The Power of the Mind:
The Whole Brain Theory

OBJECTIVES:
At the end of this lesson, we are expected to:
1.Discuss the understanding the left and right brain may help improving
one’s learning;
2.Explore the two types of mind mapping techniques, each suited to right
brai – or left brain – dominant thinking styles; and
3.Make a plan to improve learning using the left and right brain through
mind – mapping techniques.

Hermann’s Four
Dominant Quadrants
Using Mind Maps
Effectively
Mind Mapping
What is the whole
brain theory?
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04 05
Table of Contents
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Whole Brain Theory
in Learning

What is the
Whole Brain
Theory?
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• In 1861, Paul Broca conducted a study
on the language and left – right brain
specialization on a patient who had
problems with language. After several
tests, Broca theoritized that some
language funtions reside on the left side
of the brain (R.J. Morris 2006)

Conducted a study for epilepsy which
gave him the 1981 Nobel Prize for
Physiology or Medicine.
Dr. Roger Sperry
Sperry explained that the brain
has Two hemisphere that
perform tasks differently
from each other.

Dr. Sperry’s Split – Brain Theory
01
02
03
01
02
03
04
Analytical
Logical
Reasoning
Critical
Thinking
Intuitive
Creative
Synthesizing

DR. Paul MacLean
Come up with the theory that
identified three distinct parts of
the brain

3 Distinct parts of the brain (Truin Brain Theory)
NEOCORTEX
LIMPIC
SYSTEM
REPTILIAN
COMPLEX
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02
03

NEOCORTEX or
RATIONAL BRAIN
Responsible for Intellectual
Tasks such as language,
planning, abstraction and
perception.

LIMBRIC SYSTEM OR THE INTERMEDIATE BRAIN
Responsible for motivation and
emotion invilved in feeding,
reproductive and parental
behavior.

REPTILIAN COMPLEX OR
THE PRIMITIVE BRAIN
Control the self – preservation
and aggressive behavior of
humans similar to the survival
instincts of animals.

After drawing the studies of
Sperry, Ned Herrman came up
with his own theory called the
“Brain Dominance Theory”
which he derived from
observations and tests that the
human body, although
symmetrical and paired in almost
every aspects, do not necessarily
function equally.
People normally have a
more dominant part of
their body, like a more
dominant leg, eye or arm,
which a person often
prefers to use.

• Hermann extended his theory to the brain,
which he concluded to having not just two
parts but four:
 The upper left and right hemisphere
 The lower left and right limbric halves
Hermann is regarded as the “FATHER OF
BRAIN DOMINANCE TECHNOLOGY”.

1. Upper Left (A) Celebral Mode – ANALYTICAL
2. Lower Left (B) Limbric Mode – ORGANIZED
3. Lower Right (C) Limbric Mode – INTERPERSONAL
4. Upper Right (D) Limbric System – IMAGINATIVE
HERMANN LABELED THE FOUR QUADRANTS OF
THE BRAIN AS:

Quadrant A (ANALYTICAL) Learners
• Are very much into logical thinking.
• Enjoy analyzing information and understand
better when presented with numbers and
quantities.
• Good at theorizing or concluding ‘based on facts
and information’ that support their theories.

Quadrant B (ORGANIZED) Learners
• Easily grasp things in sequence
• Enjoy organizing ideas and things
• Assess situations and information
• Apply what they have learned into practice
• They always demand clear instructions or directions,
and would rather apply what they learned in practical
situations rather that just theories.

● A and B Learners are
often characterized as
practical, reality – based,
and down – to – earth
persons.

Quadrant C (INTERPERSONAL) Learners
• Very sociable learners who enjoy learning with a group with
whom they share ideas and projects.
• Very focused and involved when trying to learn something.

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Neptune is the
farthest planet
from the Sun
Neptune
Jupiter is the
biggest planet in
our Solar System
Jupiter
Despite being red,
Mars is a cold
place, not hot
Mars
The Moon is an
astronomical body
orbiting Earth
Moon
Saturn is not solid
like Earth, but it’s
a gas giant
Saturn
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The Moon is an astronomical
body orbiting Earth and is the
planet's only satellite
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and is the second planet from
the Sun. It’s terribly hot
Neptune is named after the
Roman god of the sea. It’s 17
times the mass of Earth
Venus Neptune
Mars Moon
Mercury is the closest planet
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