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Is there one of those clinical or scientific names for people who use both parts of their brains just as equally and productively instead of vast majority of the population that dominantly uses one side of the brain or the other (i.e. logical/methodical or creative/artistic).
I say this since the word "ambidextrous" exists for people that equally use both left and right hands equally and productively.
I don't know if the claim stands, that the vast majority of the population dominantly uses one side or the other.
I'm not sure if this helps, but after I read the replies in this topic, I googled 'people with only one hemisphere' and found this:
I guess the discussion dove deep into an academic one. I'm just a simple guy asking if their's a word somebody might've heard of at a bar or from a professor, etc.
....for now I'll formulate my own and call it mentally ambidextrous
I'm a retired clinical counselor with a Master's in clinical psych. To answer your question: no, there's no clinical term for what you're describing. And as others have pointed out, the left-right brain dichotomy is a myth.
I'm a retired clinical counselor with a Master's in clinical psych. To answer your question: no, there's no clinical term for what you're describing. And as others have pointed out, the left-right brain dichotomy is a myth.
The left brain/right brain dichotomy is NOT a myth. It's just been made into something that it's not.
Sperry's split brain epilepsy studies showed clearly that the two sides of our brains can act independently of each other if they can't communicate. They also demonstrate that the right hemisphere can't speak in most people and that the brain tissue in the right brain that occupies the same space as the speech centers for the left brain specializes in non speech tasks.
However, in people with an intact corpus collosum the two hemispheres communicate with each other and integrate tasks in a cooperative manner. Therefore it is difficult to determine which hemisphere is doing what. The only thing we know for sure is that most all people, the left brain is doing the talking for both sides.
The spooky thing that the split brained studies showed is that without the corpus collosum that the two sides of the brain could be in conflict with each other and not cooperate like they do in intact brains.
I'm a retired clinical counselor with a Master's in clinical psych. To answer your question: no, there's no clinical term for what you're describing. And as others have pointed out, the left-right brain dichotomy is a myth.
I read the article you posted and ran into this line "Similar to astrological signs, labeling ourselves by dominant brain hemisphere gives us the security of a defined personality type, capable of explaining actions in the past and predicting the future."
I'd have to say holllllly guacamole!!! This is because I have witnessed evidence of these "defined personality types" countless times both at workplaces and in social circles. I can at any point in time give you the names of at least four different people who I can describe as creative/emotional problem solvers that make decisions by how they feel, and can also give you names of those guys that make decisions using a logical, methodical thought process.
Regardless of whether it's one side of the brain that dominantly controls either the logical/methodical, or creative/emotional, those dominant behaviors are very very real. Most people I meet are either dominantly logical/methodicals or creative/emotionals. I wish I could get into a live debate with the person that wrote that article!! My oh my!!! oh gosh!! oh my gosh!!
That article is flat wrong based on that particular line I cited. Thanks a mil too for engaging my thread. This certainly spurs a good discussion.
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