right brain

English

Noun

right brain (plural right brains)

The right cerebral hemisphere; the part of the brain popularly associated with creativity.
- 2005, Daniel H. Pink, A Whole New Mind, Riverhead Books, page 15:
  And the secret to seeing—really seeing—was quieting the bossy know-it-all left brain so the mellower right brain could do its magic.

Coordinate terms

left brain

Derived terms

right-brained
right-brainer

Translations

right cerebral hemisphere

Finnish: oikea aivopuolisko
French: hémisphère droit m, cerveau droit (fr) m
Japanese: 右脳 (unō)

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