kiwi trader, haven't read it and likely won't, but appears to be about the unconcious mind:
"In Claxton, are we learning about the history of the unconscious, or the history of ways
of representing the unconscious? Sadly he doesn't make this clear."
http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,1389815,00.html
the following for me makes better distinctions between brains
LEFT BRAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . RIGHT BRAIN
uses logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . uses feeling
detail oriented . . . . . . . . . "big picture" oriented
facts rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . imagination rules
words and language . . . . . . symbols and images
present and past . . . . . . . . present and future
math and science . . . . . . . philosophy and religion
can comprehend . . . . . . . . can "get it" i.e. meaning
knowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . believes
acknowledges . . . . . . . . . . appreciates
order/pattern perception . . . spatial perception
knows object name . . . . . . knows object function
reality based . . . . . . . . . . fantasy based
forms strategies . . . . . . . . presents possibilities
practical . . . . . . . . . . . . . impetuous
safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . risk taking
edited: "Our personality can be thought of as a result of the degree to which these left
and right brains interact, or, in some cases, do not interact.
It appears that most people will never reach their maximum potential because of compromises
that have been made between these two governing bodies.
Ideally, both brains work together in people with optimum mental ability.
This coordinating ability may be the key to superior intellectual abilities."
http://www.viewzone.com/bicam.html
a529612 has posed an interesting and as worded somewhat ambiguous question
suppose one is more right brain and using 'pattern recognition' to identify trade
entry/exits, does one have to have the left side agree in order to enter the trade ?
does the left side first require fulfillment in order to accept right side instructions ?
how does one override a negative/dominant left and/or right function ?
how does one optimally, obtain/train for the requisite left/right brain coordination ?
'Mind Juggling' ???:
http://www.navaching.com/hawkeen/mjug.html