left-hemisphere

Whereas language is usually processed in the left-hemisphere for right-handed people and in the right-hemisphere for left-handed people, left-handed people also process some language in the left-hemisphere — providing for the possibility that some sort of evolutionary advantage exists for lefties. posted by Deron Bauman in history, humans, intelligence, language | * | 6 comments comments

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Biologists had long assumed handedness was a uniquely human trait, a byproduct of the same left-hemisphere, right-hemisphere brain asymmetry that plays a role in language, our loftiest achievement.

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Often this requires the application of rigorous scientific method, which represents the best of left-hemisphere thinking.

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The consequence is that left-hemisphere capacities, such as breadth of knowledge, memory for details, and even gathering, sorting, and organizing information, create less of an advantage in the workplace than they once did.

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The consequence is that left-hemisphere capacities, such as breadth of knowledge, memory for details, and even gathering, sorting, and organizing information, create less of an advantage in the workplace than they once did.

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They don't always unfold predictably, but they do provide a roadmap for enlisting the whole brain, moving back and forth between analytic, deductive, left-hemisphere thinking, and more pattern-seeking, big-picture, right-hemisphere thinking.

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The brain-state underlying ordinary consciousness is left-hemisphere dominated, and we know that the left hemisphere filters out experiences that do not mesh with our established beliefs and expectations.

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In a left-hemisphere dominated world, these right-hemisphere capacities are dramatically underdeveloped.

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They don't always unfold predictably, but they do provide a roadmap for enlisting the whole brain, moving back and forth between analytic, deductive, left-hemisphere thinking, and more pattern-seeking, big-picture, right-hemisphere thinking.

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Often this requires the application of rigorous scientific method, which represents the best of left-hemisphere thinking.

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