When it comes to “logic” and “creativity” is it your left brain or your right brain providing you with the motivation?
It’s time you rethink this fake concept of right/left brain thinking.
The concept of right brain vs left is a result of early research in neuroscience that showed that these two hemispheres are more ‘active’ for certain tasks. As time went on this was greatly simplified into a myth that anyone is either right brained or left brained.
Here is the real deal:
You are neither right nor left brained.
There is some degree of specialization within the two hemispheres:
- Language and analytical thought are more active in one hemisphere versus Creativity and spatial reasoning which are more active in the other hemisphere.
However, there are no tasks performed on one side of the brain only.
Both sides of the brain are continuously communicating through the Corpus Callosum and therefore every task performed includes all of the brain networks from both sides working in concert as a single, integrated system.
Thus, when you perform any of the following tasks - reading or problem-solving, creating or making a decision you have used the brain networks from both sides of your brain.
The significance of this is that having faith in such a myth can constrain you.
You may tell yourself, “I am not a creative person.” “I am not an analytical person.”
These are not restrictions imposed on you by your brain; they are learned beliefs.
The truth is:
Your brain is not limited to either creativity or logic.
Your brain can change, and develop different skill sets, as you continue to practice them (due to neuroplasticity).
It is possible to have an analytical and a creative personality at the same time
The lessons from this post are:
The brain does not have two distinct personalities.
The brain works as one large, connected system and is capable of so much more than just fitting into categories.
Think about “left and right” or “analytic and creative.”
Think about the growth and potential of your brain
MBH/PS