There is a theory saying that emotions are controlled by the right side of the brain and logic is controlled by the other side. Is the brain really divided into two sides when it comes to controlling different aspects of human behaviour?
Researchers have demonstrated that right-brain/left-brain theory is a myth. Check https://www.verywellmind.com/left-brain-vs-right-brain-2795005
The right hemisphere is dominant in the perception of facial expression, body posture, and prosody. The right hemisphere is important for processing primaryemotions such as fear while the left hemisphere is important for preprocessing social emotions.
Everyone has one side of their brain that is dominant and determines their personality, thoughts, and behavior.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321037.php
Left-brained people are said to be more:
- analytical
- logical
- detail- and fact-oriented
- numerical
- likely to think in words
Right-brained people are said to be more:
- creative
- free-thinking
- able to see the big picture
- intuitive
- likely to visualize more than think in words
Read a little further:
A 2013 study looked at 3-D pictures of over 1,000 people's brains. They measured the activity of the left and right hemispheres, using an MRI scanner.
Their results show that a person uses both hemispheres of their brain and that there does not seem to be a dominant side.
Great question. This has been a hotly debated question among non-scientific people, but scientists of human anatomy and physiology have a better answer. Since the two sides of the brain do not significantly differ in anatomic structure or physiology, it would be incorrect to say that one side is wholly responsible for a certain function. However, as another responder to your question has already pointed out, one side of the brain certainly can be DOMINANT over the other side in controlling certain functions, and the 2 sides do communicate with each other via several commissures. In fact, this dominance has been suggested by some experts to vary among individuals, so that there is no hard and fast rule about which side of the brain predominates in either logic or emotion. Hope this helps.
The Amygdala is an almond-shaped set of neurons located deep within the brain's medial temporal lobe. It plays a key role in processing emotions, and is linked to both fear and pleasure in humans and other animals. The amygdala is also correlated with aggressive behavior over a number of species. Conditions such as anxiety, autism, PTSD, depression, and phobias are thought to be associated with abnormal functioning of the amygdala.
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