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Lord_Gadget t1_j4dl8h8 wrote

Well the "left and right brain" theory has been disproven for a long time.

The idea that there are right-brained and left-brained people is a myth. Although we all obviously have different personalities and talents, there's no reason to believe these differences can be explained by the dominance of one half of the brain over the other half.

If you're talking about pure functionality things, then it doesn't really mean anything beyond that being the dominant neural pathway developed during their life.

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Prestigious_Carpet29 t1_j4t28de wrote

This question is about the left side of your brain controls the right side of your body and vice versa - which I believe is evidenced from cases where people have brain-injury on one side, and lose control of the other side of their body.

This is completely different to the bogus concept of "right-brained and left-brained people" where one dominant side is supposedly more creative and the other more analytical - which at best is just a lazy psychological metaphor.

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Lord_Gadget t1_j4t7mjk wrote

Correct, this is why I put in the qualifier at the end about the question from a "pure functionality standpoint".

It's just the dominant neural pathway and really nothing more.

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