right brain
- noun
- /raɪt breɪn/
- Specialized
- The right brain is responsible for controlling the movements of the left side of the body.
- left and right brain
And the video was my right brain and I didn't lose that.
- And the video was my right brain and I didn't lose that.
- Whatever it is that's occurring, it is a right brain intuitive experience.
- So Heather, do you think there was a left brain right brain war going on in his head?
- And he's focused a lot on differences between right brain and left brain forms of attachment.
- People are either left brain or right brain dominant.
- And other is maybe a little bit more non linear, maybe a little bit more right brain thinking.
- But beyond that, you also can cross the corpus callosum, which is a connective tissue that separates the left and right brains.
- So the point about left and right brain is twofold.
- And then suggest things back to the right brain to quickly check out again to.
- Because crime dramas are left brain, right brain.
- And and then the blue spectrum, which is I call it the right brain, the analytical.
Examples
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The right brain is individuality.
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Ideally, of course, we have both left brain and right brain in balance.
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And so the right brain kicked in and we started talking to her.
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People are either left brain or right brain dominant.
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But it is a great book to learn about right-brain thinking.
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Drawing is a right-brain activity.
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There are the twin hemispheres: right brain and left brain.
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Whatever it is that's occurring, it is a right brain intuitive experience.
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It allows you, once you get your head in the right space, once you go from your left brain, which is the logical brain, to your right brain, which is a creative brain.
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Pink makes a strong case that people with these "right-brain" skills are the ones who will flourish and find fulfillment.
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Synonyms
The half of the brain on the right that controls the left side and helps with visual and creative thinking
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'right' (the right-hand side) + 'brain' (the organ) denotes the right cerebral hemisphere, so a learner who knows both words can infer the referent. While broader associations (e.g. creativity or spatial ability) are cultural generalizations, the core anatomical sense is transparent and cross-linguistically recoverable.
Etymology
The term right brain comes from the simple image of the brain split into two parts: the right part often controls the left side of the body and helps with art, music and understanding space. So, when people say someone is 'right-brained' they mean 'creative' or good at 'understanding space'.