Human Brain

Psychology
Navid Roshdieh, Omid Elmi, Shahin Rahmatollahi
Namin
Department of Surveying and Geomatics Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran

Navidroshdieh@yahoo.com
El_omid@yahoo.com
Shahin.namini@gmail.com

June 2008

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 Human Brain
Psychology

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Table of contents
1. Quotients
2. Types of Learning
3. Left vs. right Hemisphere
4. Left or right brained?
5. Gender brain distinctions

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1. Quotients

1. IQ
2. EQ
3. SQ

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1.1. IQ

 Intelligencequotient
 Apparent relative intelligence
 Measure of cognitive abilities
 Four distinguishable dimensions:
◦ Mathematical intelligence
◦ Visual intelligence
◦ Linguistic intelligence
◦ Logical intelligence

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1.1.1. Mathematical
Intelligence

 Ability
to reason and calculate
 Number crunching; a little easier
 Improving requires practice:

Figuring out your monthly budget

Balancing your checkbook

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 1.1.2. Visual Intelligence

 Ability to extract a visual pattern

 Ability to think in pictures

 Playing chess or video games

 Studying maps

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1.1.3. Linguistic Intelligence

 Abilities include reading, writhing…

 Think based on semantic structures

 Doing crossword puzzles

 Befriending your dictionary

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 1.1.4. Logical Intelligence

 Ability to think things through

 Use reasoning and logic to decide

 Playing chess

 Relying on instinct to fix something

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 IQ Test

 95% of all between 70 and 130

 Plenty of external factors:

◦ If you were tired, hungry or distracted
◦ Your level of formal education
◦ Your familiarity with taking these kind of tests

• IQ scores cant predict the success or …

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 1.2. EQ

 Emotional quotient

 Daniel Goleman, 1995

 Ability to use both your emotions and

cognitive skills

 Being aware of our feelings and others

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 1.2. EQ
 Basic elements of EQ:
1. Self awareness
2. Managing emotions
3. Social awareness
4. Social skills

• Can be learned
• Fear, anxiety…

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 IQ Vs. EQ

 A study of Harvard graduates

 Scores had zero correlation with career

success

 EQ gets you through life vs. IQ gets you

through school

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 1.3. SQ

 Spiritual quotient

 Dana Zohar and Ian Marshal, 2005

 Ultimate intelligence

 To solve problems of meaning and value

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 2. Learning Style
 Visual

 Auditory

 Kinesthetic

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 2. Learning Style
Visual Learner:
focus on information pick up by eyes

 respond well to symbols, written

words, images, diagrams, and photos

like to have a pen and paper

around!!!!

 65% of people are visual learners

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 2. Learning Style
Auditory Learner
tend to focus on things that they hear

able to process speeches quickly

prefer hearing instructions instead of

write set of rules and directions

 30% of people are Auditory learners

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 2.1. Visual Learning
Strengthening visual learning
Expose to visual sources of
information
Learn to communicate better through
writing
Visualize what want to do
Take information known before and
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 2.2. Auditory Learning
Strengthening auditory learning

Take information known before and

relearn it aurally

Discuss important information with

others

Hear it
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 3.1. Left Hemisphere
functions
 left brain controls the right side of
body
Left-brained are likely to rely more on
objective observations than subjective
feelings
attention to detail & feel comfortable
with sequential and linear processes
Left –brained people are usually good
at math

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 3.1. Left Hemisphere
functions
Linear Processing
Sequential Processing
Symbolic Processing
Logical Processing
Verbal Processing
Reality-Based Processing

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 3.2.Strengthening Left
Hemisphere

Make lists

Learn to consciously relax

Pay attention to details

Change your immediate environment

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3.3. Right Hemisphere
functions

● Left body side control

● Music Playing

● Spatial Analysis

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3.3. Right Hemisphere
functions
● Intuitive Processing

-How did I get that?

● Pattern Recognition

● Holistic processing

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3.3. Right Hemisphere
functions

● Imagination

● Daydreaming

● Creativity

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3.4. Strengthening right
hemisphere
● Learn to consciously relax
● Keep the bigger picture in mind
● Meditation
● Attempt spatial rotation tasks
● Learn to trust your mind

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3. Left vs. Right Hemisphere

Left and right hemisphere

functions

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4. Left or Right brained?
● Dominancy of one hemisphere over the
other
● Tendency of doing left/right brain side
activities
● Both hemisphere involved in almost
everything

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4. Left or Right brained?
 The figure I find most appealing is:
 A.

 B.

 C.

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4. Left or Right brained?
 Which figure is more
similar to:

 A.

 B.

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4.Left or right brained?

Turning direction shows left/right

brained

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5. Gender brain distinctions

● Bigger men brain because of bigger bodies

● Bigger left parietal cortex in men but
bigger right parietal cortex in women
( Most men: left brained, Most women: right
brained)
● Bigger speaking related part in women

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5. Gender brain distinctions

● 4% more brain cells in men (100 grams

heavier)
● More communication between cells in
women brain
● Faster communication between two
hemispheres in women
● more auditory learning ability in women,
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Thanks for listening

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