Unit 4 B CRITICAL THINKING: LOGICAL VS LATERAL THINKING
As you heard from the logic expert on page 57, logical and lateral thinking are not entirely separate skills, but they do involve using the brain in rather different ways. So how can you improve either of these thinking skills?
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[ 4.6 Read statements a–f. Then listen to a conversation between three students about getting your brain to work in different ways. Tick the statements which are true according to what the students say.
a Any form of physical exercise helps you think better. b Learning a dance routine stimulates the right brain. c The left brain is associated with logical thinking.
d If you want to solve a maths problem, doing a dance routine first may help.
e Improvized dance improves lateral-thinking skills.
f Doing an improvized dance helps to generate lots of different ideas.
