Left Brain vs Right Brain Myth! DEBUNKED

Can a dominant side of your brain dictate your personality. LOGICAL vs CREATIVE? The Theory goes that if you are more creative and artistic then you are ‘right-brained’ and if you’re more methodical and better with numbers then you are ‘left-brained’. But how does the brain really work?

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[DebunkedOfficial]

Would you consider yourself LOGICAL or CREATIVE?

[OutlawMantis]

I am a brain surgery patient. Throughout all the various times I talked to my neurosurgeon over the years, he talked a damn lot about this stuff. It's all quite fascinating but there's still so much we don't understand about the brain. I had a large amount of my right temporal lobe removed.

It was because I developed epilepsy. Eventually they had to do an SEEG to pinpoint the origin which involves inserting many probes into the brain. But it turned out that even this experienced neurologist was wrong about his own hypothesis. It was what he described as a "switching phenomenon" that he'd never seen in anybody before me. The things the seizures did to me indicated that the origin was my left side of the brain. However, the "switching phenomenon" made it so that the seizure started in one half of the brain but then switched over, producing contradictory results.

I had to sign the usual consent form before the removal surgery. Y'know, no hard feelings if I die, etc. I was told I'd probably lose my peripheral vision. I didn't. I think my memory might be slightly weaker but I'm mostly the same (and no stupider than usual) despite having a large part of one side removed. It is quite amazing how both hemispheres work together to compensate for brain damage from injury or possibly from brain surgery. 🧠

[TheAyushMalla]

I am a brain trying to learn about myself 😂😂😂

[tempo]

This sounds a lot like the claim, that you’re only using 10% of your brain and that you esentially become a new Einstein when you subscribe to their 500$/month online therapy sessions.
These misconceptions are not innocent or harmless.

[OAlem]

Spot on! There is one thing to elaborate on. Whether someone looks left or right in and of itself is not an indication of lying, no. Experienced behaviourists and interrogators look for *deviations* in baseline behaviour. For example, if someone's baseline is that they consistently look left when recounting proven facts, and then they suddenly look right, that may be a red flag on that event.

[chrisparker]

There are a lot of myths about left vs right brain hemispheres but there are important differences between the hemispheres. For example, one side is used for focusing on specific things while the other side focuses on the bigger picture. I recommend a book called The Master and His Emissary.

[Austenite]

Everyone keep asking if i am right brain or left brain dominant, they should never know that secretly i'm cerebellum dominant.

[hannibalhector]

What’s funny is I learned some of this from an intro to Psych class in college. Glad to know I was right to think it was off.

[PurpleAmharicCoffee]

Which eye is still open? The one I can see out of!

Damn monocular vision.

[juliansahne]

I watched the video of CGP Grey yesterday about this. This topic is really fascinating

[jnightmare]

it’s is fascinating that i instantly used my right hand to place on my head and closed my left eye. since a young child i’ve always done music singing, instruments, poems, sports and drawing. these things come natural to me whereas math or science i have to actually try to become good at them. I’ve always thought whatever you put effort into you can become really good at but also some things are definitely more natural for some people.
From my observations people who were naturally good at math or science usually have really poor handwriting, poor level of hand eye coordination and wouldn’t really do well in art class, whereas i’m the opposite. Who knows why, maybe because my mother was artistic also🤷‍♂️

[QuentinMatthysBoeckmansYJ]

Thanks Stu, it’s always so interesting all those research you do to separate myth from true in the common belief.

[gameweb]

Most underrated youtube channel, but we are with you don't worry i love your content ❤️

[diyeana]

I have hemiplegic migraines. I'll have pain on my left or right side of my head and the opposite side of my body will go numb and then partially paralyzed. I also lose the ability to speak. It's like a stroke.

[letmegetveryfiedyoutube]

at 0:16 i literally just sat there proccesing it without even putting my hand on my head at all

[samluc]

If the side that speech comes from is damaged but, the side that sings isn't can we learn to sing to communicate?

[AUSCarLover]

It's not just about being an artist or scientist—that's oversimplifying things. In reality, we often see that those with strong mathematical skills struggle with understanding things that aren't computational, while those who can use both hemispheres efficiently are true geniuses. Many arguments arise because one side is feeling an insight or understanding, while the other is construing things word by word, like an NPC or AI. There's a paper mentioned here that claims there is no left or right brain dominance, but in daily life, we clearly see the struggle when people with left- or right-brain tendencies meet. If you can quickly sense what type of person you're dealing with, it can be very helpful. Politically, there are striking identities on each side that may reflect which hemisphere is dominant in their brain, regardless of party policy. Understanding this can help us communicate and learn from these differences. Believing in the debunking paper without considering this reality makes you somewhat ignorant.

[colueyyud]

im stunned by the mans beauty at 3:07 and would love to know where did that picture come from, please🥺🥺

[wtf]

I must be right brained because I'm absolutely right about absolutely everything.🤣😜
Wait, which side was which again? 🤔🙄

[gagiskumars]

bruh i got both sides of brain working 🤣