The left brain vs. right brain myth - Elizabeth Waters

View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-left-brain-vs-right-brain-myth-elizabeth-waters The human brain is visibly split into a left and right side. This structure has inspired one...

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Behold the human brain,it's lumpy landscape visibly split into a left and right side.This structure has inspired one of the most pervasive ideas about the brain,that the left side controls logicand the right, creativity.And yet, this is a myth unsupported by scientific evidence.So how did this misleading idea come about,and what does it get wrong?It's true that the brain has a right and a left side.This is most apparent with the outer layer, or the cortex.Internal regions, like the striatum,hypothalamus,thalamus,and brain stemappear to be made from continuous tissue,but in fact, they're also organized with left and right sides.The left and the right sides of the brain do control different body functions,such as movement and sight.The brain&...