Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having the left brain dominant.
- adj. Of or relating to the thought processes, such as logic and calculation, generally associated with the left brain.
- adj. Of or relating to a person whose behavior is dominated by logic, analytical thinking, and verbal communication, rather than emotion and creativity.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Exhibiting intellectual or personality characteristics suggesting dominance of linguistic or logical modes of thought, which are usually controlled by the left cerebral hemisphere; ; also referred to as
linear . See linear{3}. Contrasted withright-brained .
Examples
“These two processes are sometimes loosely described as left-brained (logical) and right-brained (intuitive), or IQ (Intelligence Quotient) and EQ (Emotional Quotient).”
“Much better than that uptight, left-brained logic stuff.”
“I guess that makes me left-brained? on 18 May 2010 at 9: 53 am Hart”
“Mystic Jan will frighten away all the left-brained people and they were just getting over the toast fairies.”
“But, in a world controlled by left-brained people, the right brainers are also ananomaly.”
“You are also told that if you happen to be a teacher, you're left-brained; if you can explain your opinions in words, you're left-brained; if you bother to read a how-to book, you're left-brained; better put away that Drawing from the Right Side of Your Brain book.”
The Huffington Post: Brian D. Cohen: Drawing From Both Sides of Your Brain
“Let's stop calling ourselves right- or left-brained, bad at art, bad at math; we share every capacity, albeit to varying degrees.”
The Huffington Post: Brian D. Cohen: Drawing From Both Sides of Your Brain
“He told me, "You scored very high with your bosses and peers and subordinates, except that your 360 was heavily weighted toward a lot of right-brained stuff, and HR is a left-brained job.”
The Huffington Post: Liz Ryan: Putting The 'Human' Back In HR, Part Two
“It was an art that many of them reported as having lost along the way with so much left-brained schooling.”
“The field of law is logical, clearly defined by principles and based on written words recorded legal documents that spell out the “letter of the law”—a left-brained profession.”
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