRobertOrnsteinoftheCaliforniaInstituteofTechnologywonaNobelPrizein1972.Theydiscoveredthatthehumanbrainhastwosides,andeachsidehasdifferentworktodo.Theleftsideofthebraincontrolslanguagean
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RogerSperryandRobertOrnsteinoftheCaliforniaInstituteofTechnologywonaNobelPrizein1972.Theydiscoveredthatthehumanbrainhastwosides,andeachsidehasdifferentworktodo.Theleftsideofthebraincontrolslanguageandnumber;itanalyses(分析)andreasons.Therightsidecontrolsourimagination;itcontrolsourunderstandingofmusicandoursenseofrhythm(节奏).Itistherightsideofourbrainwhichdaydreams.
Greatartistsandgreatscientistsaresimilar:theybothusethetwosidesoftheirbrain.Itiswell-knownthatAlbertEinstein,asagreatscientist,alsoenjoyedart,playingtheviolinandsailing.Einsteinsaidhisscientificdiscoveriesgrewfromhisimaginationratherthanfromanalysis,reasonandlanguage.Hesaidthatwrittenandspokenwordswerenotimportantinhisthinking.Hegotideasbyusinghisimagination.Hethenusedtheleftsideofbraintouseanalysis,numberandreasonandthenheusedlanguagetoexplainit.
Usualeducationinschoolsencouragesustousetheleftsideofourbrains.Language,number,analysisandreasonaregivenmoreimportantinourschoolsthanimaginationanddaydreaming.However,weareencouragedtohopwhenwehavetwoperfectlygoodlegs!Thenwhydon’twegivemorevaluetovisual(可见的)thinking?
Infact,allofusneedbothsidesofourbrain.Weneedtouseourimaginationstothinkofsolutionstoproblemsandtoenjoyfeelingandcreativeexperiences.Andweneedtobelogicalandtobeabletoanalyzeandorganizeinordertoliveonthisworld.
Itistruethatsomepeoplefinditeasiertouseonesideofthebrainratherthantheotherbutallofuscanusebothsidesandallofusbenefitbyusingallthepowerswehave.Nietzsche,thewell-knownphilosopher,saidthatweaddtoourknowledgebymakingconscioustheunconscious.