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âIt is the right frontal cortex that is responsible for inhibiting oneâs immediate response, and hence for flexibility and set-shifting; as well as the power of inhibiting immediate response to environmental stimuli.â (The Master and His Emissary). Some thoughtsâŚ
Inhibition (same word) is a core skill of Alexander Technique, the capacity to notice and not respond in a habitual way. The fact that this is lateralised in the right hemisphere confirms a hunch, because the RH is also associated with broad attention (awareness)
Iâm still connecting dots but it seems sensible to connect the subjective experience of âexpanded awarenessâ to the capacity for âflexibility and set-shiftingâ. I also wonder if my right frontal cortex shows any structural changes since I am trained in doing this
Also further weight to my growing suspicion that Alexander Technique is nothing less than a way to consciously escape inappropriate left hemisphere dominance and re-establish appropriate right hemisphere activation.
CESSATION OF EFFORT TO PRODUCE SOMETHING FAVOURS CREATIVITY BECAUSE IT PERMITS THE BROADENING OF ATTENTION AND ENGAGEMENT OF THE RIGHT HEMISPHERE https://t.co/Pd82Nq5QC1
@m_ashcroft The intersection between science and woo is called magic https://t.co/odmQau8WAe
@m_ashcroft Fucking delightful to realize that this thread of yours is a tree flowering, whose seed was planted in this very first thread I wrote about McGilchrist 2y ago (before even reading TMAHE) asking how to shift locus to RH stoked to taste the fruit! https://t.co/hfNhNkoIjI
After watching this engaging convo between JP & IM about the latter's work on the @divided_brain, I have the sense that my top personal learning priority is shifting my internal locus to my right hemisphere. Suggestions for how to train this? https://t.co/9wZTW6ywE8