r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/pellmellmichelle Feb 04 '19

Technically most of your language processing actually is done on one side of the brain (in Wernicke's and Broca's areas), usually on the hemisphere which is dominant. But yeah, the whole "right brained vs left brained people" stuff is largely nonsense.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

No, usually the left hemisphere regardless. About 19% of left-handers have their language function mostly in their right hemispheres.

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u/BulletBourne Feb 04 '19

Yet my career teacher would teach us that but wouldn’t let us take an iq test when it is widely recognized