What Makes a Person 'Left-Brained' or 'Right-Brained'?

Imagine your brain is like two superpowered robots working together. One robot likes to organize things and solve problems, that's the left-brained robot! The other loves art, music, and daydreams, that's the right-brained robot. But everyone has both robots inside them; they just work differently.

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Examples

  1. A kid who loves math and hates drawing is often called 'left-brained.'
  2. An artist who can’t do basic arithmetic might be seen as 'right-brained.'
  3. Some people feel like they’re using both sides of their brain when they're reading a poem.

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