left brain
noun
: the left cerebral hemisphere of the human brain especially when viewed in terms of its predominant thought processes (such as analytic and logical thinking)
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Kumar, who moved to San Diego last year, is not only a writer but a researcher, that rare individual with both left brain and right brain working prolifically.
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David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2025
Her insights focus more on right brain strategy than left brain creativity.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
American culture, society, and education broadly divides people into two separate intellectual camps from childhood: left brain thinkers adept at logic and math and right brained thinkers geared toward creativity.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Malinowski, 53, was left brain dead after being injured in a shootout with officers from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives around 6 a.m. Tuesday.
—Amir Mahmoud, arkansasonline.com, 21 Mar. 2024
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David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2025
Her insights focus more on right brain strategy than left brain creativity.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
American culture, society, and education broadly divides people into two separate intellectual camps from childhood: left brain thinkers adept at logic and math and right brained thinkers geared toward creativity.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Malinowski, 53, was left brain dead after being injured in a shootout with officers from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives around 6 a.m. Tuesday.
—Amir Mahmoud, arkansasonline.com, 21 Mar. 2024
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“Left brain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/left%20brain. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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left brain
noun
: the left cerebral hemisphere of the human brain especially when viewed in terms of its predominant thought processes (as analytic and logical thinking)
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