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Brain Dominance

  • 23-04-2003 10:18PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭


    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 :/

    Are you left or right brain dominant? 44 votes

    Left
    0% 0 votes
    Right
    100% 44 votes


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Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭Sev


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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,322 ✭✭✭Repli


    14 left 4 right


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 848 ✭✭✭mirv


    15 Left, 3 Right


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 451 ✭✭Zukustious


    10 left 8 right

    Interesting test.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭Hells_Fury


    8 left 10 right :D


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,555 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    11 left 7 right..

    although some of the questions were a bit stupid


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,330 ✭✭✭✭Amz


    14 Left 4 Right


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭Sev


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


  • Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 958 ✭✭✭Mark


    12 left, 6 right.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭Sev


    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.


  • Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭Funky


    13 left 5 right


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,196 ✭✭✭Littletinyman


    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,648 ✭✭✭smiles


    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 >>


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭phaxx


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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,025 ✭✭✭yellum


    7 Right, 11 Left


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,411 ✭✭✭shotamoose


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,389 ✭✭✭✭Saruman


    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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 646 ✭✭✭John2002


    6 right, 12 left


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,275 ✭✭✭Shinji


    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 :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,287 ✭✭✭thedrowner


    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!)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,560 ✭✭✭Woden


    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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 295 ✭✭Tails


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,262 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    6 right, 12 left.

    left-brained=right-handed by the way


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,174 ✭✭✭✭Lemming


    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.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15,552 ✭✭✭✭GuanYin


    4 right, 14 Left


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,483 ✭✭✭✭daveirl


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,262 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    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.)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 848 ✭✭✭mirv


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


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