Right Hemisphere
Normal Functions
- Nonverbal communication
- Math reasoning
- Reading comprehension
- Spatial cognition, feeling your own body, proprioception
- Attention
- Self-Control, impulsive behavior
- Seeing the big picture, global coherence
- Facial recognition
- Social skills
- Withdrawal behavior
- Stopping any activity,
- May also control fear anxiety
- Novel (new) things are right brain
- Immune suppression
- Low frequency sound and light
- Gross motor, eyes, posture, big muscles, rhythm
Under Activation
- Can cause the following?
- Poor spatial orientation
- Inappropriate social behavior
- Miss big picture
- Cannot reflect on own mental processes
- Poor nonverbal communication skills
- Poor attention
- Impulsivity
- Perseverative behavior and movements
- Poor reading comprehension and pragmatic skills
- Over active immune response (auto-immunity)
- Poor gross-motor skills and development
- Poor math-reasoning
- Anxiety
Possible Diagnoses
- Autism
- Asperger’s
- AD/HD
- Tourettes
- OCD
