The right brain is subconscious and intuitive, takes in information quickly and wants no repetition. Presenting information slowly and repetitively exercises the left brain, while flashing information to a child quickly stimulates the right brain. By age six the left brain is dominant, but before age six there is a window of opportunity where the right brain is dominant. Shichida says that presenting large amounts of information at a fast pace to infants, toddlers and preschoolers stimulates the right brain and can activate photographic memory. Research shows that young children benefit from being shown flashcards such as phonograms, word cards and math dot cards if sessions are happy, relaxed and brief, and cards are presented quickly.
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