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See Ian McGilchrist’s 2009 book The Master and His Emissary:

> McGilchrist digests study after study, replacing the popular and superficial notion of the hemispheres as respectively logical and creative in nature with the idea that they pay attention in fundamentally different ways, the left being detail-oriented, the right being whole-oriented.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Master_and_His_Emissary

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Without listing the actual misconceptions some people have, it's hard to say 'the left brain/right brain divide' is a misconception since I was already aware of this understanding that they just observe in different ways, not that "left brain is creative and right is logical". I grew up with the internet, though, so my understanding didn't solely originate from grade school science books that might be simplifying this phenomenon.

I get minor strokes every couple of months.

Each time I lose feeling in right side of body, and lose the ability to write. Not 100%, but close enough. Typing is fine however, if slow. Critical thinking goes to crap. Talking is fine. I can still draw, though my motivation goes to crap.

Is weird what stays and what goes.

Last time I looked writing is a left brain activity. Which controls right side.

Usually the right hemisphere is linked with comprehending speech/writing, rather than producing it, so it's interesting that you lose the ability to write. Is your speech affected at all? It could be because writing involves a bunch of other more domain-general brain functions too I guess.

I think he's talking about motor control - how the left hemisphere is responsible for controlling the right side of the body and vice versa.

Correct. Right side body is numb, cold and weak. So I assume issue is left side of brain.

I can read and speak well enough. Thinking is harder, so I tend to stay quiet.

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