Left-brain interpreter

<p>The left-brain interpreter is a <a href="/facts/Neuropsychological/eWY83ago">neuropsychological</a> concept developed by the psychologist <a href="/facts/Michael_S._Gazzaniga/8Feu1Sap">Michael S. Gazzaniga</a> and the neuroscientist <a href="/facts/Joseph_E._LeDoux/N5HQay40">Joseph E. LeDoux</a>. It refers to the construction of explanations by the <a href="/facts/Left_brain_hemisphere/RV7YepQu">left brain hemisphere</a> in order to make sense of the world by reconciling new information with what was known before. The left-brain interpreter attempts to rationalize, reason and generalize new information it receives in order to relate the past to the present.
</p><p>Left-brain interpretation is a case of the <a href="/facts/Lateralization_of_brain_function/RV7YepQu">lateralization of brain function</a> that applies to "explanation generation" rather than other lateralized activities. Although the concept of the left-brain interpreter was initially based on experiments on patients with <a href="/facts/Split-brain/UITB5odd">split-brains</a>, it has since been shown to apply to the everyday behavior of people at large.
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Left-brain interpreter