lefty, I are
I found this test through him. I've been deemed a bit of a left-hemisphere thinker. I understand that this is more typical of women than it is of men. Ah well, many of the most brilliant minds I know are female, so this shouldn't be of particular concern to me. I'll try to swagger more when I walk.
Auditory : 58%
Visual : 41%
Left : 62%
Right : 37%
I can't say that I'd disagree, though I do wonder at how general the results are; will their applicability tend toward being so broad that most, if not each and every, subject will tend to agree with his or her assessment? In any case, these things are nonetheless fun to do, in a purely self-indulgent way:
Stairs, you are mildly left-hemisphere dominant while showing a slight preference for auditory processing. This overall combination seems to indicate a well-working blend of logic and judgment and organization, with sufficient intuition, perception and creativity to balance that dominance.
You will at times experience conflict between how you feel and what you think which will generally be resolved in favor of what you think. You will find yourself interested in the practical applications of whatever material you have learned or whatever situation you face and will retain the ability to refine whatever knowledge you possess or aspects of whatever position you are in.
By and large, you will orient yourself toward intellectual activities and structure. Though not rigid, you will schedule yourself, plan, and focus on routine and continuity of operations, rather than on changes and disruptions
When changes or disruptions occur, you are likely to consider first how to ensure that such disruptions do [sic do what?...sigh, computer generated reports!]. The same balance is reflected in your sensory preference. You will tend to be reflective and measured in your interaction style. For the most part, you will be considered objective without being cold and goal-oriented while retaining the capacity to listen to others.
Preferentially you learn by listening and maintaining significant internal dialogues with yourself. Nevertheless, you have sufficient visualization capabilities to benefit from using graphs, charts, doodles, or even body movement to enhance your comprehension and memory.
To the extent that you are even implicitly aware of your hemispheric dominance and sensory style, you will feel most comfortable in those arenas which emphasize verbal skills and logic. Teaching, law, and science are those that stand out among the professions, along with technical sales and management.
D'ya see, d'ya see? Lefty I are!
You might guess that I used to watch David Feiss animations a lot when I was younger; Cow and Chicken, and obviously I am Weasel. I. M. Weasel's sidekick, I.R. Baboon, has the best taglines in cartoon history - "Baboon, I are?" and "Why is always him? Should be I!" Who needs perfect English when such diction sounds so great?!
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Damn - on my computer I can't get all the pictures on the test in one go, and if I click "Refresh" it moves on to the next question with no option to return.
Suppose I'll never know! (Unless I use a computer at uni, next time I go in...)
Look out, your American penchant for toilet humour is showing. ;)
Hmm, out of curiosity I took the test:
Your Brain Usage Profile
Auditory : 46%
Visual : 53%
Left : 55%
Right : 44%
kelvin, you are somewhat left-hemisphere dominant and show a preference for visual learning, although not extreme in either characteristic. You probably tend to do most things in moderation, but not always.
Your left-hemisphere dominance implies that your learning style is organized and structured, detail oriented and logical. Your visual preference, though, has you seeking stimulation and multiple data. Such an outlook can overwhelm structure and logic and create an almost continuous state of uncertainty and agitation. You may well suffer a feeling of continually trying to "catch up" with yourself.
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. You can "size up" situations and take in information rapidly. However, you must then subject that data to being classified and organized which causes you to "lose touch" with the immediacy of the problem.
Your logical and methodical nature hamper you in this regard though in the long run it may work to your advantage since you "learn from experience" and can go through the process more rapidly on subsequent occasions.
You remain predominantly functional in your orientation and practical. Abstraction and theory are secondary to application. In keeping with this, you focus on details until they manifest themselves in a unique pattern and only then work with the "larger whole."
With regards to your career choices, you have a mentality that would be good as a scientist, coach, athlete, design consultant, or an engineering technician. You can "see where you want to go" and even be able to "tell yourself," but find that you are "fighting yourself" at the darndest times.
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Sounds like me. Kind of scary.
Your Brain Usage Profile
Auditory : 58%
Visual : 41%
Left : 50%
Right : 50%
Dan, 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'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.
-- Hmnnn..I don't know what I think of these results. I guess I'm happy to hear I'm such a "balanced guy" :).
I'm a total right-brainer. But then, I knew that already. Fun test though.