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Right Ear vs. Left Ear, Right Brain vs. Left Brain

So it has recently caught my attention that which ear you put your phone up to actually may say something about the person you are talking with.  This has to do with right vs. left brain theories.  As some may know, the left side of the brain is the analytical part of the brain, whereas the right hemisphere is the creative side.  Though I am right handed and I usually pick the phone up with my right hand, I often switch to my left to put it up to my left ear.  This is most likely because the left side of the brain is preferred when “deciphering” speech and words.  Thought the auditory nerves from both ears do connect, when hearing things through the left ear, the left side of the brain is stimulated in processing the information more than the right side of the brain some say.  Same for the right ear.

I work at McDonald’s, and I used to put the hearing side of the headset on my right ear, but I switched to putting in on my left ear because I had trouble understanding the customers.  After switching, I found I could understand the customers through drive thru much easier.  This is good proof for me.  I also find this when I listen to music.  When I listen to rap or something lyrical, I favor the left ear bud versus the right.   On the other hand, when I listen to music with few lyrics or none, I tend to switch to the right ear bud because for some reason  I seem to enjoy the music better that way.  I actually believe this right ear, left ear; right brain, left brain stuff.  Thought there isn’t any concrete proof, I just though this would be interesting bring up.

As for the phone calls I mentioned earlier, generally if you are a caring person you will put the phone to the right ear.  Also, generally, when someone gets a call from someone they care about, they will put the phone to the right ear more frequently than the left.  As for telemarketer calls, use your left ear…you will think about it rather than getting immediately pissed, haha.