From self-help and business success books to job applications and smartphone apps, the theory that the different halves of the human brain govern different skills and personality traits is a popular one. No doubt at some point in your life you’ve been schooled on “left-brained” and “right-brained” thinking – that people who use the right side of their brains most are more creative, spontaneous and subjective, while those who tap the left side more are more logical, detail-oriented and analytical.
Curated from www.theguardian.com
This piece is a couple of years old but nevertheless it is worth sharing and resharing as it includes more research to dispel the right brain, left brain myth.