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Understanding your left brain and right brain

Have you ever wondered why some people can write beautifully but can never add sums properly? Have you ever been exasperated by someone who picks at every small detail while you’re admiring the overall success of a piece of work? Chances are, you have been witnessing brain dominance at work.

Brain dominance is based on a theory, developed in the 1960s and 1970s by Dr Roger Sperry, that our left brain and right brain function differently from each other. Each ‘side’ has a different amount of influence on our rational thinking processes. Whichever side appears to have more impact our rational thinking is said to be dominant.


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