In brain dominance theory, the terms left-/right-brained, left-/right-minded, and left/right hemisphere dominant are often used to describe a particular lateral dominance within the human brain. Many also use these terms to help generalize the patterns of thought that such a dominance might connote; that is, an aptitude for "logic, language, and analytical thinking" for left-brained, and an aptitude for "expressive and creative tasks" for right-brained.
Likewise, when referring to hand dominance, we say left-handed and right-handed, but there are some cases of cross-dominance in handedness, in which we refer to individuals as ambidextrous, meaning "able to use both hands equally well."
Is there a word, in the same vein as ambidextrous, which can be used to describe having an equal aptitude for traditionally left- and right-brained tasks?
mixed dominance
is a different phenomenon fromambidextrous
.Mixed dominance
(orcross dominance
) describes the condition of a person who uses different hands for different tasks;ambidextrous
refers to a person who may use either hand for any task with no loss of dexterity. – outis nihil Apr 22 '14 at 19:50