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Right and Left Brain The article in which I chose to examine is called Right Brain, Left Brain: Fact and Fiction, written by Jarre Levy. Jarre Levy, a psychologist at the University of Chicago, has been at the forefront of scientists who are trying to dispel the notion that we have two separately functioning brains. In the past fifteen years or so there has been a lot of talk of left brain and right brain …

…in which the hemispheres work together in harmony. Often the left or right hemisphere is more active in some people but it is never the sole operator. “The popular myths are interpretations and wishes, not observations of scientists. Normal people have not half a brain, nor two brains, but one gloriously differentiated brain, with each hemisphere contributing its specialized abilities. She concludes, We have a single brain that generates a single mental self."(Levy, 1985, p.44)