right brain

noun

: the right cerebral hemisphere of the human brain especially when viewed in terms of its predominant thought processes (such as creativity and intuitive thinking)
right-brained adjective

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While this is true, the right brain helps with spatial awareness and understanding the value of numbers, making analysis easier to process.6 Is One Side More Dominant? Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 28 Oct. 2024 While the left brain specializes in language, the right brain is involved too. Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 28 Oct. 2024 The two choices feel like an analogy for the right brain warring with the left brain. Margaret Farrell, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2024 Your answer may come to you after some right brain exercise. Tarot.com, Orlando Sentinel, 29 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for right brain 

Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of right brain was in 1970

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“Right brain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/right%20brain. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.

Medical Definition

right brain

noun
: the right cerebral hemisphere of the human brain especially when viewed in terms of its predominant thought processes (as creativity and intuitive thinking)
right-brained adjective
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