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[-] demlet@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The left side of the brain controls the right side of the body. It also controls language. There's a theory that that's why the words for the left hand (and left in general) are usually associated with evil ("sinister" in Latin means "left", for example), while words for the right are associated with good ("dextrous" comes from the Latin "dexter", meaning "right side"). The left side of the brain might be literally disparaging the side of the body it doesn't control, while praising the one it does.

Anyway, I vote for sphincter.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago
[-] demlet@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Someone knows their ancient Latin proverbs.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Brain still gotta poop.

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Isn't that left brain/right brain stuff pseudoscience?

[-] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 3 points 1 year ago

Yes and no: different parts of the brain DO have different functionality and the language center IS in the left half, but you'd need your whole brain to demonize body parts since a lot more than just language would be involved in the reasoning, the decision, the planning and the execution..

[-] Zozano@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Minor correction. Features like the language center are shared between both hemispheres, it's just that typically the left side is more developed.

Though, with the plasticity of the brain, it isn't necessarily always the case. Brains are very capable of rewiring themselves. If it's easier to (re)develop language on the right side, due to left side trauma, that's entirely possible.

[-] demlet@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

In general the left brain does language. It's been proven by observing people who had their hemispheres separated. The whole story about the left brain calling the left side of the body names is pretty speculative though.

It's also true that we tend to exaggerate the whole left/right brain thing in popular culture. The idea of left or right-brained personalities is one example of a pretty inaccurate characterization of how the brain works. But there are very real differences between the hemispheres.

All of that is just based mostly on recent interviews with brain scientists I've listened to, I'm not an expert!

[-] Zozano@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Forget left and right brain.

You're either all brain or no brain.

For me, no brain.

[-] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

A sphincter is not an organ. Muscle is tissue.

[-] demlet@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Then why does mine sound like an organ sometimes?

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