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title: "21 Right Hemisphere Quotes by 16 authors"
description: "Browse 21 Right Hemisphere quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Right Hemisphere sayings and thoughts."
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> [What it comes down to is that modern society discriminates against the right hemisphere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-wolcott-sperry/what-it-comes-down-to-is-that-modern-society-discriminates-against/)

[Roger Wolcott Sperry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-wolcott-sperry/)

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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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> [“What's "right" in language comprehension: ERPs reveal right hemisphere language capabilities" published in Language and Linguistics Compass (2008; Volume 2, pages 1-17).”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-s-right-in-language-comprehension-erps-reveal-right-hemisphere/)

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

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> [“Creativity has a brain wave signature as well: alpha waves pulsing out of the brain’s right hemisphere.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-kotler/creativity-has-a-brain-wave-signature-as-well-alpha-waves-pulsing-out/)

[Steven Kotler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-kotler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/steven-kotler-7422_creativity_creativity-has-a-brain-wave-signature-as_1498800.png)

> [The visual power of the phonetic alphabet is the translate other languages into itself is part of its power to invade right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshall-mcluhan/the-visual-power-of-the-phonetic-alphabet-is-the-translate-other/)

[Marshall McLuhan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marshall-mcluhan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31c/marshall-mcluhan-641_alphabet_the-visual-power-of-the-phonetic-alphabe_68679.png)

> [I use the right hemisphere of my brain and what I have is this advantage that makes me exceedingly interesting in pro…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-sydal/i-use-the-right-hemisphere-of-my-brain-and-what-i-have-is-this/)

[Matt Sydal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-sydal/)

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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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/185/open-university-62006_communication_hemisphere-dominates-for-speech-writing_3110748.jpg)

> [“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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6a/iain-mcgilchrist-20810_hemisphere_so-the-left-hemisphere-needs-certainty-a_3172766.jpg)

> [Sacred play is anything that takes you into that right hemisphere of your brain. It turns out that this move away from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/sacred-play-is-anything-that-takes-you-into-that-right-hemisphere-of/)

[Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61d/martha-beck-961_accomplished_sacred-play-is-anything-that-takes-you-i_1683863.png)

> [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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62c/jill-bolte-taylor-12626_brain_the-left-hemisphere-is-very-interested-i_1473603.jpg)

> [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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/492/steven-pinker-526_ability_it-s-likely-that-taboo-words-are-stored_2988695.jpg)

> [Our right hemisphere, it thinks in pictures and it learns kinesthetically through the movement of our bodies. Information ... explodes into this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-bolte-taylor/our-right-hemisphere-it-thinks-in-pictures-and-it-learns/)

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

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> [What's important now are the characteristics of the brain's right hemisphere: artistry, empathy, inventiveness, big-picture thinking. These skills have become first among…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-h-pink/what-s-important-now-are-the-characteristics-of-the-brain-s-right/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc1/daniel-h-pink-1532_artistry_what-s-important-now-are-the-characteris_1136045.png)

> [The main theme to emerge... is that there appear to be two modes of thinking, verbal and nonverbal, represented rather separately in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-wolcott-sperry/the-main-theme-to-emerge-is-that-there-appear-to-be-two-modes-of/)

[Roger Wolcott Sperry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-wolcott-sperry/)

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> [“If there is a tendency for the right hemisphere to be more sorrowful and prone to depression, this can, in my view,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-mcgilchrist/if-there-is-a-tendency-for-the-right-hemisphere-to-be-more-sorrowful/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/377/iain-mcgilchrist-20810_depression_if-there-is-a-tendency-for-the-right-hem_1647124.jpg)

> [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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ed/leonard-shlain-31041_alphas_when-you-read-a-book-you-generate-beta-w_709013.jpg)

> [“Although relatively speaking the right hemisphere takes a more pessimistic view of the self, it is also more realistic about it.457 There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-mcgilchrist/although-relatively-speaking-the-right-hemisphere-takes-a-more/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ac/iain-mcgilchrist-20810_wisdom_although-relatively-speaking-the-right-h_2361961.jpg)

> [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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b6/david-eagleman-2079_answers_when-one-part-of-the-brain-makes-a-choic_2000094.jpg)

> [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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49a/guido-molinari-37435_activity_you-begin-by-engaging-the-left-hemispher_392044.jpg)

> [“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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