right hemisphere

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Meaning

the cerebral hemisphere to the right of the corpus callosum that controls the left half of the body

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The visual power of the phonetic alphabet is the translate other languages into itself is part of its power to invade right hemisphere (oral) cultures. Marshall McLuhan

Cultural dominance by either the left or the right hemisphere is largely dependent upon environmental factors. Marshall McLuhan

Left hemisphere industrialism has blinded the Chinese to the effects of our alphabet: pattern recognition is in the right hemisphere. Marshall McLuhan

It's likely that taboo words are stored in the right hemisphere of the brain. Massive left hemisphere strokes or the entire surgical removal of the left hemisphere can leave people with no articulate speech other than the ability to swear, spout cliches and song lyrics. Steven Pinker

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