by Renee LIndstrom, Founder of Inside Awareness Center of Integrative Somatic Learning
Qualities of Left and Right Hemispheres
Universally accepted qualities of the right and left Brain Hemispheres
The theory of the mind’s function suggests that the two different sides of the brain control two different “modes” of thinking. It also suggests that each of us prefers one mode over the other.
| Left Hemisphere | Right Hemisphere |
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| Logical | Visual |
| Linear | Attunement |
| Literal | Voice quality |
| Practical language | Eye gaze |
| Making sense | Touch and gesture |
| Social self | Circuits of attachment |
| Spoken/lived narrative | Integrated map of body |
| Detail monitoring | Effective experience |
| Analytic problem-solving | Experience of self |
| Fact accumulation | Beginning of regulation |
| Chalkboard of the mind | Empathetic resonance |
| Working memory | Implicit memory |
| Adding to regulation | I felt autobiographical narrative |
| Handling familiar | Intuition |
| moderate levels of stress | Morality |
| More defined neocortical columns | Metaphorical language |
| Rapid processing of novelty | |
| Severe levels of stress | |
| Integrated neocortical columns |
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