First, some general characteristic differences between the left half and right half of the brain. The left brain is considered the logical brain that deals in details and reality. The right brain is thought of as the imaginative brain, dealing in generalities and artistic endeavors. Some types of people who use the left brain extensively are engineers, mathematicians and scientist. While those people that predominately use their right brain include artists, poets and philosophers.
Here's a 2-column list of some of the Left-brain versus the Right-brain attributes:
Left-brain Functions Right-brain Functions
Uses logic Uses feelings
Detail oriented "Big picture" oriented
Facts rule Imagination rules
Words and language Symbols and images
Present and past Present and future
Math and science Philosophy and religion
Can comprehend Can kinda "get it" (i.e. meaning)
Knows Believes
Reality based Fantasy based
Forms strategies Presents possibilities
Practical Impetuous
Safe Risk taking
These differences in brain functions affects on how we think and act, also how we view the world around us. Individuals exhibit traits associated with which side of the brain they primarily use. This leads to any number of interesting differences between how people act and process information. These contrasts will be covered at length in my next posting "Human Traits Left-brain Versus Right-brain".
Regards, Dick
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