Left vs Right Brain

[gregcantrall]

People hear all these myths about the left brain being more analytical and the right brain being more artistic, or people being right-brained vs left-brained. Ninety-nine percent of that is nonsense,” said paper co-author Earl K. Miller, Picower Professor in The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory and the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT.

“You think with your whole brain.”

Here's the article. https://neurosciencenews.com/brain-hemisphere-perception-28893/
Well the 99 percent statement leaves me feeling like a member of the 1 percent as my left vs right hand play has me feeling with the left hand and analyzing with the right handed shots.

 

[DrCue'sProtege]

I never really bought into the whole "Left Brain" and "Right Brain" stuff. Doesn't really make much sense to me.

Although I have had one or two instructors and outstanding players mention it to me before.

 

[BilliardsAbout]

I never really bought into the whole "Left Brain" and "Right Brain" stuff. Doesn't really make much sense to me.

Although I have had one or two instructors and outstanding players mention it to me before.

And yet that might be why you struggled recently with straight draw shots. You want to plan speed, spin, etc. while standing, and think logically. However, once you get into your stance, it's important to focus on feeling the stroke. The less you think in words and sentences while shooting, the faster you can get into the zone.

Consider the recent discussion about whether to keep the pinky on or off the cue. For some players, focusing on their pinky helps distract them from worrying about scratching or other concerns. This allows the right side of their brain to function more effectively while the left side is occupied with that distraction. In other words, for some players, talking about the mechanics and physics of pinky on or off the cue is a waste of time.

 

[gregcantrall]

. You want to plan speed, spin, etc. while standing, and think logically. However, once you get into your stance, it's important to focus on feeling the stroke. The less you think in words and sentences while shooting, the faster you can get into the zone.

I was trying to think of a way to say that. Well said!

 

[mikemosconi]

I believe 100% that some people are much more logic oriented and others are much more visual/spatial/ creative/artistic oriented.

Personally I definitely am all logic and have very little artistic sense. I think that the variances come into play in pool when planning position routes, in all games, and ball patterns in eight ball and 14.1- I don't play one pocket so no comment on that game's relationship to all of this.

I also believe that with proper training and enough actual experience, one can transition on the table across both logic and creative needs in solving table related successful solutions to a layout.

So, some may have an easier time in one aspect of the game or another just by genetics -- but perseverance would probably overcome these differences over time- just my opinion.

 

[Chopdoc]

I never really bought into the whole "Left Brain" and "Right Brain" stuff. Doesn't really make much sense to me.

Although I have had one or two instructors and outstanding players mention it to me before.

I haven't read the article yet. I will later. Handedness is not the same as cognition. Left vs right brain is important. One of the first things we want to know when diagnosing a brain lesion is if you are right handed or left handed.

I am very curious about the article. There are many popular myths about the brain, like we only use 10%. Myth.

I'll read the article later.

 

[heater451]

Here's the article. https://neurosciencenews.com/brain-hemisphere-perception-28893/
Well the 99 percent statement leaves me feeling like a member of the 1 percent as my left vs right hand play has me feeling with the left hand and analyzing with the right handed shots.

IMO, the "Ninety-nine percent" number is the professors making a throwaway comment. And while I mostly just scanned the article, right after that comment *he* immediately counters with basically the opposite claim--at least, specifically for "visual spatial perception".

And while that guy is much more educated than I am, it seems that he is not taking into account that "You think with your whole brain", but haht the halves are *connected and communicating*. People can function acceptably after split-brain surgery, but I would think that a separation of the brain hemispheres would make seeing the left/brain division of labor more apparent--and I did a brief search to see if I could find even anecdotal evidence, but came up empty--so far, although I don't know if I will try again or not.

And now that I'm thinking about it, brain communication might be one of the variables in the "men vs. women" arguments that makes men better (if we assume that is true). I've always been told that the corpus callosum was larger in females, so that there was more communication. If men have less "cross-talk", then maybe it helps with focus. NOTE: I'm too lazy to go researching this too, and I'm also guessing this actually has been brought up in a thread at some point--too lazy to search on that as well!