hemisphere
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- noun
- /ˈhɛmɪˌsfɪr/
- Specialized
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hemisferio cerebral
- The left hemisphere is known as the logic-dominant hemisphere and deals mainly with details.
- left hemisphere
- right hemisphere
- hemisphere of the brain
Walnuts look like a hemisphere of your brain.
- Walnuts look like a hemisphere of your brain.
- And even though we have two hemispheres of the brain, we believe we're one brain.
- I think of the machine learning work as more or less what our right brain hemispheres do.
- We, we've had, we've had, I mean our monkeys have had two neural links, one in each hemisphere.
- But there is evidence from hemisphere damage that suggests the right hemisphere is more conducive to these expressions.
- Parts of her brain went offline and she was able to, you know, she was forced to quiet the left hemisphere of her brain.
- See, bilateral stimulation is when the right hemisphere and the left hemisphere of your brain start working together to solve your problems.
- What we're talking about, the right hemisphere experiencing, is things that cannot be put into words.
- So her left hemisphere would be there and she'd see everything is solid and measurable and verbal.
- You need all components of both sides of your hemisphere to create a whole experience.
- And suppose we then take out their other hemisphere, the one they were left with.
Examples
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We have two hemispheres in our brain and each hemisphere controls half of our body and so the right hemisphere controls the left half of our body.
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This sort of person is controlled by the right hemisphere of the brain.
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And if this was seen by the left hemisphere, people would pick by function.
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And our left hemisphere thinks in language.
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So you can say give the right hemisphere a word or ask the right hemisphere to come up with a word.
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In humans, the right hemisphere processes visual thinking and many of the social skills.
Fiction book (2001) -
There are two hemispheres and yet they are connected.
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Damage has taken place to the normally dominant left hemisphere... ...and the right hemisphere is attempting to compensate.
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Both halves of the brain, not simply the linear, analytic-verbal left hemisphere, contribute to it.
Academic text (1992) -
The left hemisphere of the brain is responsible for processing language and analytical tasks.
Synonyms
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One of the two halves of the brain that control movement, feeling, and thinking
Antonyms
Compounds
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The left half of the brain that controls the right side of the body and helps language and logical thinking
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The half of the brain on the right that controls the left side and helps with visual and creative thinking
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One of the two halves of the brain that control movement, feeling, and thinking
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The half of the Earth east of the prime meridian that includes Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia
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One of the two side parts of the cerebellum that control movement and balance
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word hemisphere comes from the Greek parts hemi- 'half' and sphere 'ball', so a brain hemisphere is literally one 'half' of the brain.