Both Sides Now:

Am I Just Dumb or What?

Why Do Others Learn
More Easily than Me?
Dr. Charles T. Krebs, Founder of
LEAP
Clinician and Researcher
The Lydian Center for Innovative
Medicine
777 Concord Avenue, Suite 301
Cambridge, Massachusetts

A Model of Learning
based upon Gestalt & Logic
Modes of Leaning:
Two different, yet Complementary Modes of
Mental Processing.
Two different ways to Organise &
Consolidate "packages of Sensory Input
and Experience for Storage in Memory!
One Mode is based upon Global,
Simultaneous Processing of Data.
Uses Inductive Reasoning to perceive the
Pattern and Form of the Whole, is inherently
Non-Rational & Intuitive.
Referred to as Gestalt - the German
word for Pattern or Form!

A Model of Learning
based upon Gestalt & Logic
Modes of Leaning:
Other Mode is based upon Logical,
Linear, Sequential Processing.
Uses Deductive Reasoning to analyse the
Relationship of the Pieces to the Whole.
Is inherently Rational & Analytical.
Two Powerful Modes of Mental Processing
that perfectly Complement each Other.
Why Whole Brain Thinking is always
preferable to Half Brain Thinking.
Why we need Both Sides Now - Brain
Integration!

Gestalt & Logic Lead

Functions
Gestalt functions do Predominate in One
Cerebral Hemisphere and Logic functions in
the Other.
However, Processing underlying Higher
Mental Functions is done in both
Hemispheres.
And at Three Levels the Cortical Level,
the Limbic Level & the Brainstem Level.
Gestalt and Logic Functions are not simply
localised in the Right or Left Cerebral
Hemisphere
However, each type of Brain Function or
process has a Cerebral Lead Function
which is either predominantly Gestalt
or Logic in Nature.

Gestalt & Logic Lead

Functions
Lead Functions are activated
by Conscious Thinking!
Each Lead Function initiates a
Chain of integrated activity at
all Three Levels in the Brain!
Blocked Lead Functions thus
shut down the ability to begin
a Whole Process!
Higher Level Thinking requires
access to both Gestalt & Logic
Lead Functions & their
Integration.

Right Brain Left Brain

How the two Sides Meet?
Integrative Pathways uniting our
Gestalt and Logic Lead Functions
are called Commissures.
The biggest Commissure in the
Brain is the Corpus Callosum!
The Corpus Callosum is a set of
200 to 800 Million
Interhemispheric Axons!
The Number of Fibers Varies with
Sex and Handedness Women &
Non-Right Handed Men have the
most Fibers!

Corpus Callosum
Both Sides Now!
Figure 3: The Corpus Callosum expanded view
Right side cut away to show
Interhemispheric Fibers from the Right
Cerebral Cortex go to exactly the same
areas of the Left Cerebral Cortex.

Figure 1: The Corpus Callosum, Anterior

Commissure and other Commissures of the
brain - cross sectional view. The fibres crossing
through the corpus callosum connect most
cortical areas in one hemisphere with the same
areas in the opposite hemisphere. Whereas the
Anterior Commissure connects areas in the anterior,
inferior and medial temporal lobes in one hemisphere
with the same areas in the opposite hemisphere.

There are a number of other minor commissures

connecting the right and left sides of the brain.
One of the most Important being the
Hippocampal Commissure the source of Exam
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Fig. 1: Simplified
Schematic of Mental
Processing.

e the many Levels of Integration, and how late in Proce

sciousness appears & this is just on one-side of the Br

the Corpus Callosum must further Integrate the Gestalt & Lo

d Functions in both Hemispheres that Initiate our Thinking!

Learning from the LEAP

point of view, requires
three things:

Access to Specific Brain

Functions.

Ability to Integrate these

Brain Functions.

Maintaining Integration of
these Functions under
Varying Degrees of Stress.

But how do we know when a

Person has Lost Integration
needed to Learn?

Both Sides Now:

Corpus Callosum & Right/Left
Hemisphere Integration
How Do You Locate a "Blocked" Corpus
Callosum?
The Corpus Callosum Neuro-Muscular Test:
A Bilateral Muscle Test specifically
activates the Corpus Callosum.
But How "Blocked" is "Blocked"?
What "Blocks" the Corpus Callosum? Most
often Childhood Traumas but Trauma as
perceived by a 2 or 3 year old!
What is the Result of a Blocked Corpus
Callosum?
The Stress Avoidance Cycle!

Both Sides Now:

Corpus Callosum NeuroIntegration
Muscle Test
This Test was developed by
Vic Roderigues in 1985.
I then modified this Test to
make it specific for the
Corpus Callosum.
The CCNM Test is basically a
High
Supraspinatus Test, but with
the Hands facing each other
& the Pressure is across the
chest.

e 5. The Stress Avoidance Cycle begins when you have either on-go
fic situational loss of Brain Integration (BI). On-going loss of BI is due
a in early childhood, and is there every day, while situational loss of
here in the presence of a specific stressor.

What is the Result of

the Stress Avoidance
Cycle?

Both Sides Now:

Corpus Callosum &
Right/Left Hemisphere
Integration
What is the Result of
Unblocking the Corpus
Callosum?
The Success Cycle!

Figure 6: The Success Cycle begins when you hold Brain

Integration
even when stressed by a specific task or function, or even
when you
make a mistake, allowing you Figure it out eliminating the
stress .

What is the Result of

the Success Cycle?

One-day Workshop
following the
Conference
Will provide the Simple
Muscle Tests to check for
Corpus Callsoum.
Blockage.
Then explore how this may
change in Different
Contexts!
Brain Integration is totally
Contextual!