Left Brain vs Right Brain Myth! DEBUNKED
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- 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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Would you consider yourself LOGICAL or CREATIVE?
I consider myself potato brained
@@K_ingh16 😆
Creatively Logical
Logically creative
I consider myself to be an ultra-balanced person.
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. 🧠
Wow, thanks for sharing your story. It is a fascinating topic.
Why did you decide to do such a drastic surgery? Were the epileptic attacks getting out of hand?
@@dinkopausic6357 It's standard procedure for epilepsy that is eventually deemed uncontrollable by drugs, which involves trying many different drugs first. But that doesn't mean I just decided to get the surgery on a whim myself. I'm from the UK (so, free NHS healthcare) and I ended up having to wait ten years after the epilepsy started before the temporal lobectomy (removal of temporal lobe piece) surgery was given the go-ahead.
It can take several years and piles of paperwork until neurologists are confident about proceeding with brain surgery. An incomprehensibly complex procedure. 😅
@@OutlawMantis Sounds like ten tough years. I'm glad you came out alive and well (I guess you're doing well?)
I have a close friend who has epilepsy as well, but his is not as dire as yours, ie. as long as he takes meds and avoids extreme behaviour, he's bound to be fine.
Oh, and thanks for your effort of typing all this!
The one part that your surgeon DID NOT meddle with is the Corpus Senseo'humour. Good for you Sir/ma'am. I'm thankful that your recovery experience has been enlightening to not just you and your surgeon but to thousands of viewers like me.
I am a brain trying to learn about myself 😂😂😂
Sounds parodoxical 😆
No you’re not. You’re a program running on a brain.
@@CaritasGothKaraokeNo you're not. You're pixels on a screen.
And I brain two and I am trying to find out what is funny
@@CaritasGothKaraoke there's no distinction between the software and the physical brain.
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.
We cover this later in the video 👍
I've watched a few videos where they analyze the psychology of criminals being questioned by the police, and they are really interesting
Everyone keep asking if i am right brain or left brain dominant, they should never know that secretly i'm cerebellum dominant.
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.
lol is this real? I've been thinking a lot about why I seems to think extremely intuitively and impulsively and just now I read an on CT report of mine where it was noted that I have a ventricular asymmetry towards the right hemisphere. Could that be of significance?
@helpIthinkmylegsaregone It is real. Sounds like that's what's going on with you. The right side is the intuitive hemisphere, the big picture half. The left is the more specific and analytical hemisphere. In the title of the book, the Master and the Emissary, the right hemisphere is the wise master while the left is the foolish emissary that thinks he knows more than his master.
Thank you for mentioning this book ! I believe it deserves to be known more widely. The examples of logical functions being able to make up logical speech out of thin air when presented with contradiction (for patients with right hemisphere disabled) are, imho, very good food for thought.
And if one has read the Master and His Emissary and enjoyed, his next book The Matter With Things is very long but quite extraordinary
@peterweston1356 Thank you for the advice !
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.
We investigate this claim thoroughly and find out what really happens in the brain.
@@DebunkedOfficial might be worth checking out The Matter With Things and Master and His Emissary ….
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.
Do you mean they were teaching the myth? Thanks for your comment
@@DebunkedOfficial he did mean that, it happened to me too
@@DebunkedOfficial yeah. They taught the left brain and right brain stuff as well as the lying part.
probably you learnt more in that class than what anyone could learn in a gender studies master
@@Nico1a5 love your avatar BTW 👍👨🚀
Which eye is still open? The one I can see out of!
Damn monocular vision.
at 0:16 i literally just sat there proccesing it without even putting my hand on my head at all
I watched the video of CGP Grey yesterday about this. This topic is really fascinating
I'll have to check that out
@@DebunkedOfficial it's called: you are two, pretty old actually
@@juliansahne3944 Thanks!
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🤷♂️
Thanks Stu, it’s always so interesting all those research you do to separate myth from true in the common belief.
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.
So sorry to hear that you suffer those Melissa, the reaction on the opposite side of your body is exactly what we're talking about. Thanks for sharing.
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.
Yep. However it's quite rudimentary to consider only two types of people. For example you'd be able to find both types of functioning in both sides of the political spectrum. People can defend opposite ideas with the same mechanisms, be it envisioning their ideal society, wanting to preserve what they feel important, or simply following fidelity to someone/a group/the thinking process they built their life on. This is just to name a few possible motives.
For everyday life, I'd be more inclined to use models such as MBTI or Enneagram.
I've yet to learn more about Enneagram, but MBTI has been quite a good help in communicating with people that don't function like me MBTI's Ti vs Te (internal Thinking vs external Thinking) might present good analogies with left/right hemispheres. Though ofc it's not the same thing.
In the end all models are false, but some are useful. I wish you farewell and good use of your own models !
@@lc1138 If one side becomes too dominant, it turns radical, and balance tends to emerge from the middle. I’ve noticed that when the left becomes radical, it naturally pushes the right to appear more reasonable, and vice versa. This is especially obvious in the 2024 election. I recognize this dynamic, but it doesn’t seem to be a subject discussed in academia.
im stunned by the mans beauty at 3:07 and would love to know where did that picture come from, please🥺🥺
Most underrated youtube channel , but we are with you don't worry i love your content ❤️
Thank you 😊
@@DebunkedOfficial 😱omg he replied 👍🙏 thanks for your time
@@gameweb1453 thanks for your time too.
@@DebunkedOfficial it's my pleasure 😂 lol this is getting crazy 😂😂
If the side that speech comes from is damaged but, the side that sings isn't can we learn to sing to communicate?
It helps me with stuttering.
I must be right brained because I'm absolutely right about absolutely everything.🤣😜
Wait, which side was which again? 🤔🙄
By saying that it's myth, we are actually saying that Roger W. Sperry was an ill-informed doctor, because calling it myth is equal to disagree with Roger W. Sperry's all time efforts and studies. Roger W. Sperry didn't received the Nobel prize for a joke, he received it based on this ideology and studies of left & right brained concept. I'm thinking why the world always tends to spread fake information instead of helping each other without any kind of hypocrisy.
I think you do need to understand that a debate is absolutely common towards any topic, and it helps construct any gap of hypothesis.
What you were saying is completely personal and I'm trying to help you aware that it was a mere logical fallacy, appeal to authority.
If you do have another scientific paper to backup the topic, feel free to argue.
@@rbwo hahaha, if you deny your own people's studies and proves, i can't help you anyway
There is a right and left side effect. People on the left side of the IQ curve functions well with these right/left brain theories.
Homeless Artists versus Homeless Engineers. You must be a lefty, huh ?
Left IQ side view of the author: This guy must be left brained.
Right IQ side view of the author: This guy must be on the right side with me.
Which hand did you use?
The one not holding my phone.
0:16 I was leaning on my left elbow , so had to use the r8 one 😅😂
Use all left assets and I'm an artist working in product design, and draw some Manga stuff... Well... I'm both tought? Logical and creative... Maybe?
If you are a functioning human being, you most probably use both hemispheres !
According to books like The Master and his Emissary, the right hemisphere is more about perceiving the whole environment, and the left is more about using it (by way of separating things in small bits, using, for example, logic).
I guess you need both in your line of work. Perception is indispensable for art, but if you didn't learn to use and transform what you see, you would be more of a monk or a mystic, not an artist.
Mister Stew, Your voice and personality is one of a kind. I would like to see you create other content in the future.
bruh i got both sides of brain working 🤣
My strong hand is my right hand and my strong leg is my left leg and I am still confused.
I'm completely enthralled by this. I recently read something similar, and it was absolutely mesmerizing. "Rising From Within: Unlocking Your Innate Power to Conquer Adversity" by Vincent Starling
this man's both side of brain works equally
If people were asked to lie then its not triggering the emotional side of the brain. people look down when they feel guilt, if the people were asked to lie they are not going to feel guilt, therefore they will not look down.
I love this channel 💖
Thank you 😊
I HATE myth debunking videos that don't debunk anything, but just create nuance.
Does anyone know the questions that the patients were asked to “prove” the myth of hemispheric dominance? I truly believe there is still something there it’s just not asking questions about dogs…
Art is like a gym for the right side lf the brain, we spend our life working with the left side anyways , so artist usually have an overall different perspective views that a person that does more left brain activities wouldn’t be able to perceive .
I'm just smooth brained
Wrinkle free is the way to be.
I only used my left hand because I have to hold my phone somehow.
It means that I'm perfect. Everyone is perfect.
I don't remember subscribing to this channel let alone watch any of the video. Still I got notification like what the heck??? YT is getting fishy.
Thanks for checking us out again! You probably subscribed to one of our earlier big viral hits, we've now started uploading more regularly (1 or 2 a month) so stick with us for future releases.
Ok. Yeah, I'm on board with all that. But how about gender influence? Are women more "emotional" thinkers, while men are more "logical" thinkers, especially in times of stress? (Yeah, I can infer the answer from this video, but, ya know, that might be something to investigate/debunk, eh?)
I think those are both genetic hand downs from ancestral times and cultural norms. Women (by that I mean biologic females who can rear children) are more nurturing, since their role for the last quarter million years, minus the last 50, has been to raise children. Successful mothers have their children survive and thus that genetic trait passed downstream.
And we've for the most part based our social and cultural organization around that gender role of nurturing mother. Pair bonding, mating, and child rearing ensures the success of the civilization, for without it we won't have people to tend our crops and work in our factories. After security from the wilderness, nurturing mothers is a critical component of any species.
Londoner here viewing this video for the second time, more useful than ever😅
6:57 the answer
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We can be both! We have both brains so we are both Right Brain and Lett Brain We use both sides of the brain! 🧠 ☺️❤️
Our heads on backwards 😂 That explains a lot!
I write and eat food and other normal things with my right hand but I do sports activities with my left hand so what am I left-brained or right-brained🤔?
Ambidexterity could be an interesting topic to look at.
about the opposite of me.. i eat lefthanded, serve/stir food , couple other personals .. but most else, and play guitar, drumset, throw etc right handed.. dad was lefty , dads dad i think dominant left , i dont think r/l brain stuff is myth , i know from my past ct scans of psychosis certain hemispheres can become obviously stimulated more-so under certain situations that beg a response of Logic vs. Spiritus, so to speak..
@@bdonwiddit444what part of “using different functions in each side of the brain” do y’all not understand?
@@doggoadexx2680 lol.. and what Faith are you basing that on ? if it's true that the hemispheres control opposing sides of the body, and that they each develop their own specialties for the human psyche and physiology, don't you think it's possible that handedness can be an indicating factor of allocation?? meh, most brain science is faith-driven anyway.. it's the most complex organ in the human body and we've used it to know more about the entirety of the cosmos than our own deep seas apparently...
This channel definetly needs more likes. For this reason I will like my own comment so I can give you a double like (kind of)
Can you debunked personality tests? It is good like when in counseling but sometimes people on Internet over do it and it is kind of annoying...
One side is structure and logic oriented, the other creative which gives structure life. Without life the structure is meaningless. Masculine and feminine are equal in value and need each other's perspectives to form the default divine whole which God is, and as we are extensions, are also. We are both perspectives in equal measure within our spirit. The 3D world is a world of polarity and separation. Here, you can focus on either perspective for understanding and expansion within it. Without the divine feminine side of Divinity the universe would be an empty void, and experience and expansion would not be possible. Im here to serve humanity. The divine masculine role protects life and creation, protects the feminine. It does not do the reverse or evil by using the body to steal, dominate, enslave and program. Take it or leave it as you choose.
I used my left hand. Because I was holding the mouse in my right...(?)
So now i know its my left side thats responsible for me failing my math exam (I cant count properly)
Should do a video is the earth has basically has had the same weight for all time.
Stu looks like a magician
And yet people still use the eye example to call out others on lying and if you point out it's not true you will have to provide the study to them as if that changes anything. Clearly you have gone through great trouble knowing these things so it must mean you lie a lot. They will never stop this little riddle.
Do the largest trevor henderson monster debunked
Context behemoth was the largest trevor giant who its 800km tall and a head of 267km
But thr largest monster is cartoon cat becuase he can change he size
What if you had 2 planet where 1 had one side and the other had the other
Art is science!
Artists have to use both elements. It is so silly to suggest otherwise. The left right thing is such BS.
Thanks❤
Wait what if I only understand the left brain stuff?
I wonder what other "facts" will be revealed as complete lies..
i red not remain colour i close right eye i put right hand
i have neither
MAKE A VIDEO ON MBTI PLEASE
I just don't have a brain
Can you make extreme level high scientific video
So am I right to be on the right side cause its gonna be alright
1 word 3 different meanings?
Couldn't you came up with a better language?
If it was out of a context, how would you know what is referred to?
Right?
Am I saying right? Or just right side, right cause it's good or right because it's true?
That's so confusing
Same goes for "the", imagine to be in a zoo and having different animals in front of you, you just say "the" others can't even guess what you are suppose to refer to, since the word "the" alone means nothing (it applies to male/female subjects and can be either associate to one/more.
that, is a big lack in a language)
Hi Robin's voice!
Yesssss Robin!
Omg half my brain is gay wtf
I’m sorry but I just can’t. The brain is too complex and sophisticated to be a product of chance. Do u have any idea the odds of essentially developing useful mutations? Furthermore, those mutations being so complex that we STILL haven’t been able to fully understand them?? And this wouldn’t be just one or two, but thousands upon thousands of intricate mutations that work together perfectly to make up a human body? No, just no. Mock me all you want, but it’s impossible
Out of curiosity, where do you believe we came from? Personally I'm a Christian and believe in creation
Don’t know
Does this help heal trauma🤔
damn im both brained
That's how you want to be 👍
Nice 🙂
Sperrys results could not be replicated.
I'm not a conformist. I don't have a brain.
Im both sides braindead
Bruh...i m brained
Whaaaaat? Online personality tests are b....? I'm shocked beyond belief.
Up is left, down is green.
I have no left brain
Nobody is 100% r or l.
Zombie 🧟♂️
-Brainsss
Middle brained?
im very early so pretend that i said something funny
Lmao im dead 💀
Lol
FACTS!
Lol, You confused me , more.
Apparently, my brain is in 4th dimension :).
🤣
We're all big brained 200 IQ
Bro nice topic but it's waaay too long...
It's 10 minutes! How is that too long!? I remember in my day when 10 minutes was worth 50!! And we had to travel miles through snow!
Do flat earth
Epico
I think that this video has actually confused itself/himself
We evidently do operate from both sides and they do communicate.
It's about the dominance of that communication that then filters through and shows primarily which we are led by
Otherwise there would be no differences in personalities everyone would be exactly the same.
So your video to debunk the debunker is useless nonsense
This is such a typical left brain video. /s
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I the fist
Where's the other fist
@@mac23806 🤣 lmao I think he meant first 🥇
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Evolution is only a theory not a fact.
But is a theory that is actually studied. Lot's of evidence backing it up.
Im unsubscraibed
so does that mean sharp shooters who use left vs right eye, might be processing what they see differently based just on the eye they use?
I aim with the left eye. Most of my fellow photographers use the right.
No because the left and right eye don’t go to each hemisphere of the brain. each eye consists of the left and right visual field which in turn feed to the right and left brain respectively via the optic nerves
I would guess possibly but only if they had the corpus cerebrum cut to keep both hemispheres from communicating to each other what they are seeing.
im transbrained
nice pop culture science 'debunking' video
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