Is right brain development a truth or a scam?

Illustrate with facts:

1, developing the right brain can't "read blindfolded"

2018 July 31June 13:57? Source: Ningbo Daily

Blindfold literacy, long-distance "remote sensing", speed reading and speed reading ... this is the magical function of children's "right brain pineal gland" after being developed? Maybe you don't believe it, but there are really many parents who want their children to be dragons and women to be phoenixes. In fact, this old scam, which is not uncommon, deceived many parents in Cixi, Ningbo after returning to the rivers and lakes last summer vacation.

A few days ago, Cixi court tried such a fraud case, and the defendant was sentenced to 9 months in prison, suspended for 3 months/year, and fined 1 10,000 yuan.

On July 3 1 last year, Ms. Shi, who lives in Cixi, met a mother and son when talking about business. Mother surnamed Wang, from Henan; The child, surnamed Chen, calls himself a "prodigy". At the scene, Ms. Shi witnessed performances such as blind reading word cards and shorthand playing cards for one minute. "Developing the pineal gland of the right brain can achieve this effect."

Looking back, Wang said that she planned to open a training class in Cixi to help children develop their potential. Because her daughter Lele (a pseudonym) can be as capable as she is, Ms. Shi signed up for Wang's training class.

After the training, Ms. Shi wanted to see her daughter's blindfolded literacy skills, but her daughter never wanted to. Later, Lele told the truth: "In fact, every time I squint through the gap, I know what it says."

Feeling cheated, Ms. Shi just wanted Wang to return the training fee at first, but Wang shirked that Lele needed to practice again. Later, in the process of communication, the two sides tore their faces, so Ms. Shi reported the police.

According to Wang, her son learned the fast memory method, and he did remember shorthand skills such as playing cards in one minute, but blindfolded literacy is a fool, purely by peeking. This ridiculous blindfolding literacy is to deceive people with money under the guise of "developing the pineal gland of the right brain." In addition to Ms. Shi, five local parents were cheated.

The relevant person in charge of Cixi Court reminded parents, "If you report a training class to your child, you must choose a formal training institution. Once it is found that criminals take the opportunity to collect money, they should report it to the relevant departments in time. "

2. The man said that developing the right brain to teach the Caifu Jing was actually a commission to attract people to join the club.

20 16 September 06 06:54? Source: Beijing Morning Post

Man Ma calls himself "Dr. Ma", proclaiming that he can not only develop the right brain of human beings, but also treat diseases with ideas and teach ways to make money quickly, so as to develop others to pay for membership. In a few months, Ma and his wife Han jointly defrauded many victims of more than 260,000 yuan.

They were tried in Haidian Court yesterday on suspicion of fraud, and they refused to plead guilty during the trial. The reporter noticed that the so-called mysterious "energy" props used by Dr. Ma in class were all purchased from "dynamic batch".

The reporter learned that since July last year, the Qinghe police station of Haidian Public Security Bureau has received many reports and was defrauded by a company called "Great Wall Dragon" in the name of an apprentice.

After investigation by the public security organs, it was learned that Ma, the person in charge of the company, called himself "Dr. Ma" and defrauded property by fictional facts. At most, more than 200 members have classes in the company. On August 18 last year, Ma and his wife Han were arrested and brought to justice by the public security organs.

According to the accusation of the public prosecution agency, the defendants Ma and Han, in the name of developing the right brain, treating diseases with ideas, and teaching the method of getting rich quickly, adopted the method of developing members to become disciples, requiring members and disciples to pay a certain amount of "entry fee", and taking their disciples as the number of off-line personnel, fabricated the fact that their companies were about to go public, and defrauded many victims of more than 262,000 yuan.

The public prosecution agency believes that the two should be investigated for criminal responsibility for fraud.

Yesterday morning, the case was heard in Haidian Court. It is understood that Ma is 45 years old and has a university degree. He is from Jingtai County, Gansu Province. Before the incident, he was the actual controller of Beijing Great Wall Julong Education Development Co., Ltd. and was sentenced to administrative detention for beating others. Han, female, wife of Ma, graduate degree, legal representative of Great Wall Julong Company.

3. Right brain development should not be blindfolded.

Distinguishing playing cards is actually a child peeking through a gap in the blindfold.

201310109:32 on October 25th Source: Zhejiang Daily.

After paying nearly 20 thousand yuan, through two days of right brain development training, children can recognize words and perceive things by touching, listening and smelling as long as they are blindfolded. Is it true?/You don't say. Recently, Hangzhou Extraordinary Education Consulting Co., Ltd. has attracted the attention of many parents and children under the banner of right brain development. What is the truth? The reporter conducted a follow-up interview.

Located in the "Extraordinary" headquarters on the 9th floor of the Digital Entertainment Building, No.98 Wenyi West Road, several trained children wore blindfolds and gave demonstrations to more than 20 parents. The reporter saw that a child put a playing card face inward, stuck it on his forehead, then took it off and reported the color and quantity of the playing cards.

Several children nearby "induced" in different ways. Some children touched the cards with their hands, some smelled them with their noses, and some children put the cards on their ears and fanned them several times, all of which accurately reported the points on the playing cards. Many parents were surprised after seeing the demonstration.

It is reported that Hangzhou "Extraordinary" was established at the beginning of this year. By mid-June of 10, it had enrolled 22 students, mostly aged between 5 and 12, with about 10 students in each period. The "extraordinary" advertisement shows that it has franchisees in Luqiao, Linhai and Shaoxing, and the farthest one is in Nanning, Guangxi.

According to the staff, it is only the primary course of the course to gain perceptual ability through the development of the right brain. The beginner class lasts for two days, and the tuition fee is 19800 yuan. For the remaining 28 days, it is up to the children to continue retraining and consolidate their achievements. Children with good learning results can enter the intermediate class for training, and then learn the skills of "perspective" to see words through envelopes and "dark vision" and "hyperopia" to see things in dark places.

The staff also said that the son of Du Mou, the president of the company, had the ability of "quantum fluctuation speed reading" at a higher stage, and he could "turn the words in the book into images and play them in his brain" in a quick browse, achieving the effect of "reading 100,000 words in five minutes" as advertised in his advertisement.

In the video played later, Xiao Du quickly flipped through the book and said the contents of the book. Some parents at the scene questioned that it is entirely possible for children to recite the content in advance and then shoot the video. Can it be verified on site? However, the staff said that no one in Taizhou and Hangzhou had reached this level and refused the parents' request.

The reporter asked Xiaojin, a student who has obtained "perception ability" after training: How to perceive after blindfolding? He said that a light came from his forehead, and then he could feel what was written on the card and paper. However, when the reporter suggested that the blindfold could be removed and the eye sensor card closed, both the child and the training teacher refused.

Xiao An is a student who entered school in August. After two days of training, she quickly learned to know things blindfolded. After blindfolding his eyes, he can distinguish playing cards from characters with almost 100% accuracy. But Ann's mother always thinks something is wrong. "Children are very willing to demonstrate, but they will not let others touch the blindfold, nor will they reveal what they have learned." Ann's mother said.

After repeated questioning, Xiao An finally revealed the truth to his mother: he didn't actually feel the color on the playing cards, and the playing cards were seen through the gap under the blindfold. During the training, the teacher did not explicitly say that you can peek. Once children say they can see, they will be encouraged and rewarded. The teacher asked the children not to spread the contents of classroom training, and parents were not allowed to enter the classroom during the training.

On the "extraordinary" advertising leaflet, the reporter found the information of two students in the province. However, after inquiries by the public security organs, there are no such two people in Zhejiang Province.

Is the development of the right brain really so magical? "Blindfold literacy is very unreliable and has no scientific basis." Chen, a professor at the School of Psychology and Cognitive Science of East China Normal University, said: "Right brain development is indeed feasible in education. Children can enhance their ability in spatial perception through proper training, but it is by no means the inductive ability mentioned by training institutions.

At present, there is no literature at home and abroad to prove that the right brain is in charge of perception, and whether perception exists is still a question. If you develop your child's right brain at will, it will be harmful to your child. Professor Chen also reminded parents that the slogans of many training institutions are outrageous now, so keep your eyes open and don't be deceived by so-called marketing methods.

4. "Being blindfolded can distinguish colors" and "Being a poet for seven days"

2017-08-0916:12:18 Source: Xinhua News Agency.

In just a few days, you can "develop" your child's right brain, improve your learning potential, and even achieve the effect of "blindfolding", "becoming a poet in seven days" and "never forgetting anything" ...

Recently, Xinhua Viewpoint reporter investigated a training institution called Brain Cube. It claims to have more than 120 teaching points in China, trained more than 20,000 students, set up a teaching headquarters in Shanghai and registered 12 branches.

Under the background of standardizing the market order of education and training in Shanghai and gradually closing the "unlicensed" education and training institutions, there are still training courses that fool students and parents with the cloak of "magical effect" during the summer vacation.

There is no scientific theory to prove that there are 8 mistakes and 7 brain development in the blindfold color discrimination test.

Can children really achieve the effect of publicity after training? At the beginning of this year, Mr. Ding's children took the course of "Brain Cube". After the so-called "right brain development", they found that the children could not "distinguish colors blindfolded" and dropped out of the training. "I suspect that children are just guessing that our children are more honest. If you can't see it, you can't see it. "

The reporter walked into the classroom of the "Brain Cube" and saw the children sitting with their eyes closed and their heads down, as if they were absorbed in meditation.

A teacher told parents who came to pick up their children that they should practice blindfolding 10 to 20 minutes every day after they come home, trying to make the "little ball of light" in their heads brighter and brighter. It is necessary to train children's hands, foreheads and back heads to perceive colors and "project" them on a "small ball of light".

At the request of the reporter, the staff of "Brain Cube" called three trained children to demonstrate "blindfold color discrimination" and "perceive" the colors of cards and plastic building blocks through hands, foreheads and other parts. Three people * * * tried eight times and got seven wrong answers. The staff explained that it may be because there are many strangers present, which makes them nervous and difficult to concentrate.

In addition, the staff also demonstrated the process of "right brain development" He took out a card with an orange ball printed on the blue background, told the reporter to stare intently, and then closed his eyes. The staff said that if you can still see colors and a screen after closing your eyes, it proves that the reporter's brain can be developed.

"This has nothing to do with brain cognition. It belongs to visual makeup, just like closing your eyes after watching the sun. " Cai Qing, an associate professor at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience of East China Normal University, said. She explained that there is indeed research on fingertip reading in the world at present, but there is no theory to prove that human beings can perceive images and colors with functions other than vision.

In the classrooms of "brain screen imaging" and "extrasensory creativity", the reporter saw students repeatedly training their memory and writing poems. According to the "brain cube", after opening the right brain, children's minds will present the scenes of reciting paragraphs and writing poems, just "reading and writing".

When the reporter gave the title of "New Shanghai", a foreign student wrote a poem on the spot: "The hotel lives in the lobby and the citizens play by car."

Cai Qing believes that the so-called left-right brain theory has fallen behind in academic circles. At present, it is recognized by the scientific community that the left and right brains work together in different ways, and there is no such thing as "opening the right brain". "Besides, it is normal to recite an article of one or two hundred words in 5 to 10 minutes."

"Any article or work, no matter how beautiful the content and form are, can't be said to be beautiful when viewed backwards, which is meaningless, so the relevant training is of no value at all." Huang Yufeng, a special-grade teacher in the middle school affiliated to Fudan University, said.

Huang Yufeng said that the teaching and learning of ancient poetry has its own laws. "The ancients said,' You can recite 300 Tang poems without writing', which means that the writing of ancient poems depends on long-term training and emotional integration on the basis of a lot of reading and accumulation. The so-called' seven-day poet' is more like the' possessed' teaching method under the mentality of quick success and instant benefit. " He said.

In fact, as early as 20 12, Xinhua News Agency had broadcast a report exposing similar deception, but a few years later, similar deception still appeared with a new look. Wu Zunmin said that these scams have repeatedly succeeded because the heart of quick success has blinded parents' eyes. In addition, the education administration and market supervision departments should strictly examine the qualifications of school-running institutions and intensify the crackdown on running schools without licenses.

5. Is "right brain development" a superpower or a scam for students to read books blindfolded after training?

Source: Qilu Evening News Time: 2017-08-2113: 08: 36 Editor:

Blindfolded, you can also identify colors and distinguish poker; With a little finger, the words in the book will fly into your mind and read quickly; After developing the right brain, I learned from myself without a teacher. I memorized 40 poems in two and a half hours and was easily admitted to a key university. ...

Recently, an organization named "Super Brain Intelligence Potential Development Center-Right Brain Development" in Texas, USA, said that even if children are blindfolded, they can recognize colors and shapes only through hearing, smell and touch. Is that really the case? In the past few days, the reporter has launched an investigation.

The reporter inquired in the national enterprise credit new information publicity system, and did not find the relevant information of the enterprise through keyword searches such as "Ruibeier Culture Communication Co., Ltd." and "Chaozhi".

Subsequently, the reporter consulted the Decheng District Administration for Industry and Commerce on whether there were false propaganda and exaggerated product effects. A staff member said that it can only be said that it is suspected of false propaganda. The specific situation needs to be verified on the spot to see if there are unlicensed operations and false propaganda. If the store does exist, it will be ordered to stop illegal activities and be punished according to relevant regulations.

In this regard, Zhang Xingfeng, an associate professor at the School of Education Science of Texas University, analyzed that the so-called blindfold color discrimination, blindfold literacy, blindfold Rubik's Cube, blindfold reading and flash memory are often opportunistic by some training institutions.

"Even if you really read words as figures and symbols, you can read ten lines at a glance, but reading fast does not mean understanding. This situation is more about cheating by guessing or other means. "

Zhang Xingfeng said that this is often because training institutions have achieved certain persuasiveness under the guise of "right brain development" in order to promote some magical effect. This kind of statement or propaganda is just opportunistic in disguise and has no scientific basis.

References:

China * * * Production Party News Network-Can the right brain development be blindfolded?

People's Network-Can you "read blindfolded" when developing the right brain?

People's Network-Men say that developing the right brain to teach finance and economics is actually a commission to attract people to join the club.

Xinhuanet-"Being blindfolded can distinguish colors" and "Being a poet for seven days"-"Brain Cube" training class is a god.

Chinese businessmen. Is the "right brain development" of blindfolded students after training a superpower or a scam?