left brain

collocation in English

meaningsofleftandbrain

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left
adjective
adverb
uk
/left/us
/left/
on or towards the side of your body that is to the west when you are ...
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brain
noun
uk
/breɪn/us
/breɪn/
the organ inside the head that controls thought, memory, feelings, ...
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(Definition ofleftandbrainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He also examines popular misconceptions concerning the "leftbrain0 right brain" debate, pointing out that the situation is not as simple as commonly believed.
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Combinate makes no sense to theleftbrainbesides being an efficient means of reducing complexity.
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For over a century, theleftbrainhemisphere had been the key focus of clinical research on language disorders.
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Theleftbrainis dominantly linear, abstract, and verbal while the right is dominantly holistic, sensory, and pictorial.
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Theleftbraininterpreter will nonetheless construct a contrived explanation for the action, unaware of the instruction the right brain had received.
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Leftbraininterpretation is a case of the lateralization of brain function that applies to explanation generation rather than other lateralized activities.
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Things done by the right brain are explained away by theleftbrain, even though the person is informed of how a behavior occurred.
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Analytical and sequential styles are associated withleftbrainand interpersonal and imaginative styles are associated with right brain, for example.
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Apraxia is predominantly a symptom ofleftbraindamage, but some symptoms of apraxia can also occur after right brain damage.
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Neglect is likely among the reasons that patients with right hemisphere damage are twice as likely to fall as those withleftbraindamage.
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The rationalization seems more plausible to hisleftbrainthan an explanation of an effect that he can't sense, and doesn't perceive when it occurs.
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The right brain has no idea what theleftbrainis up to, if these specific connections are cut.
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