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The left hemisphere of the brain is the self-cognitive, verbal and linear reasoning component of the mind. It fulfills the function of screening incoming stimuli by categorizing, assessing and assigning meaning prior to allowing passage of that content to the right hemisphere of the brain. The right hemisphere functions as the non-critical, holistic, non-verbal and pattern oriented component of the brain and tends to automatically accept the content passed from the left hemisphere without question. Both the sensory and motor cortices of the right cerebral portion of the brain contain sequences of points known as the [[Homunculus]], which corresponds to points in the body. Stimulation of these corresponding areas on the cortex causes immediate responses in the associated portion of the body. Consequently, if there is an induction of suggestion through an stimulus that the left leg is numb, if it reaches the right hemisphere unchallenged and is referred to the appropriate area of the sensory cortex, this will result in an electrical reaction being generated that will induce the feeling of numbness in the left leg. <ref>[Dept. of Army Analysis and Assessment of Gateway Process, June 9, 1983, LTC Wayne M. McDonnell]</ref>