{"id":108729,"date":"2023-07-16T13:56:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T17:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=108729"},"modified":"2023-07-21T10:44:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T14:44:37","slug":"reasoning-in-the-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/reasoning-in-the-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"Reasoning in the Brain: The Surprising Role of the Right Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Is reasoning in the brain strictly a function of the left hemisphere? What accounts for \u201caha!\u201d moments?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iain McGilchrist thinks that pop psychology puts an unwarranted emphasis on the left brain, arguing that the right brain plays a vital role in many functions. One of these is reasoning, typically associated only with the left hemisphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more to learn what contribution the right hemisphere makes to our reasoning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-reasoning-in-the-brain-s-hemispheres\">Reasoning in the Brain&#8217;s Hemispheres<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>McGilchrist suggests that the right hemisphere plays a key role in reasoning\u2014contrary to the stereotype that reasoning in the brain happens only in the left hemisphere. In particular, he argues that the right hemisphere specializes in more <em>implicit<\/em> forms of reasoning, while the left hemisphere specializes in more <em>explicit<\/em> forms of reasoning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To show as much, McGilchrist first examines so-called \u201caha!\u201d moments, in which we solve some problem while not concentrating on it\u2014for instance, when we struggle to recall someone\u2019s name, then it comes to us hours later out of the blue. These \u201caha!\u201d moments, he notes, are associated with a sharp uptick in right hemisphere activity, suggesting it helps generate them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: These \u201caha\u201d moments in which we\u2019re struck with a flash of insight aren\u2019t totally out of the blue. Rather, scientists contend that they occur as a result of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intechopen.com\/chapters\/65968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unconscious mind piecing together bits of information<\/a> to generate novel insights. For this reason, it\u2019s often advised to mentally unplug when faced with a problem you can\u2019t solve since your subconscious will continue working on the problem in the meantime.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By contrast, McGilchrist asserts that the left hemisphere is better suited for explicit reasoning that involves formal application of logical rules. For example, if shown a picture of a winter landscape, the left hemisphere might reason accordingly: \u201cThere\u2019s snow on the branches; if there\u2019s snow on the branches, it must be winter; therefore, it\u2019s winter.\u201d The right hemisphere, on the other hand, might directly intuit that it\u2019s winter without performing any explicit inference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: In <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/thinking-fast-and-slow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Thinking, Fast and Slow<\/em><\/a>, Daniel Kahneman argues that the right hemisphere\u2019s intuitive reasoning and the left hemisphere\u2019s explicit reasoning belong to the broader categories called system 1 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/system-2-thinking\/\">system 2 thinking<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/system-1-thinking-kahneman\/\">System 1 thinking<\/a>, he argues, is <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/thinking-fast-and-slow\/part-1-1#system-1-and-system-2-thinking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">automatic and involuntary<\/a>, like when we see someone crying and automatically realize that they\u2019re sad. Thus, system 1 thinking can include feelings in addition to intuitions, as feelings are often automatic responses to external stimuli. By contrast, system 2 thinking requires voluntary concentration, like when we\u2019re solving a complicated math problem.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is reasoning in the brain strictly a function of the left hemisphere? What accounts for \u201caha!\u201d moments? Iain McGilchrist thinks that pop psychology puts an unwarranted emphasis on the left brain, arguing that the right brain plays a vital role in many functions. One of these is reasoning, typically associated only with the left hemisphere. 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