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title: "22 Left Hemisphere Quotes by 16 authors"
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> [Don't leave home without your left hemisphere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-gazzaniga/don-t-leave-home-without-your-left-hemisphere/)

[Michael Gazzaniga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-gazzaniga/)

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> [“The right hemisphere controls sensory attention and body image; the left hemisphere controls skilled movements and some aspects of language.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michio-kaku/the-right-hemisphere-controls-sensory-attention-and-body-image-the/)

[Michio Kaku](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michio-kaku/)

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> [Women tend to recall the details of an emotionally competent stimulus, using more of their left hemisphere to do the processing. Men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-medina/women-tend-to-recall-the-details-of-an-emotionally-competent-stimulus/)

[John Medina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-medina/)

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> [“hemisphere dominates for speech, writing, mathematical ability, logic and analysis. The right hemisphere dominates for perception, spatial ability, musical and artistic abilities,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/open-university/hemisphere-dominates-for-speech-writing-mathematical-ability-logic/)

[Open University](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/open-university/)

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> [“So the left hemisphere needs certainty and needs to be right. The right hemisphere makes it possible to hold several ambiguous possibilities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-mcgilchrist/so-the-left-hemisphere-needs-certainty-and-needs-to-be-right-the/)

[Iain McGilchrist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-mcgilchrist/)

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> [The left hemisphere is very interested in language; it communicates in words, it has a past, a present, and a future; it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-bolte-taylor/the-left-hemisphere-is-very-interested-in-language-it-communicates-in/)

[Jill Bolte Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-bolte-taylor/)

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> [“Although the statistics vary depending upon whom you ask, virtually everyone who is right handed (over 85% of the U.S. population) is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-bolte-taylor/although-the-statistics-vary-depending-upon-whom-you-ask-virtually/)

[Jill Bolte Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-bolte-taylor/)

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> [“As Gazzaniga put it, "these findings all suggest that the interpretive mechanism of the left hemisphere is always hard at work, seeking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-eagleman/as-gazzaniga-put-it-these-findings-all-suggest-that-the-interpretive/)

[David Eagleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-eagleman/)

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> [It's likely that taboo words are stored in the right hemisphere of the brain. Massive left hemisphere strokes or the entire surgical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pinker/it-s-likely-that-taboo-words-are-stored-in-the-right-hemisphere-of/)

[Steven Pinker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-pinker/)

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> [“The really interesting finding here, as the authors themselves put it, is that ‘without batting an eye’ the left hemisphere draws mistaken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-mcgilchrist/the-really-interesting-finding-here-as-the-authors-themselves-put-it/)

[Iain McGilchrist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-mcgilchrist/)

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> [The left hemisphere acts as an "interpreter," watching the actions and behaviors of the body and assigning a coherent narrative to these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-eagleman/the-left-hemisphere-acts-as-an-interpreter-watching-the-actions-and/)

[David Eagleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-eagleman/)

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> [When Western people train the mind, the focus is generally on the left hemisphere of the cortex, which is the portion of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-t-hall/when-western-people-train-the-mind-the-focus-is-generally-on-the-left/)

[Edward T. Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-t-hall/)

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> [ “3. The Law of Balance. Nature governs the world with her law of balance. She puts things ever in pairs,\[FN#216\] and leaves… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/3-the-law-of-balance-nature-governs-the-world-with-her-law-of-balance/)

[Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/)

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> [When you read a book, you generate beta waves irrespective of the book's content. But if you look up from it, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-shlain/when-you-read-a-book-you-generate-beta-waves-irrespective-of-the-book/)

[Leonard Shlain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-shlain/)

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> [“If my brain were surgically divided by callosotomy tomorrow, this would create at least two independent conscious minds, both of which would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-harris/if-my-brain-were-surgically-divided-by-callosotomy-tomorrow-this/)

[Sam Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-harris/)

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> [When one part of the brain makes a choice, other parts can quickly invent a story to explain why. If you show…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-eagleman/when-one-part-of-the-brain-makes-a-choice-other-parts-can-quickly/)

[David Eagleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-eagleman/)

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> [You begin by engaging the left hemisphere of the brain with the overall shape, the basic structure of the painting, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guido-molinari/you-begin-by-engaging-the-left-hemisphere-of-the-brain-with-the/)

[Guido Molinari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guido-molinari/)

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> [We consciously use only a small portion of our brain, but we're constantly performing complex operations in other areas even though we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/berit-brogaard/we-consciously-use-only-a-small-portion-of-our-brain-but-we-re/)

[Berit Brogaard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/berit-brogaard/)

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> [“Our talent for division, for seeing the parts, is of staggering importance – second only to our capacity to transcend it, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-mcgilchrist/our-talent-for-division-for-seeing-the-parts-is-of-staggering/)

[Iain McGilchrist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-mcgilchrist/)

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> [“In one marijuana experience, my informant became aware of the presence and, in a strange way, the in-appropriateness of this silent "watcher,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/in-one-marijuana-experience-my-informant-became-aware-of-the-presence/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Language enables the left hemisphere to represent the world ‘off-line’, a conceptual version, distinct from the world of experience, and shielded from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-mcgilchrist/language-enables-the-left-hemisphere-to-represent-the-world-off-line/)

[Iain McGilchrist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-mcgilchrist/)

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> [“In Western languages, reading and writing involve turning from left to right, and therefore exercise the brain’s left hemisphere. Written language, invented…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-h-pink/in-western-languages-reading-and-writing-involve-turning-from-left-to/)

[Daniel H. Pink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-h-pink/)

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                        "text": "“In one marijuana experience, my informant became aware of the presence and, in a strange way, the in-appropriateness of this silent \"watcher,\" who responds with interest and occasional critical comment to the kaleidoscopic dream imagery of the marijuana experience but is not part of it. \"Who are you?\" my informant silently asked it. \"Who wants to know?\" it replied, making the experience very like a Sufi or Zen parable. But my informant's question is a deep one. I would suggest the observer is a small part of the critical faculties of the left hemisphere, functioning much more in psychedelic than in dream experiences, but present to a degree in both. However, the ancient query, \"Who is it who asks the question?\" is still unanswered; perhaps it is another component of the left cerebral hemisphere. An asymmetry in the temporal lobes”",
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