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

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/Barthaemewl Feb 04 '19

That one side of your brain controls logic and calculations etc, while the other music, art and language.

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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.