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September 25, 2005
Brain and Language Question #3
Someone with left brain damage would have difficulty in reading Kana, the phonetic language, because the left brain is typically associated with language, grammar, rhythimic perception, and mathematical thinking. Kana represents the sounds and syllables of the language which therefore can be processed better by the left side of the brain. Kanji is an ideographic language where the symbols depict the action or noun in a way that does not represent how the words are pronounced. The right brain does visual tasks such as recognizing faces and spatial orientation and someone with right brain damage would find it difficult to read Kanji because it is a language composed of visuals.
Posted by lcisfreya at September 25, 2005 03:48 PM