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When I read that "the left hemisphere participates in the analysis of information..." and "the right hemisphere is specialized for synthesis" I immediately thought of Bloom's Taxonomy. I always had trouble believing that synthesis was always "higher" than analysis because to me they are so similar and intertwined. When Pink put them on the same plane, I re-envisioned the traditional pyramid that shows Bloom's Taxonomy with Knowledge holding up the foundation on the bottom of the pyramid and Evaluation being the smallest piece on the top. In my mind now, the layers are still stacked the same and it's still a pyramid shape, but above application is a thick layer that's split down the middle and has analysis on the left and synthesis on the right. Now those two are on the same plane and I feel so much better. ;-)

This is pretty crude, but here's a visual of what I'm talking about: