misquoted, she is not an expert on the brain and its development.
'The right brain, which governs much of our self-regulation, creativity and empathy, can grow throughout life. The right brain grows though full-body experience like rough-and-tumble play, dancing or freelance artistic creation. So at any point, a parent can take up a creative activity with a child and they can grow together.”'
This is what's sometimes called a 'neuromyth'. The right and left hemispheres do not have starkly different functions to the extent that is often portrayed. The left hemisphere is mainly responsible for language, and the right hemisphere has a stronger role in spatial abilities, but it is not true that the right hemisphere is 'creative' and the left isn't. This myth is a common one, and may stem from the fact that the visual arts, which are often equated with 'creativity', do depend significantly on visual-spatial abilities. But it is not the case that the right hemisphere is 'intuitive' and the left hemisphere 'logical'. In fact, all complex activities, including most creative and/or logical ones require activity from both hemispheres.
At least, the myth that the right hemisphere is mainly responsible for creativity is a common one. The idea that it is also mainly responsible for empathy and self-regulation is an idiosyncratic one from the researcher and/or whoever reported her study. Self-regulation is mainly a function of the frontal lobes of the brain - both sides. Empathy involves many brain areas, but both emotion-related areas (the amygdala) and parts of the frontal lobes seem to be crucially involved, again bilaterally.
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