Two Brain | Right Brain, Left Brain | Split Brain

What Do you think with?

In general, the left and right part of brain process information in different ways. While we have a natural tendency towards one way of thinking, the two sides of brain work together in everyday life. The right brain of the brain focuses on the visual, intuitive, thoughtful, and subjective. While the focus of the left brain is verbal, more logical, analytical, and objective.

The Right Brain

According to the left-brain, right-brain dominance theory, the right side of the brain is best at expressive and creative tasks. Some of the abilities that are popularly associated with the right side of the brain include:

·         Recognizing faces

·         Expressing emotions

·         Music

·         Reading emotions

·         Color

·         Images

·         Creativity

The Left Brain

The left-side of the brain is considered to be adept at tasks that involve logic, language and analytical thinking. The left-brain is often described as being better at:

·         Language

·         Logic

·         Critical thinking

·         Numbers

·         Reasoning

"No matter how different both these brain process information, though, the two sides still work together"