The left-brain interpreter is a neuropsychological concept developed by the psychologist Michael S. Gazzaniga and the neuroscientist Joseph E. LeDoux.[1][2] It refers to the construction of explanations by the left brain hemisphere in order to make sense of the world by reconciling new information with what was known before.[3] The left-brain interpreter attempts to rationalize, reason and generalize new information it receives in order to relate the past to the present.[4]
Left-brain interpretation is a case of the lateralization of brain function that applies to "explanation generation" rather than other lateralized activities.[5] Although the concept of the left-brain interpreter was initially based on experiments on patients with split-brains, it has since been shown to apply to the everyday behavior of people at large.[5]
- ^ Gazzaniga, Michael; Ivry, Richard; Mangun, George (2014). Cognitive Neuroscience. The Biology of the Mind. Fourth Edition. p. 153.
- ^ Gazzaniga, Michael (1985). The Social Brain. Discovering the Networks of the Mind. Basic Books. pp. 5. ISBN 978-0-465-07850-9.
- ^ Neurosociology: The Nexus Between Neuroscience and Social Psychology by David D. Franks 2010 ISBN 1-4419-5530-5 page 34
- ^ The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers by Daniel L. Schacter 2002 ISBN 0-618-21919-6 page 159 [1]
- ^ a b The cognitive neuroscience of mind: a tribute to Michael S. Gazzaniga edited by Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz, Kathleen Baynes, George R. Mangun, and Elizabeth A. Phelps; The MIT Press; 2010; ISBN 0-262-01401-7; pages 34-35