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In this episode, Katie and Holly debunk the popular myth of left brain vs. right brain dominance.

Resources mentioned:

3D model of brain https://www.brainfacts.org/3d-brain#intro=true

Image that is not true and perpetuates the separation of left and right brain: https://images.app.goo.gl/wUR6m4h3LGTbGhtz6

Stroke study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3432641/

Evidence against the right brain/left brain myth:

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0071275

Keywords

left brain, right brain, myth, debunk, brain areas, corpus callosum, collaboration, fMRI scans

Chapters

00:22 What Made You Nervous This Week?

06:37 Explaining the origin of the Left Brain vs. Right Brain Myth

31:18 Research that debunks the Left Brain vs. Right Brain Myth