In psychology, cognitive burden asymmetry refers to the unequal distribution of cognitive load and its effects across different parts of the brain or on different cognitive functions. This asymmetry is evident in brain lateralization, where hemispheres specialize in certain tasks, and can become more pronounced under high cognitive load, potentially affecting performance and leading to biased processing or fatigue. For example, tasks may be processed more efficiently or with a greater "burden" on one side of the brain depending on the task's nature and the individual's specific neural wiring.
When I tried to multitask during finals, I felt the cognitive burden asymmetry kick in—my left brain was struggling with math while my right brain was zoning out on my playlist!
by Emotional Cruiser October 21, 2025
Get the cognitive burden asymmetrymug. Adjective in context of Caucasian people experiencing discrimination as a minority in Asia. A sarcastic term used to connote cultural barriers faced by Caucasian who are stereotyped as being more polite, upscale, wealthy than non Caucasian locals, thus being burdened with living up to false stereotypes.
White man's burden is like a Caucasian being burdened with stereotypes of whiteness, like you are supposed to be rich, polite, and nice like white people seen on TV
by Mactoshmed March 16, 2023
Get the White man's burdenmug. similar to band wagoner, but when some one has passed away before their time and everyone starts saying that the person who has died was their "best friend", or that they were so close with the person. mainly occurs in people who don't really have a cause in life and need to find some way to get attention and feel like they've done something productive for once. mostly occurs with teen deaths.
person 1: did you hear about joe? :(
Burden wagoner: yeah man, its too bad, that kid was my best friend.
person 1: didnt you only have like 1 class with him?
Burden wagoner: nah man. we hung out all the time and we were real close
person 1: oh, yeah okay.
Burden wagoner: no im serious, we really did hang out all the time.
person 1: alright. (sarcasm)
Burden wagoner: yeah man, its too bad, that kid was my best friend.
person 1: didnt you only have like 1 class with him?
Burden wagoner: nah man. we hung out all the time and we were real close
person 1: oh, yeah okay.
Burden wagoner: no im serious, we really did hang out all the time.
person 1: alright. (sarcasm)
by jigggg November 23, 2011
Get the Burden wagonermug. by Crooked Smile FTC November 17, 2020
Get the Burden of crooked smilemug. The new generation that the government made women have. They are a burden to the people but a workforce the rich 1%. They have an obligation to change this country drastically when they find their voice. This is a generation starting in 2024 till…
“Gen Burden won’t know what SSI is.” “Gen Burden will be carrying the weight of fixing this collapsed world.”
by A Madam October 27, 2023
Get the Gen burdenmug. by Eli_My_Guy December 9, 2023
Get the Burdenmug. The task that fat-ass millennial gamers believed they have to propose the chronology of the late "Call of Duty" franchise, which they have no control over, as more futuristic titles were released after the first.
At the 2014 release of "Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare", sure progress of the renowned franchise's chronology, the Fat Boy's Burden first surfaced.
by 1stevelation April 19, 2018
Get the Fat Boy's Burdenmug.