When it comes to learning, we know we use our brains, but how exactly do we use our brains? This question has been asked by many people. They break it down and say we have learning styles, but some say we don't have any learning styles at all. Everyone's brain has two sides that people call the left hemisphere and the right hemisphere. It is said that people's personalities develop from their dominant side. When people learn to read or write, their brain functions at a higher percentage, mainly because it's the first time it has to process the information you're trying to absorb. When you look at an image of your brain, you can clearly see a fold in the middle of the brain. This is because we actually have two brains, the left hemisphere and the right hemisphere; they simply sit next to each other and are connected by one thing, a bridge. It's not a real bridge; It's actually called the corpus callosum. It is a set of fibers linked together to connect your two brains, thus forming a mind. This simple bridge transmits information from the right side to the left and from the left side to the right. In some cases they cut the bridge to stop people from having seizures, this worked but it led to other problems such as memory loss, inability to put names to faces and even inability to dream. If you were to burn that bridge before you had time to learn everything, you might have a slower learning process than most. The left hemisphere controls the right side of your body and the right hemisphere controls the left side of your body. In most people, the left brain controls; speech, language, reasoning and analysis and the right side of your brain controls auditory and visual arousal... middle of paper ...... no matter how much we try to understand it; there is no answer as to which side is used more in learning than the other. It's simply about what we learn at that moment. References Carter, R. Aldridge, S. Page, M. Parker, S. (2009). The Human Brain Book. New York, NY: DK Publishing. Scull, A. (2010). Left brain, right brain: One brain, two brains. Brain: a journal of neurology, volume 133 (number 10), pp. 3153-3156. doi:10.1093/brain/awq255Kevin T. (1998). Left or right brain? Accessed February 6, 2012. Retrieved from: http://www.angelfire.com/wi/2brains/index.htmlKendra C. (undated). Left brain versus right brain. Accessed February 18, 2012. Retrieved from: http://psychology.about.com/od/cognitivepsychology/a/left-brain-right-brain.htm?p=1Parker, S. (2003). Brain: Injury, Disease, and HealthChicago, IL: Heinemann Library.