6/28/2004
desjardins/honig                                            COGNITION
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Education of Adolescents in the US
•Emphasis in education and the work world is on logical, analytical, critical and convergent thinking. The goals of this are precision, exactness, consistency, and correctness of response.  (left hemisphere)
•Original concepts do not necessarily arise from logical thinking but with newfound ability to have abstract thinking adolescents may have interest in music art etc.
–Creativity uses the right hemisphere