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right-brained

or right-brain

[ rahyt-breynd ]

adjective

  1. having the right brain dominant, therefore being more adept at spatial and nonverbal concepts and being more creative and emotional than logical and analytical.
  2. of or relating to a person whose right brain is dominant.


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Example Sentences

“I just always thought she was very like right-brained — really emotional, really empathetic, good at problem-solving, that sort of thing. But not super book smart,” he said.

From the myth that humans only use 10 percent of their brain to the idea that creativity and logic is a "right-brained" versus "left-brained" issue, there are many popular misconceptions about neuroscience that have wormed their way into public consciousness.

From Salon

Yet they also said that it’s an environment where left-brained and right-brained thinking operate in relative harmony.

That right-brained roguishness, the linguist John McWhorter tells us, sets profanities apart from ordinary words, which are mediated by the comparatively sober left brain.

“My mission, my vision, is to contribute to our humanity and quality of life and to make Providence and the Rhode Island School of Design a globally recognized center of art, design and right-brained thinking,” he once said.

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