Brain Dominance Quiz

[steve319]

In honor of Silly Quiz Month here at LPSG, I thought I'd post my own pointless, unreliable selection. :evilgrin:

Are you ruled by the right side or the left side of your brain? Take this stupid test to find out!

At the end you can click on the link for more info and read a poorly-generated profile too!

Be sure to share your results with us.

The Quiz

 

[yaoifun]

Skai, you exhibit an even balance between left- and right- hemisphere dominance and a slight preference for visual over auditory processing. With a score this balanced, it is likely that you would have slightly different results each time you complete this self-assessment quiz.

You are a well-rounded person, distinctly individualistic and artistic, an active and multidimensional learner. At the same time, you are logical and disciplined, can operate well within an organization, and are sensitive towards others without losing objectivity. You are organized and goal-directed. Although a "thinking" individual, you "take in" entire situations readily and can act on intuition.

You sometimes tend to vacillate in your learning styles. Learning might take you longer than someone of equal intellect, but you will tend to be more thorough and retain the material longer than those other individuals. You will alternate between logic and impulse. This vacillation will not normally be intentional or deliberate, so you may experience anxiety in situations where you are not certain which aspect of yourself will be called on.

With a slight preference for visual processing, you tend to be encompassing in your perceptions, process along multidimensional paths and be active in your attacking of situations or learning.

Overall, you should feel content with your life and yourself. You are, perhaps, a little too critical of yourself -- and of others -- while maintaining an "openness" which tempers that tendency. Indecisiveness is a problem and your creativity may not be in keeping with your potential. Being a pragmatist, you downplay this aspect of yourself and focus on the more immediate, obvious and the more functional

Wow! That is all SO true! Especially the takes longer to learn, but is more thorough part. learning takes me forever and needs to be explained in a special way. I'm just a wierdo! lol. Fun quiz!

EDIT: My left/right percentage was 48/52 I dont remember which sides though. Visual was 60%, Auditory 40%. I think. >< GAH&#33; I hate being tired

 

[B_DoubleMeatWhopper]

Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 53%
Visual : 46%
Left : 47%
Right : 52%

 

[jonb]

But it&#39;s silly because there&#39;s no evidence the hemispheres are so perfectly bifurcated like that. Different tissues do different things, of course; linguistic skills, for example, are handled by this little convolution in the frontal region. But the left brain/right brain business isn&#39;t true, except to say that the left brain controls the right side of the body and vice versa.

 

[B_DoubleMeatWhopper]

Originally posted by jonb@May 22 2005, 05:53 AM
But it&#39;s silly because there&#39;s no evidence the hemispheres are so perfectly bifurcated like that. Different tissues do different things, of course; linguistic skills, for example, are handled by this little convolution in the frontal region. But the left brain/right brain business isn&#39;t true, except to say that the left brain controls the right side of the body and vice versa.

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True, but Steve did say that this quiz was pointless and reliable. He was right.

 

[Altairion]

Originally posted by DoubleMeatWhopper+May 22 2005, 01:06 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DoubleMeatWhopper &#064; May 22 2005, 01:06 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-jonb@May 22 2005, 05:53 AM
But it&#39;s silly because there&#39;s no evidence the hemispheres are so perfectly bifurcated like that. Different tissues do different things, of course; linguistic skills, for example, are handled by this little convolution in the frontal region. But the left brain/right brain business isn&#39;t true, except to say that the left brain controls the right side of the body and vice versa.

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True, but Steve did say that this quiz was pointless and reliable. He was right.

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Agreed. This is for fun, so no complaining. Shut up and do your quiz

Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 64%
Visual : 35%
Left : 81%
Right : 18%

Brian, your results indicate a strong left-hemisphere dominance with a mild preference for auditory processing. This blend would suggest that you are an extremely efficient person, logical perhaps to an extreme. You tend to structure your life and learning in very precise ways.

You benefit from experience, seek the rational in situations and feel most comfortable with routine.

You are a detail person. You see each piece of a puzzle or situation with equal clarity and value, and thrive on your ability to fit each piece into a unifying structure.

Your learning style tends toward the auditory, which suggests that you process inputs sequentially and classify each before moving on to the next. You do, however, possess sufficient visualization skills and interest to supplement the auditory tendency and render you more active than a person who is purely auditory.

In all likelihood you will be somewhat reserved in appreciating your own talents and understate your abilities even to yourself. You will organize your time and set schedules for yourself and, in that sense, lose sight of spontaneity and other needs - both of yourself and others. Your enviable organization, structure, and efficiency make you a valuable asset to a team effort.

 

[ashlar]

Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 50%
Visual : 50%
Left : 22%
Right : 77%


Ashlar, you are strongly right-hemisphere dominant with balanced preference for auditory and visual modes of processing, a very effective mix for creativity and spontanaiety while being amenable to direction and focus.

With this combination you are likely a very impatient learner. On the one hand, you deal with large abstractions while you must frequently reduce your processing to one dimensional channels. Fortunately, you also have the attributes of a visual learner so that simultaneous processing is also available to you.

In a similar vein, your right hemisphere gives you an abstract orientation that you are able to link to the organizational and sequen- tial resources of the auditory learner.

You are more passionate than most and have the capacity to be very persuasive. You can detect a great deal by listening to others and this, combined with your intuitive capabilities, would tend to make you an excellent friend.

You are less reflective about yourself or your motivations, unless forced to be. Your tendency is to respond simultaneously to people and avoid a need to have expectations or demands.

Overall, your organization and planning are flexible, and you are successful in "winging it" with sufficient verbal sophistication to blend with your spontaneity and creativity. You will experience discomfort only when situations become too organized or rigid and find yourself wanting to either flee or challenge them.

You may be disorganized with piles of stuff laying everywhere. Unlike the more visually oriented person, however, you have a hard time relocating whatever you place unless you verbally state to yourself where you are putting something and then remind yourself what you are looking for when you go to retrieve it.
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That was actually fairly accurate

 

[Pappy]

Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 50%
Visual : 50%
Left : 55%
Right : 45%

Jim, you are somewhat left-hemisphere dominant with a balanced preference for auditory and visual inputs. Because of your "centrist" tendencies, the distinctions between various types of brain usage are somewhat blurred.

Your tendency to be organized and logical and attend to details is reasonably well-established which should afford you success regardless of your chosen field of endeavor, unless it requires total spontaneity and ability to improvise, your weaker traits. However, you are far from rigid or overcontrolled. You possess a degree of individuality, perceptiveness, and trust in your intuition to function at much more sophisticated levels than most.

Having given sufficient attention to detail, you can readily perceive the larger aspects and implications of a situation or of learning. You are functional and practical, but can blend abstraction and theory into your framework readily.

The equivalence of your auditory and visual learning orientation gives you two equally effective sensory input systems, each with distinctive features. You can process both unidimensionally and multidimen- sionally with equal facility. When needed, you sequence material while at other times you "intake it all" and store it for processing later.

Your natural ability to use your senses is also synthesized in your way of learning. You can be reflective in your approach, absorbing material in a non-aggressive manner, and at other times voracious in seeking out stimulation and experience.

Overall you tend to be somewhat more critical of yourself than is necessary and avoid enjoying life too much because of a sense of duty. You feel somewhat constrained and tend to sometimes restrict your expressiveness. In any given situation, you will opt for the rational, and learning of almost any type should be easy for you. You might need certain ideas explained to you in order to fit them into your scheme of things, but you&#39;re at least open to that&#33;

 

[Sam1070]

Auditory: 57%
Visual: 42%
Left: 52%
Right: 47%

 

[Dr Rock]

Auditory : 30%
Visual : 70%
Left : 19%
Right : 81%

*ZAP* fear my right brain

 

[rich_cabeza2002]

Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 50%
Visual : 50%
Left : 55%
Right : 44%

 

[Pecker]

Auditory 78%
Visual 21%
Left 62%
Right 37%

 

[headbang8]

Auditory : 43%
Visual : 56%
Left : 41%
Right : 58%

I&#39;m a total line-ball. I NEVER score that way in these kind of tests. I&#39;m always WAAAY visual.

This bit rang true, though:

"It is most likely that you will gravitate towards those endeavors which are predominantly visual but include some logic or structuring. You may either work particularly hard at cultivating your auditory skills or risk "missing out" on being able to efficiently process what you learn. Your own intuitive skills will at times interfere with your capacity to listen to others, which is something else you may need to take into account.

 

[jay_too]

Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 46%
Visual : 53%
Left : 58%
Right : 41%

 

[steve319]

Originally posted by jonb@May 22 2005, 01:53 AM
But it&#39;s silly because there&#39;s no evidence the hemispheres are so perfectly bifurcated like that. Different tissues do different things, of course; linguistic skills, for example, are handled by this little convolution in the frontal region. But the left brain/right brain business isn&#39;t true, except to say that the left brain controls the right side of the body and vice versa.

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There will be no talking in class&#33;

Yeah, I know, it&#39;s a poor tool. Right brain/left brain is an oversimplification, but there&#39;s certainly something to the whole mixed dominance issue, especially as it relates to processing and learning. Transfer of information or experience can be impeded (or prevented altogether) by linkage problems between brain sections. But yeah, this tool sucks; I did enjoy the choices, though. I know that I&#39;m stronger at visual processing than auditory, but this little test reverses that.

Now get back to work. x(

 

[dickbulge]

Originally posted by Pecker@May 22 2005, 07:53 AM
Auditory 78%
Visual 21%
Left 62%
Right 37%

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Auditory: 75%
Visual: 25%
Left: 68%
Rught: 31%

This is disturbing,.

 

[prepstudinsc]

Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 58%
Visual : 41%
Left : 42%
Right : 57%

Monty, you show a slight right-hemisphere dominance with a moderate preference for auditory processing, an unusual and somewhat paradoxical combination of characteristics.

You are drawn to a random and sometimes nonchalant synthesis of material. You learn as it seems important to a specific situation, and might even develop a resentment of others who attempt to direct your learning down a specific channel.

Your right-hemispheric dominance provides a structure that is only loosely organized and one which processes entire swatches of reality, overlooking details. You are emotional in your reactions and perceptual more than logical in your approach, although you can impose structure and a language base when necessary.

Your auditory preference, on the other hand, implies that you process information sequentially and unidimensionally. This combination of right-brain and auditory modes creates conflict, as you want to process data more rapidly than your natural processes allow.

Your tendency to be creative and free-flowing is accompanied by sufficient ability to organize and be logical, allowing you a reasonable degree of success in a number of different endeavors. You take in information methodically and systematically which can then be synthesized rapidly. In this manner, you manage to function consistently well, although certainly less efficiently than you desire.

You prefer the abstract and are a theoretician at heart while retaining the ability to be practical. You find the symbolism in a great deal of what you encounter and are something of a "mystic."

With regards to your lifestyle, you have the mentality which would be good as a philosopher, writer, journalist, or instructor, or possibly as a systems designer or social worker. Perhaps most important is your ability to "listen to your inner voice" as a mode of skipping over unnecessary steps to achieve your goals.




I am a mystic....interesting. I&#39;ve never been called that one before. LOL

 

[major_7]

Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 55%
Visual : 44%
Left : 70%
Right : 29%

"Teaching, law, and science are those that stand out among the professions"

 

[SpiceboyMJ]

MJ, your hemispheric dominance is equally divided between left and right brain, while you show a moderate preference for auditory versus visual learning, signs of a balanced and flexible person.

Your balance gives you the enviable capacity to be verbal and literate while retaining a certain "flair" and individuality. You are logical and compliant but only to a degree. You are organized without being compulsive, goal-directed without being driven, and a "thinking" individual without being excessively so.

The one problem you might have is that your learning might not be as efficient as you would like. At times you will work from the specific to the general, while at other times you&#39;ll work from the general to the specific. Sometimes you will be logical in your approach while at other times random. Since you cannot always control the choice, you may experience frustrations not normally felt by persons with a more defined and directed learning style.

You may also minimally experience conflicts associated with auditory processing. You will be systematic and sequential in your processing of information, you will most often focus on a single dimension of the problem or material, and you will be more reflective, i.e., "taking the data in" as opposed to "devouring" it.

Overall, you should feel content with your life and yourself. You are, perhaps, a little too critical of yourself - and of others - while maintaining an "openness" which is redeeming. Indecisiveness is a problem and your creativity is not in keeping with your potential. Being a pragmatist, you downplay this aspect of yourself and focus on the more immediate, the more obvious and the more functional.

 

[D_Martin van Burden]

Auditory: 52%
Visual: 47%
Left: 40%
Right: 60%

Dee, you are moderately right-hemisphere dominant and have even preferences between auditory and visual processing, traits that might make people perceive you as "slightly off balance."

You are most likely to be slightly disorganized, a "dreamer" and a person who focuses more on the end result than the immediate task at hand. You are creative and spontaneous if somewhat lacking in direction and focus. You are a learner who is generally patient and a person for whom time is an ally, not an enemy.

You are more passionate than most people with regard to life and learning and recognize your own intuitive abilities. You have sufficient goal-direction to satisfy yourself and guarantee success without being or feeling driven. You are willing to be reflective about yourself and others without getting lost in rumination.

The balance of your sensory modes allows for both learning and expressive capabilities achieved by few. You are active and "seeing" while retaining an equally strong propensity for being reflective which slows you down a little but allows for a more comprehensive perception and analysis of situations and problems. You do not spend excessive time analyzing since you mostly trust your perceptions.

In all likelihood, you have a tendency to overcommit and cannot understand why others get upset since you operate on a different "time table" than they do. Your organizational abilities are frequently overwhelmed by the stimulation seeking and active nature of your mind as well as by the tendency to create new categories and gloss over details, making categorization and classification almost impossible at times.

To the extent that your career path allows for creativity and abstraction as well as a bit of disorganization, you should find yourself equipped to handle any learning that is required. Your own personal adjustment to your style should come naturally although you are likely to feel frustrated by your own limited discipline and often wonder "Why?"

(This was fun.)