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[|Click here to view my blog]! For this artifact, each student had to read an excerpt titled "Right Brain Rising," which discussed the roles of the right side of the brain versus the left. The story was narrated by a patient who goes to get brain scans of his brain. The story was very interesting to read, and it made me stop and think, "Am I more inclined to right-directed thinking or left?" The story indicated that, contrary to popular belief, one side of the brain was not "better" or "more useful" than the other: there are both just different. In fact, I learned both sides of the brain play crucial roles in everything we do. The patient ends up summarizing the four key differences between the left side of the brain and the right. After reading this story, my teacher told us to think about whether we tended to be more left directed thinkers or right directed thinkers. I decided I tended to be more of a left-directed thinker because I focus more on details rather than the big picture, and I use logistical rather than intuitive thinking. Not only did this project help me learn more about the central nervous system and particular functions of the different sides of the brain, but it made me think about the changes occuring in the outside world that are making right-dircted thinking more popular than it was beforehand. I had a lot of fun blogging about this story, and I hope you enjoy reading it!