Left Brain vs Right Brain Myth! DEBUNKED

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  • čas přidán 10. 02. 2022
  • Can a dominant side of your brain dictate your personality. LOGICAL vs CREATIVE? The Theory goes that if you are more creative and artistic then you are ‘right-brained’ and if you’re more methodical and better with numbers then you are ‘left-brained’. But how does the brain really work?
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Komentáře • 175

  • @DebunkedOfficial
    @DebunkedOfficial  Před 2 lety +29

    Would you consider yourself LOGICAL or CREATIVE?

  • @TheAyushMalla
    @TheAyushMalla Před 2 lety +79

    I am a brain trying to learn about myself 😂😂😂

    • @DebunkedOfficial
      @DebunkedOfficial  Před 2 lety +6

      Sounds parodoxical 😆

    • @CaritasGothKaraoke
      @CaritasGothKaraoke Před 4 měsíci +2

      No you’re not. You’re a program running on a brain.

    • @echowofox
      @echowofox Před 3 měsíci +4

      ​@@CaritasGothKaraokeNo you're not. You're pixels on a screen.

    • @haydensanders874
      @haydensanders874 Před měsícem

      And I brain two and I am trying to find out what is funny

  • @OutlawMantis
    @OutlawMantis Před 2 lety +80

    I am a brain surgery patient. Throughout all the various times I talked to my neurosurgeon over the years, he talked a damn lot about this stuff. It's all quite fascinating but there's still so much we don't understand about the brain. I had a large amount of my right temporal lobe removed.
    It was because I developed epilepsy. Eventually they had to do an SEEG to pinpoint the origin which involves inserting many probes into the brain. But it turned out that even this experienced neurologist was wrong about his own hypothesis. It was what he described as a "switching phenomenon" that he'd never seen in anybody before me. The things the seizures did to me indicated that the origin was my left side of the brain. However, the "switching phenomenon" made it so that the seizure started in one half of the brain but then switched over, producing contradictory results.
    I had to sign the usual consent form before the removal surgery. Y'know, no hard feelings if I die, etc. I was told I'd probably lose my peripheral vision. I didn't. I think my memory might be slightly weaker but I'm mostly the same (and no stupider than usual) despite having a large part of one side removed. It is quite amazing how both hemispheres work together to compensate for brain damage from injury or possibly from brain surgery. 🧠

    • @DebunkedOfficial
      @DebunkedOfficial  Před 2 lety +20

      Wow, thanks for sharing your story. It is a fascinating topic.

    • @dinkopausic6357
      @dinkopausic6357 Před 2 lety +2

      Why did you decide to do such a drastic surgery? Were the epileptic attacks getting out of hand?

    • @OutlawMantis
      @OutlawMantis Před 2 lety +6

      @@dinkopausic6357 It's standard procedure for epilepsy that is eventually deemed uncontrollable by drugs, which involves trying many different drugs first. But that doesn't mean I just decided to get the surgery on a whim myself. I'm from the UK (so, free NHS healthcare) and I ended up having to wait ten years after the epilepsy started before the temporal lobectomy (removal of temporal lobe piece) surgery was given the go-ahead.
      It can take several years and piles of paperwork until neurologists are confident about proceeding with brain surgery. An incomprehensibly complex procedure. 😅

    • @dinkopausic6357
      @dinkopausic6357 Před 2 lety +2

      @@OutlawMantis Sounds like ten tough years. I'm glad you came out alive and well (I guess you're doing well?)
      I have a close friend who has epilepsy as well, but his is not as dire as yours, ie. as long as he takes meds and avoids extreme behaviour, he's bound to be fine.
      Oh, and thanks for your effort of typing all this!

    • @sca8217
      @sca8217 Před rokem +4

      The one part that your surgeon DID NOT meddle with is the Corpus Senseo'humour. Good for you Sir/ma'am. I'm thankful that your recovery experience has been enlightening to not just you and your surgeon but to thousands of viewers like me.

  • @tempo5366
    @tempo5366 Před 2 lety +39

    This sounds a lot like the claim, that you’re only using 10% of your brain and that you esentially become a new Einstein when you subscribe to their 500$/month online therapy sessions.
    These misconceptions are not innocent or harmless.

    • @DebunkedOfficial
      @DebunkedOfficial  Před 2 lety +8

      We investigate this claim thoroughly and find out what really happens in the brain.

  • @PurpleAmharicCoffee
    @PurpleAmharicCoffee Před 2 lety +10

    Which eye is still open? The one I can see out of!
    Damn monocular vision.

  • @OAlem
    @OAlem Před 2 lety +16

    Spot on! There is one thing to elaborate on. Whether someone looks left or right in and of itself is not an indication of lying, no. Experienced behaviourists and interrogators look for *deviations* in baseline behaviour. For example, if someone's baseline is that they consistently look left when recounting proven facts, and then they suddenly look right, that may be a red flag on that event.

    • @DebunkedOfficial
      @DebunkedOfficial  Před 2 lety +2

      We cover this later in the video 👍

    • @sasino
      @sasino Před 2 lety +1

      I've watched a few videos where they analyze the psychology of criminals being questioned by the police, and they are really interesting

  • @QuentinMatthysBoeckmansYJ

    Thanks Stu, it’s always so interesting all those research you do to separate myth from true in the common belief.

  • @chrisparker2118
    @chrisparker2118 Před měsícem +3

    There are a lot of myths about left vs right brain hemispheres but there are important differences between the hemispheres. For example, one side is used for focusing on specific things while the other side focuses on the bigger picture. I recommend a book called The Master and His Emissary.

    • @helpIthinkmylegsaregone
      @helpIthinkmylegsaregone Před měsícem

      lol is this real? I've been thinking a lot about why I seems to think extremely intuitively and impulsively and just now I read an on CT report of mine where it was noted that I have a ventricular asymmetry towards the right hemisphere. Could that be of significance?

    • @chrisparker2118
      @chrisparker2118 Před měsícem

      @helpIthinkmylegsaregone It is real. Sounds like that's what's going on with you. The right side is the intuitive hemisphere, the big picture half. The left is the more specific and analytical hemisphere. In the title of the book, the Master and the Emissary, the right hemisphere is the wise master while the left is the foolish emissary that thinks he knows more than his master.

  • @hannibalhector3719
    @hannibalhector3719 Před 2 lety +17

    What’s funny is I learned some of this from an intro to Psych class in college. Glad to know I was right to think it was off.

    • @DebunkedOfficial
      @DebunkedOfficial  Před 2 lety +8

      Do you mean they were teaching the myth? Thanks for your comment

    • @Dhairya_Mistry
      @Dhairya_Mistry Před 2 lety +6

      @@DebunkedOfficial he did mean that, it happened to me too

    • @hannibalhector3719
      @hannibalhector3719 Před 2 lety +4

      @@DebunkedOfficial yeah. They taught the left brain and right brain stuff as well as the lying part.

    • @Nico1a5
      @Nico1a5 Před 2 lety +2

      probably you learnt more in that class than what anyone could learn in a gender studies master

    • @DebunkedOfficial
      @DebunkedOfficial  Před 2 lety +1

      @@Nico1a5 love your avatar BTW 👍👨‍🚀

  • @martensit25
    @martensit25 Před 2 lety +7

    Everyone keep asking if i am right brain or left brain dominant, they should never know that secretly i'm cerebellum dominant.

  • @juliansahne3944
    @juliansahne3944 Před 2 lety +8

    I watched the video of CGP Grey yesterday about this. This topic is really fascinating

  • @colueyyud3467
    @colueyyud3467 Před 2 lety +1

    im stunned by the mans beauty at 3:07 and would love to know where did that picture come from, please🥺🥺

  • @gameweb1453
    @gameweb1453 Před 2 lety +5

    Most underrated youtube channel , but we are with you don't worry i love your content ❤️

    • @DebunkedOfficial
      @DebunkedOfficial  Před 2 lety +1

      Thank you 😊

    • @gameweb1453
      @gameweb1453 Před 2 lety +2

      @@DebunkedOfficial 😱omg he replied 👍🙏 thanks for your time

    • @DebunkedOfficial
      @DebunkedOfficial  Před 2 lety +1

      @@gameweb1453 thanks for your time too.

    • @gameweb1453
      @gameweb1453 Před 2 lety +2

      @@DebunkedOfficial it's my pleasure 😂 lol this is getting crazy 😂😂

  • @SendFoodz
    @SendFoodz Před 2 lety +6

    so does that mean sharp shooters who use left vs right eye, might be processing what they see differently based just on the eye they use?

    • @mjmulenga3
      @mjmulenga3 Před 2 lety

      I aim with the left eye. Most of my fellow photographers use the right.

    • @tommybenny11
      @tommybenny11 Před 2 lety +6

      No because the left and right eye don’t go to each hemisphere of the brain. each eye consists of the left and right visual field which in turn feed to the right and left brain respectively via the optic nerves

    • @I.am.Sarah.
      @I.am.Sarah. Před 2 lety

      I would guess possibly but only if they had the corpus cerebrum cut to keep both hemispheres from communicating to each other what they are seeing.

  • @futuristicoplayer
    @futuristicoplayer Před 2 lety

    Hey in your hear any good pharmacy lecture making yt have if have please give me the yt channels link i want study I'm not from USA so after many search i can't find 🥺🥺🥺🥺

  • @diyeana
    @diyeana Před 2 lety +4

    I have hemiplegic migraines. I'll have pain on my left or right side of my head and the opposite side of my body will go numb and then partially paralyzed. I also lose the ability to speak. It's like a stroke.

    • @DebunkedOfficial
      @DebunkedOfficial  Před 2 lety +4

      So sorry to hear that you suffer those Melissa, the reaction on the opposite side of your body is exactly what we're talking about. Thanks for sharing.

  • @samluc6055
    @samluc6055 Před 11 měsíci +1

    If the side that speech comes from is damaged but, the side that sings isn't can we learn to sing to communicate?

  • @atharvgitte5169
    @atharvgitte5169 Před rokem

    0:16 I was leaning on my left elbow , so had to use the r8 one 😅😂

  • @MseeF
    @MseeF Před 5 měsíci +2

    Artists versus Scientists implies each has half the brain.

  • @wtf1185
    @wtf1185 Před 2 lety +2

    I must be right brained because I'm absolutely right about absolutely everything.🤣😜
    Wait, which side was which again? 🤔🙄

  • @Blaatjeschaapje
    @Blaatjeschaapje Před 2 lety +4

    I'm just smooth brained

  • @Beelzebububble
    @Beelzebububble Před 2 lety +22

    There is a right and left side effect. People on the left side of the IQ curve functions well with these right/left brain theories.

    • @joeviking61
      @joeviking61 Před 2 lety

      Homeless Artists versus Homeless Engineers. You must be a lefty, huh ?

    • @teambellavsteamalice
      @teambellavsteamalice Před rokem

      Left IQ side view of the author: This guy must be left brained.
      Right IQ side view of the author: This guy must be on the right side with me.

  • @ihaveaquestion7724
    @ihaveaquestion7724 Před 2 lety

    Our heads on backwards 😂 That explains a lot!

  • @navhacapyrnav9615
    @navhacapyrnav9615 Před 2 lety +2

    My strong hand is my right hand and my strong leg is my left leg and I am still confused.

  • @r2sav175
    @r2sav175 Před 2 lety

    Londoner here viewing this video for the second time, more useful than ever😅

  • @lungilengidi3972
    @lungilengidi3972 Před 2 lety +2

    I love this channel 💖

  • @galaxy1234
    @galaxy1234 Před 2 lety +2

    this man's both side of brain works equally

  • @FinnManusia
    @FinnManusia Před 2 lety

    Can you debunked personality tests? It is good like when in counseling but sometimes people on Internet over do it and it is kind of annoying...

  • @charlito_gk3880
    @charlito_gk3880 Před 2 lety

    Use all left assets and I'm an artist working in product design, and draw some Manga stuff... Well... I'm both tought? Logical and creative... Maybe?

  • @DemonetisedZone
    @DemonetisedZone Před 2 lety

    Stu looks like a magician

  • @arpitkanik4877
    @arpitkanik4877 Před 2 lety

    I write and eat food and other normal things with my right hand but I do sports activities with my left hand so what am I left-brained or right-brained🤔?

    • @DebunkedOfficial
      @DebunkedOfficial  Před 2 lety +4

      Ambidexterity could be an interesting topic to look at.

  • @suvamsengupta5733
    @suvamsengupta5733 Před 2 lety

    I don't remember subscribing to this channel let alone watch any of the video. Still I got notification like what the heck??? YT is getting fishy.

    • @DebunkedOfficial
      @DebunkedOfficial  Před 2 lety +1

      Thanks for checking us out again! You probably subscribed to one of our earlier big viral hits, we've now started uploading more regularly (1 or 2 a month) so stick with us for future releases.

  • @Matthew8473
    @Matthew8473 Před 3 měsíci

    I'm completely enthralled by this. I recently read something similar, and it was absolutely mesmerizing. "Rising From Within: Unlocking Your Innate Power to Conquer Adversity" by Vincent Starling

  • @ImGoingSupersonic
    @ImGoingSupersonic Před 2 lety

    Should do a video is the earth has basically has had the same weight for all time.

  • @NOTaYOUTUBERRR
    @NOTaYOUTUBERRR Před 2 lety

    MAKE A VIDEO ON MBTI PLEASE

  • @marcinchreptowicz6843
    @marcinchreptowicz6843 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Omg half my brain is gay wtf

  • @memeityy
    @memeityy Před rokem

    I only used my left hand because I have to hold my phone somehow.

  • @futuristicoplayer
    @futuristicoplayer Před 2 lety

    Can you make extreme level high scientific video

  • @thisusernameisalreadytaken8041

    6:57 the answer

  • @enriqueargueta4445
    @enriqueargueta4445 Před rokem

    Art is science!

  • @jawadoumar
    @jawadoumar Před 2 lety

    It means that I'm perfect. Everyone is perfect.

  • @KryzysX
    @KryzysX Před 2 lety

    i have neither

  • @brad5581
    @brad5581 Před rokem

    What if you had 2 planet where 1 had one side and the other had the other

  • @vanessaerispe416
    @vanessaerispe416 Před rokem

    We can be both! We have both brains so we are both Right Brain and Lett Brain We use both sides of the brain! 🧠 ☺️❤️

  • @Medietos
    @Medietos Před 2 lety

    I used my left hand. Because I was holding the mouse in my right...(?)

  • @SevenTheMisgiven
    @SevenTheMisgiven Před 2 měsíci

    And yet people still use the eye example to call out others on lying and if you point out it's not true you will have to provide the study to them as if that changes anything. Clearly you have gone through great trouble knowing these things so it must mean you lie a lot. They will never stop this little riddle.

  • @Lampgamings
    @Lampgamings Před 7 měsíci

    I just don't have a brain

  • @Snowflake.....
    @Snowflake..... Před 2 lety

    I'm more smov than left I'm told

  • @TheStrykerProject
    @TheStrykerProject Před 2 lety +1

    Ok. Yeah, I'm on board with all that. But how about gender influence? Are women more "emotional" thinkers, while men are more "logical" thinkers, especially in times of stress? (Yeah, I can infer the answer from this video, but, ya know, that might be something to investigate/debunk, eh?)

    • @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368
      @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 Před 2 lety +1

      I think those are both genetic hand downs from ancestral times and cultural norms. Women (by that I mean biologic females who can rear children) are more nurturing, since their role for the last quarter million years, minus the last 50, has been to raise children. Successful mothers have their children survive and thus that genetic trait passed downstream.
      And we've for the most part based our social and cultural organization around that gender role of nurturing mother. Pair bonding, mating, and child rearing ensures the success of the civilization, for without it we won't have people to tend our crops and work in our factories. After security from the wilderness, nurturing mothers is a critical component of any species.

  • @diyeana
    @diyeana Před 2 lety +2

    Hi Robin's voice!

  • @user-ko7hp4us4p
    @user-ko7hp4us4p Před měsícem

    i red not remain colour i close right eye i put right hand

  • @alexmoon9154
    @alexmoon9154 Před 2 lety

    Don’t know

  • @florianpernerstorfer4758
    @florianpernerstorfer4758 Před 2 lety +1

    This channel definetly needs more likes. For this reason I will like my own comment so I can give you a double like (kind of)

  • @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368

    I'm 'lizard stem'.

  • @xavix9473
    @xavix9473 Před 2 lety

    Do the largest trevor henderson monster debunked
    Context behemoth was the largest trevor giant who its 800km tall and a head of 267km
    But thr largest monster is cartoon cat becuase he can change he size

  • @EdgarSV94
    @EdgarSV94 Před 2 lety +1

    Nice 🙂

  • @jeepz669
    @jeepz669 Před 6 měsíci

    I wonder what other "facts" will be revealed as complete lies..

  • @Ann-qh3kb
    @Ann-qh3kb Před 2 měsíci

    Does this help heal trauma🤔

  • @I_Hate_YouTube.
    @I_Hate_YouTube. Před 2 lety

    Ye

  • @autumnpendergast9151
    @autumnpendergast9151 Před měsícem

    Artists have to use both elements. It is so silly to suggest otherwise. The left right thing is such BS.

  • @tototakto4611
    @tototakto4611 Před 2 lety +1

    damn im both brained

  • @justzcross6236
    @justzcross6236 Před 2 lety

    So am I right to be on the right side cause its gonna be alright
    1 word 3 different meanings?
    Couldn't you came up with a better language?
    If it was out of a context, how would you know what is referred to?
    Right?
    Am I saying right? Or just right side, right cause it's good or right because it's true?
    That's so confusing
    Same goes for "the", imagine to be in a zoo and having different animals in front of you, you just say "the" others can't even guess what you are suppose to refer to, since the word "the" alone means nothing (it applies to male/female subjects and can be either associate to one/more.
    that, is a big lack in a language)

  • @imortalghost6760
    @imortalghost6760 Před 2 lety

    Bruh...i m brained

  • @randomguy3834
    @randomguy3834 Před 2 lety

    Im both sides braindead

  • @Dhairya_Mistry
    @Dhairya_Mistry Před 2 lety +2

    Epico

  • @JiTiAr35
    @JiTiAr35 Před 2 lety

    Do flat earth

  • @maopinion8396
    @maopinion8396 Před 20 dny

    Lol, You confused me , more.

  • @Leon-oh3qf
    @Leon-oh3qf Před 2 lety

    I have no left brain

  • @user-vq6xc6zj5z
    @user-vq6xc6zj5z Před 3 měsíci

    Sperrys results could not be replicated.

  • @meskisz
    @meskisz Před 2 lety +2

    Apparently, my brain is in 4th dimension :).

  • @mac23806
    @mac23806 Před 2 lety +2

    We're all big brained 200 IQ

  • @LordNorthern
    @LordNorthern Před 10 měsíci

    Whaaaaat? Online personality tests are b....? I'm shocked beyond belief.
    Up is left, down is green.

  • @Potato-ko3oc
    @Potato-ko3oc Před 2 lety +12

    im very early so pretend that i said something funny

  • @m.t.o.9035
    @m.t.o.9035 Před 2 lety +2

    Middle brained?

  • @terranaxiomuk
    @terranaxiomuk Před 2 lety

    I'm not a conformist. I don't have a brain.

  • @umutcelenk3839
    @umutcelenk3839 Před rokem

    İt gives me reallife to see you debunking this complete bullshit.

  • @rheverend
    @rheverend Před 3 měsíci

    I’m sorry but I just can’t. The brain is too complex and sophisticated to be a product of chance. Do u have any idea the odds of essentially developing useful mutations? Furthermore, those mutations being so complex that we STILL haven’t been able to fully understand them?? And this wouldn’t be just one or two, but thousands upon thousands of intricate mutations that work together perfectly to make up a human body? No, just no. Mock me all you want, but it’s impossible

  • @Wellch
    @Wellch Před 2 lety

    Nobody is 100% r or l.

  • @allpong3387
    @allpong3387 Před 2 lety

    Sl

  • @omerd5147
    @omerd5147 Před 2 lety +1

    Bro nice topic but it's waaay too long...

    • @danielwatcherofthelord1823
      @danielwatcherofthelord1823 Před 18 dny

      It's 10 minutes! How is that too long!? I remember in my day when 10 minutes was worth 50!! And we had to travel miles through snow!

  • @tankboy7501
    @tankboy7501 Před 2 lety

    I the fist

    • @mac23806
      @mac23806 Před 2 lety

      Where's the other fist

    • @Dhairya_Mistry
      @Dhairya_Mistry Před 2 lety

      @@mac23806 🤣 lmao I think he meant first 🥇

  • @link2498
    @link2498 Před 2 lety

    This is such a typical left brain video. /s

  • @akshdevlapalli5411
    @akshdevlapalli5411 Před 2 lety

    im transbrained

  • @taras_ukr_
    @taras_ukr_ Před 2 lety

    Im unsubscraibed

  • @burtonparsons7717
    @burtonparsons7717 Před 2 lety

    Evolution is only a theory not a fact.

    • @captainsandwhich7469
      @captainsandwhich7469 Před rokem +1

      But is a theory that is actually studied. Lot's of evidence backing it up.

  • @harisy1916
    @harisy1916 Před rokem

    nice pop culture science 'debunking' video

  • @dennishubbard4385
    @dennishubbard4385 Před 2 lety

    ? p͓̽r͓̽o͓̽m͓̽o͓̽s͓̽m͓̽