The myth of the dominant brain hemisphere - Unit 6 Review

C1 Advanced · Word Formation · Ready for C1 Advanced 4th Edition, Macmillan Education

For questions 1–8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning.

APPLY

STRONG

ANALYSE

TYPE

CREATE

PARTICIPATE

EFFICIENT

FIND

The theory that the different halves of the human brain govern different skills and personality traits is (0) ___ a popular one. Some companies, for example, require job seekers to state in their (1) ___ whether they are ‘right-brained’ or ‘left-brained’. Numerous self-help and business success books claim they have techniques for (2) ___ the ‘weaker’ half of the brain. According to some psychologists that promote the ‘left-brained/right-brained’ theory, people who use the left side more tend to be detail-oriented and very (3) ___ . In contrast, people who tap into the right side most are (4) ___ , spontaneous, good at languages, and demonstrate greater (5) ___ . Too bad the theory isn’t true. Over the last decade, neuroscientists have scanned the brains of thousands of people and have uncovered no evidence to suggest that any of their study (6) ___ have a stronger left- or right-sided brain network. They point out that the brain would be working very (7) ___ if one half was consistently more active than the other. Their (8) ___ may hopefully dissuade people from clinging to the right-brained/left-brained myth.

The myth of the dominant brain hemisphere

DOUBT

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