Brain Dominance

Sev · 23-04-2003 9:18pm #1

http://brain.web-us.com/brain/braindominance.htm

Just out of curiosity, wanted to find out how the majority of boardsters think. Personally I answered all 18 of 18 quetions as a left brain dominant thinker

Sev · 23-04-2003 9:25pm

Hmm.. I should have probably added 'bilateral' to the poll too.. (In between)

Repli · 23-04-2003 9:41pm

14 left 4 right

mirv · 23-04-2003 9:43pm

15 Left, 3 Right

Zukustious · 23-04-2003 9:45pm

10 left 8 right

Interesting test.

Hells_Fury · 23-04-2003 10:15pm

8 left 10 right

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 23-04-2003 10:19pm

11 left 7 right..

although some of the questions were a bit stupid

Amz · 23-04-2003 10:43pm

14 Left 4 Right

Sev · 23-04-2003 11:12pm

I get the feeling this test is somehow lefty biased, you think?

ecksor · 23-04-2003 11:16pm

Not to mention biased towards computer users!!!!!

Mark · 23-04-2003 11:52pm

12 left, 6 right.

Sev · 23-04-2003 11:55pm

Well, yeah, you have to take that into consideration, that most PC users would be technically minded and probably logically thinking people, good left brainer candidates.

But take for example, this question.

In Math you can explain how you got the answer / you can get the answer but cannot explain how

I figure most will go for the former, regardless of their specific brain dominance.

ecksor · 24-04-2003 12:05am

I picked the former, but when I was younger I would often know the answer to something without knowing how to 'work it out'. I think over time I've devloped my ability to think in a methodical problem solving way so that doesn't happen any more. I suppose I'm less inclined to try to intuit a solution too.

Funky · 24-04-2003 12:33am

13 left 5 right

Littletinyman · 24-04-2003 12:40am

Right 10, left 8.

IIRC I did that test yonks ago and got half and half, I doubt it's any way accurate unless you're leaning strongly in one direction or the other.

smiles · 24-04-2003 1:58am

Which Side Do You Use?
You responded as a right brained person to 2 questions, and you responded as a left brained person to 16questions. According to the Hemispheric Dominance test, you use your left brain the most.

I've actually got a fantastic .exe somewhere on a disk, it has many many questions, randomly selected and decided left/right brained and then visual/auditory learning types. Might upload it somewhere...

<< Fio >>

phaxx · 24-04-2003 3:57am

9:9, funnily enough. Was expecting something far left...

yellum · 24-04-2003 6:35am

7 Right, 11 Left

shotamoose · 24-04-2003 8:20am

9 left 9 right. It then decided of its own accord that I was left-brained. Evidence of a slight bias maybe???

Saruman · 24-04-2003 8:38am

I got right... i knew that anyway... is it not a case if you are right handed you are right brained? Or maybe it was the other way around.. or not at all.. anyway here is what i got.
You responded as a right brained person to 11 questions, and you responded as a left brained person to 7questions. According to the Hemispheric Dominance test, you use your right brain the most. The summary briefly describes your dominance type. Remember, this only represents half of the picture. After you read the description, click on the link at the bottom of the page to find out how to use this information to improve your study strategies. Do not forget to print your results, if your instructor has requested you to do so.

Some of the traits associated with the right side of the brain are listed in the table. Not all of the traits will apply to you. Remember, we use both side of our brain, but your right sides gets the most exercise.

Type of Cognitive Processing
Brief Description

Holisitc
Processing information from whole to part; sees the big picture first, not the details.

Random
Processing information with out priority, jumps form one task to another.

Concrete
Processes things that can be seen , or touched - real objects.

Intuitive
Processes information based on whether or not it feels right know answer but not sure how it was derived.

Nonverbal
Processes thought as illustrations.

Fantasy-Oriented
Processes information with creativity; less focus on rules and regulations

John2002 · 24-04-2003 9:01am

6 right, 12 left

Shinji · 24-04-2003 11:01am

Very slightly right-brained - 10:8. I would have thought I'd be a little more strongly balanced towards the right, personally, but perhaps that's just the self-perception I'd like to have as a creative type

thedrowner · 24-04-2003 7:42pm

10 left, 8 right
i'd like to see how each of the questions were scored, which answer meant which coz i couldnt see it for some of them, (posisbly coz im not left brained enough!)

Woden · 24-04-2003 10:31pm

i'm more left sided but i think i knew that already and may have answered accordingly anywho its all a load of bollox with very limited answers which are all a bit vague

Tails · 24-04-2003 10:51pm

14 left and 4 right, left obviously is more common. There goes my thought i ws unique!:p

Stark · 25-04-2003 2:48pm

6 right, 12 left.

left-brained=right-handed by the way

Lemming · 25-04-2003 3:27pm

13 - 5 Right Dominated.

Although I will say that some of those questions I could answer either way and wasn't entirely happy with either option.

GuanYin · 26-04-2003 9:09am

4 right, 14 Left

daveirl · 26-04-2003 9:14am

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Stark · 26-04-2003 11:32am

Like I said previously, brain dominance has to do with whether you're right-handed or left-handed. Right-handed people have dominant left-hand side of the brain and left-handed people have domnant right-hand side of the brain. Of course not only is the left side of the brain different to the right side but the male brain is different to the female brain, so this is bound to upset the results. (that's why you find more men in science/engineering courses etc.)

mirv · 26-04-2003 11:33am

Post on PI if Fio doesn't mind then. It has its fair share of wimmin.

adnans · 26-04-2003 1:12pm

12 - 6 right dominated. that would explain why i am answering this post only wearing my underwear.

adnans

PHB · 26-04-2003 5:29pm

16-2 to the left

kinda off I always thought I was more on the right

GuanYin · 26-04-2003 5:33pm

Originally posted by Dataisgod
its all a load of bollox with very limited answers which are all a bit vague

Try a career in science, you'll get used to this sentiment....

Duffman · 26-04-2003 5:41pm

Left here....

Hrm.. the test seems to be designed to market some company's brain function altering products... very reliable and scientific indeed...

Moriarty · 26-04-2003 9:13pm

14 left, 4 right.

Manach · 26-04-2003 9:24pm

14 left 4 Right, a bit of a shame for I just did a creative thinking course.

woolymammoth · 26-04-2003 9:39pm

17 left, 1 right

ozpass · 30-04-2003 1:02pm

10 left, 8 right (the same as 2 other people here....)

Gordon · 30-04-2003 1:07pm

Write sevens with my right, left with elevens on my left.

Typedef · 30-04-2003 1:21pm

Three questions : right side
Fifteen questions : left side.

An easy way to extrapoliate which side is the dominant hemisphere is to evaluate which hand you use more.

Right handed implies left side dominance
Left handed implies right side dominance.

Only about one in nine people are right hemisphere/left handed people.

Magic Monkey · 30-04-2003 1:49pm

9 Left
9 Right

It tells me I'm left-brain dominant. However, I write with my left hand.

<shrugs>

sceptre · 30-04-2003 10:42pm

5 left, 13 right.

Some questions a little vague tbh.

CuLT · 02-05-2003 7:23pm

Originally posted by ozpass
10 left, 8 right (the same as 2 other people here....)

You can add me to that.

Remember people:

Right brained = left handed (generally speaking, the test can't be THAT valid)

Left brained = Right handed.

So if you are left brained you are a calculator, if you are right brained you are quite obviously God's gift to literature and the arts...