Right Brain Learning

Right brain learning is a facinating topic. We found a lot of information written about right and left brain characteristics but not many talk about our right brain senses and how they enable us to learn and express our genius in incredable ways. Our right brain senses are:

Perfect Memory • Rapid Math Calculation • Language Acquisition
Perfect Pitch (Musical Aptitude) • Intuition

Our Conscious and Subconscious Mind

Science tells us we use only about 3 to 10% of our brain on a conscious level. The other 90 to 97% is used at the subconscious level. It is this vast area of our minds that our right brain function shines. Although much new information has been gleaned from its study, many still question how we use all the "gray matter" between our ears.

Those who study neuroscience tell us left and right brain function is present throughout our brain while other experts argue there are definite distinguishable characteristics between each of the hemispheres. What we do know is we have tremendous brain potential and there are experts offer answers - some of which go beyond traditionally acceptable concepts about the mind the how we think. Following is my research put into layman's terms about this extremely fascinating subject.

Our Left Brain "Outer" Senses

These are: Sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell. Left brain functions also help us deal with the daily stresses of life.

Our Right Brain Senses (Subconscious)

Before we dig into the five specific accelerated learning right brain senses, let's talk about how information is stored in our right brain mind. As mentioned above, the bulk of our memory is stored at subconscious levels. Subconscious memory is stored as the images of the things we see. In addition, our subconscious mind converts and stores the sounds we hear as images. What we taste and touch is also stored as images, and so is everything we smell! How can this be? Read on and find the answers!

Two Examples of How Our Right Brain Senses Operate

1. This may sound strange, but when I smell a certain type of pencil wood, it brings up a memory image in my mind when I was in my 2nd grade classroom. There I am, writing at my desk in class. The image could not be more clear.

Remember: All our memories - all we experience through our senses whether, we're aware of it or not - are stored as images in our brains at the subconscious level. If you think your brain couldn't hold that much information, it can! Science estimates that our brain has a memory capacity one million times that of the world's most powerful computer. So, I think we have an amazing and powerful piece of equipment sitting right between our ears!

Continuing with my story: I can remember the strong scent of my pencil while writing at my desk. That smell is forever tied to that event. So, whenever I catch a whiff of a certain type of wood pencil, that image pops right up out of my subconscious mind to my conscious awareness with absolutely no effort. In fact, just writing about it here brings up that scent memory.

If you think this sounds strange, can you remember how your school books smelled? Think about opening that brand new school book, the smell of paper and glue. If you've experienced this, I'll bet memories you thought were long gone will start popping up in your mind. You may even actually smell the scent of your school books again. Interesting, isn't it? Believe me, I've experienced it myself and I know others who have too. We all have these abilities. But there's a lot more!

Here's another example of how our right brain senses work:

2. Does BTO ring a bell? How about Bachman-Turner Overdrive? Some of their songs were among my favorites when the group was popular. I tell you, every time I hear the songs, "Hey You", or "Tak'in Care of Business", I'm right back at my girlfriend's house, a seventeen-year-old, playing pool with Fran. I can even feel the emotions I felt then all over again and even memories of what I was thinking while playing pool re-appear in my mind.

I think that's very interesting! Just thinking of the melody of certain songs can bring up memories of past events that were otherwise long forgotten. Has that ever happened to you? Talk about transporting back in time!

A Spark of Inspiration!

Hmm.... Here’s an interesting idea! Caution: this may seem a little “out-of-the-box”: What if there was a way to store things like all your college exam notes in your subconscious mind (right brain), then bring them out to your conscious mind (left brain) during your exam, and with no effort?

Are there accelerated and right brain learning methods on this site for tasks like that? Drum roll please.... The answer is, YES! Click here for more info. But, remember: Our right brain has the potential but to utilize it to its fullest we need to train our right brain with the proper methods. The shortcoming of most of us is we have well-developed left brain functions but an underdeveloped right brain function in key areas and on top of that, no patience! But, once we gain back our natural inner right brain functions (senses), integrating it with our outer conscious left brain awareness, we’ll be outpicturing more and more or our own unique inborn genius abilities and talents.

Ready for more? The sections below should really get your right brain left brain fired up, the accelerated learning way!

Explore your other right brain senses:

Perfect Memory • Rapid Math Calculation • Language Acquisition
Perfect Pitch (Musical Aptitude) • Subconscious Intuition • Back to Intro

Or, you may want to explore your right brain left brain characteristics:

Brain Functions and Their Roles in Accelerated Learning Methods

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