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<p>FarmFreshCackle: Added to description, added transcript</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2120<br /> | date = March 6, 2019<br /> | title = Brain Hemispheres<br /> | image = brain_hemispheres.png<br /> | titletext = Neurologically speaking, the LEFT hand is actually the one at the end of the RIGHT arm.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by an AUTONOMOUS LEG and a CHICKEN. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> It is often said that the right half of the brain controls the left arm and left leg, and vice versa for the left half of the brain, and many people incorrectly say that different parts of the brain control logic and emotion. Randall joins multiple common explanations about which part of the body is controlled by which part of the brain, creating a scheme that is fundamentally and biologically impossible.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> [A stick figure with the left half of the brain colored orange and the right half colored blue. A blue box is overlaid over the left half of the body, and an orange box is overlaid over the top half. An arrow labelled 'DISPUTED/DUAL CONTROL' points towards the overlapping area.]<br /> '''Neuroscience Fact'''<br /> The LEFT half of the brain actually controls the RIGHT half of the body... [arrow pointing to blue rectangle[<br /> ...while the RIGHT half of the brain actually controls the TOP half of the body. [Arrow pointing to orange rectangle]<br /> This leg is fully autonomous.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Biology]]<br /> [[Category:Comics with color]]</div>

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