RIGHT BRAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does right brain mean? 

• RIGHT BRAIN (noun)
  The noun RIGHT BRAIN has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: RIGHT BRAIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIGHT BRAIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

right brain; right hemisphere

Hypernyms ("right brain" is a kind of...):

cerebral hemisphere; hemisphere (either half of the cerebrum)

 Context examples 

Figural memory is mainly located in the right brain hemisphere and association with RF-EMF was more pronounced in adolescents using the mobile phone on the right side of the head.

(Cell Phone Radiation Harmful for Memory, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Along the midline of the frontal lobe, where the left and right brain hemispheres meet, there is a wall of neural tissue known as the medial prefrontal cortex.

(Scientists identify possible source of the ‘Uncanny Valley’ in the brain, University of Cambridge)