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Brain Right hemisphere is random and left hemisphere is linear? really?
You shouldn't. It is one of those stubbornly persistent myths. It is almost entirely false. It is true that in some tasks one half of the brain is more prominent (although even in supposed classic ...
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Is forward associated with right and backwards with left?
It may have to do with language.
The idea that language influences thought is called Linguistic Relativity:
The more accepted weak version claims that linguistic categories and
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Can split-brain patients sleep like whales?
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An animal study did not reveal any effects on the synchronization of the cerebral hemispheres after callosotomy, as based on EEG recordings. When one hemisphere showed sleep patterns on ...
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Can drawing a duck define a person's hemispheric dominance?
What is the dominant hemisphere in the first place? I found the following definition (source: Medical Dictionary):
[The] dominant hemisphere [is] [t]he left half of the brain in almost all right-...
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Difference in hemispheres when processing of somatosensory information
Given how dynamic the interplay of systems involved in creating one’s experience of somatosensory perception is, as well as the rich neurobiological of individuals, I would say the answer to your ...
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