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Left brain vs. Right brain

Saturday, July 16, 2011 7:20:21 AM

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That sounds weird, but it's not.

The human brain consists of the right brain and the left brain. The shapes of these two parts are similar, but differences have been gradually found in their functions. The left brain is also referred to as the digital brain. It controls reading and writing, calculation, and logical thinking. The right brain is referred to as the analogue brain. It controls three-dimensional sense, creativity, and artistic senses. These two halves work together, but most people are controlled more by one part than by the other!

Basically left brainers are:
Logical
Sequential
Rational
Analytical
Objective
Looks at parts

And right brainers are:
Random
Intuitive
Holistic
Synthesizing
Subjective
Looks at wholes

Can you tell from the lists if you're mostly ruled by left or right part of your brain?

If not, you can take this test - it might give you a hint.

My result is:

Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz
The higher of these two numbers below indicates which side of your brain has dominance in your life. Realising your right brain/left brain tendancy will help you interact with and to understand others.
Left Brain Dominance: 10(10)
Right Brain Dominance: 7(7) Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz

I am not really surprised over this result. I think of myself as *very* analytical, logically thinking and rational, which all implies left brain dominance. But I admit to be subjective, very empathic and I always try to look at the whole perspective in all situations, which is definitely a right brain thing.

So there you have it. I'm a mix of the two, but slightly more left brained than right brained. smile

What are you?


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Comments

FlaRin Saturday, July 16, 2011 8:14:06 AM

well...
Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz
The higher of these two numbers below indicates which side of your brain has dominance in your life. Realising your right brain/left brain tendancy will help you interact with and to understand others.
Left Brain Dominance: 3(3)
Right Brain Dominance: 12(12) Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz

KittyliciousZaphira Saturday, July 16, 2011 9:04:39 AM

I'm not really surprised over that result, to be honest. smile

Martin K™Aqualion Saturday, July 16, 2011 10:05:30 AM

Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz
The higher of these two numbers below indicates which side of your brain has dominance in your life. Realising your right brain/left brain tendancy will help you interact with and to understand others.
Left Brain Dominance: 8(8)
Right Brain Dominance: 11(11) Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz

der WandersmannderWandersmann Saturday, July 16, 2011 4:12:20 PM

Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz
The higher of these two numbers below indicates which side of your brain has dominance in your life. Realising your right brain/left brain tendancy will help you interact with and to understand others.
Left Brain Dominance: 7(7)
Right Brain Dominance: 11(11) Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz

r♡serose-marie Saturday, July 16, 2011 4:27:04 PM

Hm. I have to admit I'm a bit surprised about my result. I always thought I was a right brainer...
Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz
The higher of these two numbers below indicates which side of your brain has dominance in your life. Realising your right brain/left brain tendancy will help you interact with and to understand others.
Left Brain Dominance: 8(8)
Right Brain Dominance: 8(8) Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz

KittyliciousZaphira Saturday, July 16, 2011 5:04:53 PM

What is even weirder is, that when you add the two numbers, it doesn't give you the same result. My two are 17, Flarin's are 15, Lion's are 19, dW 18 and Rose 16. That's kinda weird, IMO.

r♡serose-marie Saturday, July 16, 2011 5:08:31 PM

You're right! And there are 32 questions, so it doesn't seem like one question is one point to left or right...

der WandersmannderWandersmann Saturday, July 16, 2011 5:09:53 PM

I think there must be some sort of routine for cancelling opposite answers, Zaphira ... if there weren't, the total would always be 32.

Martin K™Aqualion Saturday, July 16, 2011 6:25:34 PM

Originally posted by Zaphira:

My two are 17, Flarin's are 15, Lion's are 19, dW 18 and Rose 16



Wich means I hold the high score. I'm not surprised. I have plenty of brain.

p

KittyliciousZaphira Saturday, July 16, 2011 6:37:05 PM

They say that it's not a matter of how much you've got. It's a matter of how you actually use what you've got. p

Martin K™Aqualion Saturday, July 16, 2011 6:39:52 PM

The psychic question made me laugh. I have actually been confronted with the idea that I might be psychic a couple of times down the line. Even by close relatives. I do not see dead people though. Yes, I do... But most of the dead people I see are unfortunately still alive.

FlaRin Saturday, July 16, 2011 7:03:00 PM

...I have the low score, and despite the fact I am totally psychic, I didn't see *that* coming.

Martin K™Aqualion Saturday, July 16, 2011 7:06:23 PM

Sorry for endulging in my own supremacy for a while there.

By the way: I see a dark haired lady in your future, Fla...

wink

FlaRin Saturday, July 16, 2011 7:13:17 PM

...and Remoulade.....bigsmile

<not necessarily at the same time, though>

Peterpman45 Saturday, July 16, 2011 9:13:14 PM

Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz
The higher of these two numbers below indicates which side of your brain has dominance in your life. Realising your right brain/left brain tendancy will help you interact with and to understand others.
Left Brain Dominance: 10(10)
Right Brain Dominance: 5(5) Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz

Peterpman45 Saturday, July 16, 2011 9:24:57 PM

So .... I'm a lefty ...... or my right brain has gone soggy. lol

ARTHUR DE LANGEaccipiter1 Saturday, July 16, 2011 9:50:05 PM

LOL FUNNY:lol:

DHdarkesthour Saturday, July 16, 2011 11:50:20 PM

Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz
The higher of these two numbers below indicates which side of your brain has dominance in your life. Realising your right brain/left brain tendancy will help you interact with and to understand others.
Left Brain Dominance: 9(9)
Right Brain Dominance: 11(11) Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz

DHdarkesthour Saturday, July 16, 2011 11:51:51 PM

Hmmm, looks like I am imbalanced.. Still, I already knew that scared lol bigeyes

J Andersonjimary1999 Sunday, July 17, 2011 12:27:40 AM

Left 11, Right 6 but as a guy and an investigator I guess that shouldn't surprise me at all.smile

Mad Scientistqlue Sunday, July 17, 2011 6:32:59 AM

WTF does this sentence mean? confused. Can these people please pass third grade before compiling a quiz!!! irked.

16. If I have a tough decision to make, so I write down the pros and the cons

23. I can tell if someone is guilty just by looking at them

Only religious fanatics believe this! rolleyes. And as for the results of this quiz! I'm shocked and suprised! yikes. table border=1>
Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz
The higher of these two numbers below indicates which side of your brain has dominance in your life. Realising your right brain/left brain tendancy will help you interact with and to understand others.
Left Brain Dominance: 5(5)
Right Brain Dominance: 7(7) Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz

Martin K™Aqualion Sunday, July 17, 2011 6:36:10 AM

New highscore: DH = 20. Supremacy only lasts til someone better comes along. I bow my head in respect.

Aidialigan0510 Sunday, July 17, 2011 7:49:18 AM

Here is my result, Kitty... I'm not surprised, I know my left brain dominance:
Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz
The higher of these two numbers below indicates which side of your brain has dominance in your life. Realising your right brain/left brain tendancy will help you interact with and to understand others.
Left Brain Dominance: 11(11)
Right Brain Dominance: 10(10) Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz

KittyliciousZaphira Sunday, July 17, 2011 8:42:47 AM

Here's an ad that Mercedes Benz made over the theme 'left brain/right brain'. I think it's a very clever and pretty made ad! up

http://files.myopera.com/Zaphira/albums/628759/Left%20Brain-Right%20Brain%20Ad.jpg -

FlaRin Sunday, July 17, 2011 9:24:01 AM

The Mercedes Benz right brain - that's exactly what the world is like from the inside of my head up

Dark FurieFurie Sunday, July 17, 2011 11:19:34 AM

Looks at wholes

I read that as "Look at whores" o
Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz
The higher of these two numbers below indicates which side of your brain has dominance in your life. Realising your right brain/left brain tendancy will help you interact with and to understand others.
Left Brain Dominance: 12(12)
Right Brain Dominance: 11(11) Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz

badkitty1967 Sunday, July 17, 2011 11:35:42 AM

mine is:
left brain= 6
right brain= 10
but, i already knew i was right brain dominate. because i'm left handed. and probably the easiest way to tell is by which way you cock your head when you think.coffee

Spaggyj Sunday, July 17, 2011 12:58:08 PM

Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz
The higher of these two numbers below indicates which side of your brain has dominance in your life. Realising your right brain/left brain tendancy will help you interact with and to understand others.
Left Brain Dominance: 6(6)
Right Brain Dominance: 12(12) Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz Hm. Some odd results among us.

der WandersmannderWandersmann Sunday, July 17, 2011 3:25:27 PM

Originally posted by FlaRin:

The Mercedes Benz right brain - that's exactly what the world is like from the inside of my head


Uh ... have you been chewing any strange little pieces of paper recently?

Originally posted by badkitty1967:

i already knew i was right brain dominate. because i'm left handed. and probably the easiest way to tell is by which way you cock your head when you think.


Which is why you should never think when your brain is half-cocked.

Originally posted by Spaggyj:

Some odd results among us.

I think it's interesting how great a proportion of creative people there are in the group.

badkitty1967 Sunday, July 17, 2011 4:37:30 PM

Yeah, I wouldn't want my brain to go off half-cocked. I think opera attracts a different type of person than FB or MS. Maybe, here we don't get drowned out by the din of the other social sites. Or maybe its just the name that attracts 'interesting' people? p

Peterpman45 Sunday, July 17, 2011 4:49:11 PM

Took the test again .... came out 8-6 ..... drunk

DHdarkesthour Sunday, July 17, 2011 8:28:32 PM

Originally posted by Aqualion:

New highscore: DH = 20


I was soundly beaten one comment later, but is a higher number a good thing or a bad thing anyway? bigeyes

FlaRin Sunday, July 17, 2011 9:26:55 PM

I'm intrigued as to the calibration of this test - the 'ranking' that the questions have, or get - I mean - 11/12, or 3/12 ...sure, we get answers like that, but why, how? How is the formula or ruleset that gives our left\right results defined, and how 'true' is it??
smile

...and I wanted to show the text on that cool Merc ad, because I can't read it <sorry> - and I like it, so...
http://files.myopera.com/FlaRin/files/LEFT.jpg -
http://files.myopera.com/FlaRin/files/RIGHT.jpg -
cool

Stardancer Tuesday, July 19, 2011 1:30:23 AM

Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz
The higher of these two numbers below indicates which side of your brain has dominance in your life. Realising your right brain/left brain tendancy will help you interact with and to understand others.
Left Brain Dominance: 10(10)
Right Brain Dominance: 11(11) Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz

Bad WolfCois Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:36:30 AM

damnit. mad Mik beat me at it again. awww

Martin K™Aqualion Tuesday, July 19, 2011 11:56:09 AM

By the way, how can there be a plural tense of 'whole' as in 'wholes'? It's simply not logical. My left brain denies it. There can only be one whole or it would not be whole at all...

der WandersmannderWandersmann Tuesday, July 19, 2011 2:49:24 PM

Two whole apples. Seven whole books. That's more than one whole. And it's number, not tense.

Martin K™Aqualion Tuesday, July 19, 2011 3:10:18 PM

I see... Thanks for the correction. So, whole does not necessarily constitute the undivited unity of everything but more the quantity, extent and scope of a certain unit. It's different in Danish. We have two seperate words covering these.

Mad Scientistqlue Tuesday, July 19, 2011 5:26:14 PM

Well, 'whole' means 'complete' or 'undivided'. "Two whole apples." would mean two apples, each of which is whole. (i.e. Complete, undivided)
But you're correct in saying that you wouldn't use the word 'wholes'. left.
The dictionary entry for 'whole' is longer than that of the average word, which is always a good indication that a word has a complex definition that can vary with context. For example, 'whole' can also mean 'in good health'.
Whole is the root word from which we get the words 'holy' and 'holistic' from. (also the prefix 'holo-' as in, hologram, holocaust etc.)
(and no, I don't know why it starts with a 'w' when all the other words from the same root only have an 'h' confused)

Martin K™Aqualion Tuesday, July 19, 2011 5:48:35 PM

In Denmark (and the English term 'whole' might have Germanic/Nordic roots) we use the noun 'helhed' to describe an undivited unity, it translates best as 'whole-ness' - the state of being whole. We use the adjective 'hel' to describe undivited unities as in 'hele verden' - the whole world.

A hole is just 'et hul' in Danish, so we never confuse those two words.

Mad Scientistqlue Tuesday, July 19, 2011 7:58:39 PM

Originally posted by Aqualion:

(and the English term 'whole' might have Germanic/Nordic roots)


Quite so! yes.
My Oxford dictionary gives the etymology as;
{OE hāl, = OS hēl, OHG heil, ON heill, Goth. hails f. Gmc *hailaz}
Where;
OE == Old English
OS == Old Saxon
OHG == Old High German
ON == Old Norman
Goth. == Gothic
Gmc == Germanic

Mad Scientistqlue Tuesday, July 19, 2011 8:13:55 PM

in Afrikaans we have 'heel' and 'hele'
examples of usage:
"Die motor is heel." (the car is working. or, the car is whole.)
"Hy het die hele koek geët!" (he ate the whole cake)
Then there is the word 'heeltemal';
"Hy het die muur heeltemal stukkund geslaan!" (he hit the wall completely to pieces!) ((that was a difficult one to translate! faint))

Ok, my brain's about to burst after revisiting my school days so that's enough from me for now! p.

KittyliciousZaphira Tuesday, July 19, 2011 8:42:44 PM

Originally posted by Aadil:

he ate the whole cake


He deserves a slap if he didn't share with the kitty! mad

Peterpman45 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 8:44:28 PM

Just as a matter of interest.

Originally posted by qlue:

"Die motor is heel." (the car is working. or, the car is whole.)
"Hy het die hele koek geët!" (he ate the whole cake)
Then there is the word 'heeltemal';
"Hy het die muur heeltemal stukkund geslaan!" (he hit the wall completely to pieces!) ((that was a difficult one to translate! ))



translated into Dutch.

De auto is heel. (motor = engine or motorcycle)
Hij heeft de hele koek opgegeten.
Hij heeft de muur helemaal in stukken geslagen!

FlaRin Wednesday, July 20, 2011 4:20:05 AM

Famous Right Brainers include :

Thomas Edison
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
Pablo Picasso
Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Run
Walt Disney
General George Patton
Nelson Rockefeller
Hans Christian Anderson
Leonardo da Vinci
Sir Winston Churchill
Benjamin Franklin
John F. Kennedy
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
John Lennon
Louis Pasteur
Orville and Wilber Wright
Alexander Graham Bell
Ludwig Van Beetoven
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Vincent Van Gogh
Agatha Christie
Ernest Hemmingway
Mark Twain
Anna Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
King Gustav IV of Sweden
Albert Einstein
Marie and Pierre Curie
Socrates
Galileo Galilei
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Abraham Lincoln
Steven Spielberg
Bill Gates
FlaRin

...apparently smile

And here's a curious thing - all I did to find that list was google 'famous right brain people'. Then I did the same for 'famous left brain people' and got nothing like that at all, nada, zip. Lots of stuff about left & right brain characteristics yadayadayada, but no famous left brainers. Isn't that weird? smile

Dark FurieFurie Wednesday, July 20, 2011 4:29:57 AM

Originally posted by Cois:

damnit. Mik beat me at it again.


By having a brain? left

Martin K™Aqualion Wednesday, July 20, 2011 5:51:06 AM

Who needs a brain anyway?

der WandersmannderWandersmann Wednesday, July 20, 2011 6:05:48 AM

dɹɐzılpǝkɔıw ɐʞɐ ɹǝɥgɐllɐg lǝbɐsıwickedlizard Wednesday, July 20, 2011 8:38:46 AM

Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz
The higher of these two numbers below indicates which side of your brain has dominance in your life. Realising your right brain/left brain tendancy will help you interact with and to understand others.
Left Brain Dominance: 7(7)
Right Brain Dominance: 13(13) Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz bigsmile I´m a mix of the two, but mostly right.

badkitty1967 Wednesday, July 20, 2011 10:46:12 AM

I would think that the left brainers are the behind the scenes people. Accountants, mathematicians,etc. The ones who keep everything running. Whereas the right brainers get all the credit because they're the inventors. cat

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