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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:21 AM
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Brain Test: Right or Left Brained? (Inspired by Oeditpus Rex post)
Edited on Mon Jan-23-06 12:30 AM by Whoa_Nelly
http://www.mindmedia.com/brainworks/profiler

20 questions, no "correct" answers. My results do seem to reflect me pretty well.

My results:

Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 36%
Visual : 63%
Left : 55%
Right : 45%

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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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:30 AM
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1. That was fun
Auditory : 25%
Visual : 75%
Left : 31%
Right : 68%

You possess an interesting balance of hemispheric and sensory characteristics, with a slight right-brain dominance and a slight preference for visual processing.

Since neither of these is completely centered, you lack the indecision and second-guessing associated with other patterns. You have a distinct preference for creativity and intuition with seemingly sufficient verbal skills to be able to translate in any meaningful way to yourself and others.

You tend to see things in "wholes" without surrendering the ability to attend to details. You can give them sufficient notice to be able to utitlize and incorporate them as part of an overall pattern.

In the same way, while you are active and process information simultaneously, you demonstrate a capacity for sequencing as well as reflection which allows for some "inner dialogue."

All in all, you are likely to be quite content with yourself and your style although at times it will not necessarily be appreciated by others. You have sufficient confidence to not second-guess yourself, but rather to use your critical faculties in a way that enhances, rather than limits, your creativity.

You can learn in either mode although far more efficiently within the visual mode. It is likely that in listening to conversations or lecture materials you simultaneously translate into pictures which enhance and elaborate on the meaning.

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.



Not terribly accurate, but fun ...





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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:36 AM
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5. Glad it was fun for you!
How is it not accurate? Am curious...
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:47 AM
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It's too nice!
:D
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 01:00 AM
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27. ~~~~~~~
:rofl:
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DanCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:33 AM
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2. My responses
Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 56%
Visual : 43%
Left : 52%
Right : 47%

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.



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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:35 AM
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3. Cool!
You think you can get your sister to take the test? Could be interesting....

Meanhwhile... :loveya: to you DanCa :hi:
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DanCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:37 AM
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7. Lol. in all seriousness this test doesn't reflect my ocd..
unless the meds i am are working.
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 05:42 PM
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56. Hey, you scored exactly like me!
The numbers are very slightly different

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

but same summary
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Robb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:35 AM
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4. Herm
Auditory : 23%
Visual : 76%
Left : 42%
Right : 57%



...See, I would've said 58% right brain, so look what I know. :D
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:37 AM
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6. ....~~~~.....
:rofl:
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:37 AM
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8. interesting
this is what I get for being a pseudo-ambidestrous person (I write left handed and throw right handed. I bat left handed, but golf right handed. I paint right handed, but drill left handed.


Auditory : 50%
Visual : 50%
Left : 52%
Right : 47%


you are one of those rare individuals who are perfectly "balanced" in both your hemispheric tendencies and your sensory learning preferences. However, there is both good news and bad news.

A problem with hemispheric balance is that you will tend to feel more conflict than someone who has a clearly established dominance. At times the conflict will be between what you feel and what you think but will also involve how you attack problems and how you perceive information. Details which will seem important to the right hemis- phere will be discounted by the left and vice versa, which can present a hindrance to learning efficiently.

In the same vein, you may have a problem with organization. You might organize your time and/or space only to feel the need to reorganize five to ten weeks later.

On the positive side, you bring resources to problem-solving that others may not have. You can perceive the "big picture" and the essential details simultaneously and maintain the cognitive perspective required. You possess sufficient verbal skills to translate your intuition into a form which can be understood by others while still being able to access ideas and concepts which do not lend themselves to language.

Your balanced nature might lead you to second-guess yourself in artistic endeavors, losing some of the fluidity, spontaneity and creativity that otherwise would be yours.

With your balanced sensory styles, you process data alternately, at times visually and other times auditorially. This usage of separate memories may cause you to require more time to integrate information or re-access it. When presented with situations which force purely visual or purely auditory learning, increased anxiety is likely and your learning efficiency will decrease.

Your greatest benefit is that you can succeed in multiple fields due to the great plasticity and flexibility you possess
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:39 AM
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9. WOWZER! !REWOW
Cool test results! !stluser tset looC
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:42 AM
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10. what can I say, I disagree with everything except the organisation part
I think having equal visual and auditory skills is brilliant. I can read a paper, or listen to a lecture and have almost perfect recall of each, if I'm paying attention, that is.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:44 AM
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14. LOL!
Mine's
Auditory : 31%
Visual : 68%
Left : 50%
Right : 50%

Interesting that we had the same reaction to the results..."Interesting" :rofl:
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jmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 03:43 AM
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39. I got the exact same results
and I'm pseudo ambidextrous too. I use to switch back and forth between hands when writing until my 1st gr teacher threatened to fail me. Now I usually right with my right hand but use them both equally for everything else.
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 01:06 PM
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41. luckily for me
when the Nuns cracked the whip during first grade and took the pencil out of my left hand, my mother, a lefty, came out swinging. Strangely, I have better fine muscle control in my right hand, my Kanji is much better than my cursive.

And my dad is the exact opposite of me, writes with the right, throws left, golfs right. strange.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:42 AM
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11. Interesting...
Auditory : 31%
Visual : 68%
Left : 50%
Right : 50%

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







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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:44 AM
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13. You, the Goddess of Guinness
and you still remain balanced.

Would you be my designated driver next Friday night?
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:47 AM
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16. Fly me out to CA, and I'll be glad to!
:toast:
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:50 AM
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20. You got it, babycakes!
Sometime in my more affluent future :P
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 09:07 PM
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63. I'm Similar and Opposite to You
Edited on Mon Jan-23-06 09:08 PM by Crisco
Auditory : 66%
Visual : 33%
Left : 50%
Right : 50%


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.
<--- oh that is so true! I tend to have very delayed reactions when people drop bombs on me.



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.



I'm left-handed, btw, work in music radio, and paint/photograph.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 12:40 AM
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81. Delayed reactions can be good...
It probably means you rarely say things that you regret. :toast:
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 12:59 AM
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86. Not Necessarily
I've been known to say some very insensitive things, without thinking, from not realizing the full impact of what I've heard.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 01:16 AM
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89. I see...
Me too. :)
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flaminbats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 09:33 PM
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69. your summary was the same as mine
Auditory : 40%
Visual : 60%
Left : 52%
Right : 47%

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
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 12:45 AM
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82. So a 5% difference counts as "even"
Edited on Tue Jan-24-06 12:48 AM by GoddessOfGuinness
while a 37% difference is a "slight preference"!?!

The summary is pretty accurate for me. :toast:
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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:44 AM
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12. mine:
Edited on Mon Jan-23-06 12:44 AM by deadparrot
Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 56%
Visual : 43%
Left : 52%
Right : 47%

deadparrot, 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.

Pretty accurate, if I do say so myself.
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SofaKingLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:45 AM
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15. mine
Auditory : 40%
Visual : 60%
Left : 31%
Right : 68%


you possess an interesting balance of hemispheric and sensory characteristics, with a slight right-brain dominance and a slight preference for visual processing.

Since neither of these is completely centered, you lack the indecision and second-guessing associated with other patterns. You have a distinct preference for creativity and intuition with seemingly sufficient verbal skills to be able to translate in any meaningful way to yourself and others.

You tend to see things in "wholes" without surrendering the ability to attend to details. You can give them sufficient notice to be able to utitlize and incorporate them as part of an overall pattern.

In the same way, while you are active and process information simultaneously, you demonstrate a capacity for sequencing as well as reflection which allows for some "inner dialogue."

All in all, you are likely to be quite content with yourself and your style although at times it will not necessarily be appreciated by others. You have sufficient confidence to not second-guess yourself, but rather to use your critical faculties in a way that enhances, rather than limits, your creativity.

You can learn in either mode although far more efficiently within the visual mode. It is likely that in listening to conversations or lecture materials you simultaneously translate into pictures which enhance and elaborate on the meaning.

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.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:48 AM
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17. My Brain Usage Profile:
Auditory: 57%
Visual: 42%
Left: 77%
Right: 22%

Dave (I expected it to go "Daisy, Daisy..."), 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.


Wow, pretty much spot on. And, yeah, that was a lot more fun than the previous test. :thumbsup:
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:48 AM
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18. All these test results are cool!
Edited on Mon Jan-23-06 12:49 AM by Whoa_Nelly
Love reading these!

In mine there is more accuracy than the test could possibly know.

Auditory : 36%
Visual : 63%

I am hearing impaired, so the percentages are pretty accurate.
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:49 AM
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19. Here We go
Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 64%
Visual : 35%
Left : 52%
Right : 47%

Scorpio, 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.
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:52 AM
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21. A look into the brain of MrScorpio
Can you dig it?
:hi:
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:53 AM
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22. Mine
Auditory : 52%
Visual : 47%
Left : 50%
Right : 50%

You are one of those rare individuals who are perfectly "balanced" in both your hemispheric tendencies and your sensory learning preferences. However, there is both good news and bad news.

A problem with hemispheric balance is that you will tend to feel more conflict than someone who has a clearly established dominance. At times the conflict will be between what you feel and what you think but will also involve how you attack problems and how you perceive information. Details which will seem important to the right hemis- phere will be discounted by the left and vice versa, which can present a hindrance to learning efficiently.

In the same vein, you may have a problem with organization. You might organize your time and/or space only to feel the need to reorganize five to ten weeks later.

On the positive side, you bring resources to problem-solving that others may not have. You can perceive the "big picture" and the essential details simultaneously and maintain the cognitive perspective required. You possess sufficient verbal skills to translate your intuition into a form which can be understood by others while still being able to access ideas and concepts which do not lend themselves to language.

Your balanced nature might lead you to second-guess yourself in artistic endeavors, losing some of the fluidity, spontaneity and creativity that otherwise would be yours.

With your balanced sensory styles, you process data alternately, at times visually and other times auditorially. This usage of separate memories may cause you to require more time to integrate information or re-access it. When presented with situations which force purely visual or purely auditory learning, increased anxiety is likely and your learning efficiency will decrease.

Your greatest benefit is that you can succeed in multiple fields due to the great plasticity and flexibility you possess.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:53 AM
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23. Mine:
Auditory: 56%
Visual: 43%
Left: 50%
Right: 50%

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.
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RoyGBiv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:55 AM
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24. That was a bit scary ...

I've never had one of these kinds of tests so accurately describe the way I've always maintained my brain works.

Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 68%
Visual : 31%
Left : 50%
Right : 50%

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I've never quite been able to grasp the right/left brain thing because when analyzing myself I've been able to identify one as dominant over the other. If this test has any validity and the results not just a product of chance, I'd say it pretty much nailed me.

The longer description was reasonably accurate as well.
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:59 AM
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25. Interesting
Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 64%
Visual : 35%
Left : 57%
Right : 42%

Buffy, 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 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.



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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 12:59 AM
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26. Am AMAZED at so many balanced Democrats in one place
at the same time!

We ARE the Nation! :woohoo:
(OK...not me, but that's all right. Just knowing there are those on whom I can depend makes me sleep better at night.)
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 03:10 AM
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28. Odd
and interesting.

Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 56%
Visual : 43%
Left : 55%
Right : 44%

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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 03:14 AM
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29. Hey, Heidi darlin'!!!!
Interesting stuff, huh? :loveya: :hug: :loveya:
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 03:16 AM
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30. Hi, sweetie.
:loveya: :hug: :*

(Yeah, I would have thought my result would have been more "visual." :shrug: )
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 03:21 AM
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31. I thought mine would be too!
Guess I didn't know myself as well as I thought!

:loveya: :hug: :loveya:
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 03:23 AM
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32. I'm a painter, for pete's sake!
That ought to count for more "visual" points, but I think all the math and geometry in that hellish little test skews my results. :grr:
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 03:25 AM
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33. Yeesh!
That's really weird!
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 03:28 AM
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34. I had a FReeper of passing acquaintance take it
His results:

Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 0%
Visual : 0%
Left : 0%
Right : 0%

George, you have green, scaly skin, and a soft yellow underbelly with a series of fin-like ridges running down your spine and tail. Although lizardlike in shape, you can grow anything up to thirty feet in length with huge teeth that can bite off great rocks and trees. You inhabit arid sub-tropical zones and wear spectacles.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 03:29 AM
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35. I coulda predicted that outcome!
:evilgrin:
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 03:32 AM
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36. Tell the truth.
That passing acquaintance got bonus points for "anal retentive," though, right? :evilgrin:
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 03:39 AM
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38. As in 'staying the course'?
You damn betcha. :thumbsup:
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 03:34 AM
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37. From the tests I've taken before I'm 50/50.
:popcorn:
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 03:47 AM
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40. Your Brain Usage Profile:
Auditory : 35%
Visual : 64%
Left : 41%
Right : 58%

:shrug:
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MadAsHellNewYorker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 01:11 PM
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42. fun test!
Auditory : 42%
Visual : 57%
Left : 57%
Right : 42%
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justabob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 01:13 PM
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43. Interesting
Auditory : 53%
Visual : 46%
Left : 55%
Right : 44%




xxxx, 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 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.
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 01:15 PM
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44. Huh.
Edited on Mon Jan-23-06 01:17 PM by LaraMN
Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 76%
Visual : 23%
Left : 44%
Right : 55%

I always consider myself pretty visual. :shrug:

On edit: I AM MISSING 1% of MY BRAIN!:scared:
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purr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 01:33 PM
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45. I'm like right in the middle..
Your Brain Usage Profile:

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

tina, 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're at least open to that!
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 01:40 PM
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46. I KNEW my brain was a leftist! 64% in fact!
Auditory 64%
Visual 35%
Left 64%
Right 35%

Steve, 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.

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 managemen
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TheProphetess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 01:50 PM
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47. Here's me
Auditory : 46%
Visual : 53%
Left : 47%
Right : 52%
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 02:02 PM
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48. #15 (which word least describes you) - I couldn't decide at first.
:rofl: That gave me my answer.


Your Brain Usage Profile:
Auditory : 56%
Visual : 43%
Left : 55%
Right : 44%
Bob, 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 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.


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trackfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 02:10 PM
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49. Your Brain Usage Profile:

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

you are one of those rare individuals who are perfectly "balanced" in both your hemispheric tendencies and your sensory learning preferences. However, there is both good news and bad news.

A problem with hemispheric balance is that you will tend to feel more conflict than someone who has a clearly established dominance. At times the conflict will be between what you feel and what you think but will also involve how you attack problems and how you perceive information. Details which will seem important to the right hemis- phere will be discounted by the left and vice versa, which can present a hindrance to learning efficiently.

In the same vein, you may have a problem with organization. You might organize your time and/or space only to feel the need to reorganize five to ten weeks later.

On the positive side, you bring resources to problem-solving that others may not have. You can perceive the "big picture" and the essential details simultaneously and maintain the cognitive perspective required. You possess sufficient verbal skills to translate your intuition into a form which can be understood by others while still being able to access ideas and concepts which do not lend themselves to language.

Your balanced nature might lead you to second-guess yourself in artistic endeavors, losing some of the fluidity, spontaneity and creativity that otherwise would be yours.

With your balanced sensory styles, you process data alternately, at times visually and other times auditorially. This usage of separate memories may cause you to require more time to integrate information or re-access it. When presented with situations which force purely visual or purely auditory learning, increased anxiety is likely and your learning efficiency will decrease.

Your greatest benefit is that you can succeed in multiple fields due to the great plasticity and flexibility you possess.



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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 02:10 PM
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50. Again, on the fence.
Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 58%
Visual : 41%
Left : 47%
Right : 52%

No matter which side of your brain is dominant,
M i n d W a r e
can strengthen your emotional brain power by helping you understand how
you feel about yourself.


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.
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 05:13 PM
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51. remember that I am left-handed....hmmmm
Auditory : 64%
Visual : 35%
Left : 58%
Right : 41

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 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.

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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 05:21 PM
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52. Wow, nailed me - that was fun.
Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 56%
Visual : 43%
Left : 66%
Right : 33%

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 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.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 05:29 PM
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53. I am perfectly balanced
Auditory : 47%
Visual : 52%
Left : 50%
Right : 50%

rabrrrrrr, you are one of those rare individuals who are perfectly "balanced" in both your hemispheric tendencies and your sensory learning preferences. However, there is both good news and bad news.

A problem with hemispheric balance is that you will tend to feel more conflict than someone who has a clearly established dominance. At times the conflict will be between what you feel and what you think but will also involve how you attack problems and how you perceive information. Details which will seem important to the right hemis- phere will be discounted by the left and vice versa, which can present a hindrance to learning efficiently.

In the same vein, you may have a problem with organization. You might organize your time and/or space only to feel the need to reorganize five to ten weeks later.

On the positive side, you bring resources to problem-solving that others may not have. You can perceive the "big picture" and the essential details simultaneously and maintain the cognitive perspective required. You possess sufficient verbal skills to translate your intuition into a form which can be understood by others while still being able to access ideas and concepts which do not lend themselves to language.

Your balanced nature might lead you to second-guess yourself in artistic endeavors, losing some of the fluidity, spontaneity and creativity that otherwise would be yours.

With your balanced sensory styles, you process data alternately, at times visually and other times auditorially. This usage of separate memories may cause you to require more time to integrate information or re-access it. When presented with situations which force purely visual or purely auditory learning, increased anxiety is likely and your learning efficiency will decrease.

Your greatest benefit is that you can succeed in multiple fields due to the great plasticity and flexibility you possess.
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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 09:32 PM
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68. Nuh-uh! I'm more perfectly balanced than you! :P
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 10:11 PM
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73. Crikey! I'm pretty close, though!
And I really resonate with waht the thing says, especially about the feeling of conflict, and the need to keep reorganizing - I re-arrange my furniture every couple months to keep things fresh, AND I use a calendar, because I have to because of the many meetings and professional shit I do, but I find myself often adjusting the calendar...
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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 10:20 PM
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74. I constantly second-guess myself,
often to the point at which it's too late. x(

Also, I enjoy a huge (and I mean HYOOOOOGE) variety of different activities and...other thing (sorry, ran out of words).
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 10:38 PM
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75. Ah, the wide wide world of different activities and.... other thing.
Edited on Mon Jan-23-06 10:38 PM by Rabrrrrrr
yes, I suffer from that, too. Everything is interesting!

So, I'm the almost perfectly-balanced brain, an ENTP myers-briggs (the evil mastermind personality), and a concrete-random thinking style; PLUS, I've degrees in engineering and theology, with outside classes in music theory, fine art painting, and quantum mechanics.

That's a hell of a dangerous combination.

I find myself constantly wondering, "How does this work?" and spending a few hours on the internet looking stuff up - like, "How is sugar made?" and "Where do three-ring binders come from?" and "What is the history of the Dutch East Indies company?" and "When was the peanut domesticated and by whom?"

Shit like that.

People think I'm crazy.

I'm starting to realize that the problem is that I live in every world, and it's impossible to settle down in any one of them. And with 99% of the population, apparently, all settled in whatever world suits them, I look like a weirdo.

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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 10:43 PM
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76. I'm not dumb.
In fact, I'm technically a genius. It's just that I have a wonderful command of thoroughly useless information. :shrug:
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Gold Metal Flake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 05:36 PM
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54. Seems we are sympatico.
Auditory : 41%
Visual : 58%
Left : 56%
Right : 43%



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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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 05:41 PM
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55. Cool...That was fun, and this seems to be me...
Edited on Mon Jan-23-06 05:42 PM by WritingIsMyReligion
Your Brain Usage Profile:
Auditory : 43%
Visual : 56%
Left : 44%
Right : 55%

{WIMR}, you possess an interesting balance of hemispheric and sensory characteristics, with a slight right-brain dominance and a slight preference for visual processing.

Since neither of these is completely centered, you lack the indecision and second-guessing associated with other patterns. You have a distinct preference for creativity and intuition with seemingly sufficient verbal skills to be able to translate in any meaningful way to yourself and others.

You tend to see things in "wholes" without surrendering the ability to attend to details. You can give them sufficient notice to be able to utitlize and incorporate them as part of an overall pattern.

In the same way, while you are active and process information simultaneously, you demonstrate a capacity for sequencing as well as reflection which allows for some "inner dialogue."

All in all, you are likely to be quite content with yourself and your style although at times it will not necessarily be appreciated by others. You have sufficient confidence to not second-guess yourself, but rather to use your critical faculties in a way that enhances, rather than limits, your creativity.

You can learn in either mode although far more efficiently within the visual mode. It is likely that in listening to conversations or lecture materials you simultaneously translate into pictures which enhance and elaborate on the meaning.

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.


:D :D
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Atmashine Donating Member (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 08:09 PM
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57. Slightly off Balance!
Edited on Mon Jan-23-06 08:11 PM by Atmashine
Even the Internet says it!

Auditory : 50%
Visual : 50%
Left : 38%
Right : 61%

Atmashine, 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 more passionate than most people with regard to life and learning and recognize your own intuitive abilities.

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.


Ohya. That's me all the way. Slightly off balance.
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Shine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 08:10 PM
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58. Thanks!! That was trippy. Here's me:
Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 35%
Visual : 64%
Left : 38%
Right : 61%


You possess an interesting balance of hemispheric and sensory characteristics, with a slight right-brain dominance and a slight preference for visual processing.

Since neither of these is completely centered, you lack the indecision and second-guessing associated with other patterns. You have a distinct preference for creativity and intuition with seemingly sufficient verbal skills to be able to translate in any meaningful way to yourself and others.

You tend to see things in "wholes" without surrendering the ability to attend to details. You can give them sufficient notice to be able to utitlize and incorporate them as part of an overall pattern.

In the same way, while you are active and process information simultaneously, you demonstrate a capacity for sequencing as well as reflection which allows for some "inner dialogue."

All in all, you are likely to be quite content with yourself and your style although at times it will not necessarily be appreciated by others. You have sufficient confidence to not second-guess yourself, but rather to use your critical faculties in a way that enhances, rather than limits, your creativity.

You can learn in either mode although far more efficiently within the visual mode. It is likely that in listening to conversations or lecture materials you simultaneously translate into pictures which enhance and elaborate on the meaning.

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.


Thanks for sharing this, Nelly! Interesting stuff... :hi:
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 08:46 PM
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59. That was fun. The "right" answer was usually obvious
Auditory: 47% Visual: 52% Left: 40% Right: 60%

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Medium Baby Jesus Donating Member (592 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 08:46 PM
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60. As usual, I'm the oddball.
Auditory : 56%
Visual : 43%
Left : 41%
Right : 58%



Jesus, 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.
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Atmashine Donating Member (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 08:39 PM
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91. You're awesome
>>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 wish I had more inner voices to talk to.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 08:54 PM
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61. Slightly Left-Dominant
But well-balanced in order to compensate.

Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 63%
Visual : 36%
Left : 65%
Right : 35%


Supernova, 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 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.
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 09:02 PM
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62. Very interesting!
Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 50%
Visual : 50%
Left : 64%
Right : 35%


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're at least open to that!



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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 09:12 PM
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64. Hoe-lee shoot! STRAIGHT FIFTIES!!!!!
Auditory: 50%
Visual: 50%
Left: 50%
Right: 50%

ZombieNixon, you are one of those rare individuals who are perfectly "balanced" in both your hemispheric tendencies and your sensory learning preferences. However, there is both good news and bad news.

A problem with hemispheric balance is that you will tend to feel more conflict than someone who has a clearly established dominance. At times the conflict will be between what you feel and what you think but will also involve how you attack problems and how you perceive information. Details which will seem important to the right hemisphere will be discounted by the left and vice versa, which can present a hindrance to learning efficiently.

In the same vein, you may have a problem with organization. You might organize your time and/or space only to feel the need to reorganize five to ten weeks later.

On the positive side, you bring resources to problem-solving that others may not have. You can perceive the "big picture" and the essential details simultaneously and maintain the cognitive perspective required. You possess sufficient verbal skills to translate your intuition into a form which can be understood by others while still being able to access ideas and concepts which do not lend themselves to language.

Your balanced nature might lead you to second-guess yourself in artistic endeavors, losing some of the fluidity, spontaneity and creativity that otherwise would be yours.

With your balanced sensory styles, you process data alternately, at times visually and other times auditorially. This usage of separate memories may cause you to require more time to integrate information or re-access it. When presented with situations which force purely visual or purely auditory learning, increased anxiety is likely and your learning efficiency will decrease.

Your greatest benefit is that you can succeed in multiple fields due to the great plasticity and flexibility you possess.

***

I always knew I was the acme of evolution. :evilgrin:

No, seriously, I should have expected this, and the summary describes me to a T.

:bounce:
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rbnyc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 09:30 PM
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67. WOW!
That's wild.
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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 09:36 PM
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70. That was the last thing I expected,
Edited on Mon Jan-23-06 09:36 PM by ZombieNixon
though in retrospect, I should have guessed. My father's an astronomer, my mother's a children's author, and my hobbies are computer programming, snowboarding, guitar playing and fiction writing. Go figure. :shrug:

And I don't mean to brag, but I've rarely found something I'm not good at.

And yet, I still have this preconception that I'm left-brain dominant. :freak:
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huskerlaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 09:20 PM
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65. Not what I expected
and yet, the summary is right on.

Auditory : 38%
Visual : 61%
Left : 47%
Right : 52%

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
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rbnyc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 09:29 PM
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66. 50/50 (figures)
Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 31%
Visual : 68%
Left : 50%
Right : 50%


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.

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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 12:57 AM
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85. We're twins
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 09:45 PM
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71. ok so I'm a bit of an oddball

Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 56%
Visual : 43%
Left : 36%
Right : 63%

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.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 09:47 PM
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72. Lessie
Auditory : 33%
Visual : 66%
Left : 60%
Right : 40%

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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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 10:53 PM
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77. It says...
.. I'm auditory and strongly left. Now, I'm definitely auditory, but I'm left handed which I thought meant "right brained".

Whatever - it was a fun and interesting test.
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nutsnberries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 10:56 PM
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78. Auditory50/ Visual50/ Left57/ Right42 ---where's that other 1%?
:shrug: i hope i didn't lose it.

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're at least open to that!
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 11:02 PM
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79. "interfere with your capacity to listen to others"
And I always thought I was just an asshole........



you possess an interesting balance of hemispheric and sensory characteristics, with a slight right-brain dominance and a slight preference for visual processing.

Since neither of these is completely centered, you lack the indecision and second-guessing associated with other patterns. You have a distinct preference for creativity and intuition with seemingly sufficient verbal skills to be able to translate in any meaningful way to yourself and others.

You tend to see things in "wholes" without surrendering the ability to attend to details. You can give them sufficient notice to be able to utitlize and incorporate them as part of an overall pattern.

In the same way, while you are active and process information simultaneously, you demonstrate a capacity for sequencing as well as reflection which allows for some "inner dialogue."

All in all, you are likely to be quite content with yourself and your style although at times it will not necessarily be appreciated by others. You have sufficient confidence to not second-guess yourself, but rather to use your critical faculties in a way that enhances, rather than limits, your creativity.

You can learn in either mode although far more efficiently within the visual mode. It is likely that in listening to conversations or lecture materials you simultaneously translate into pictures which enhance and elaborate on the meaning.

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.
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Conan_The_Barbarian Donating Member (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-23-06 11:12 PM
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80. This test confirms it, I'm definently a robot...
That was unexpected... I've heard from countless people that their pretty sure I'm a robot, I guess they wern't joking haha.

Auditory : 46%
Visual : 53%
Left : 82%
Right : 17%

John, you are strongly left-hemisphere dominant and show somewhat of a preference for visual learning, a positive combination of styles.

Your left-hemisphere dominance implies that you are strongly organized, logical and detail-oriented. Visual preference indicates that you learn in an active, simultaneous multidimensional fashion.

With this pattern you would likely be good in fields such as engineering, architecture, drafting, computer graphics and the like. It is likely that you will find situations which demand auditory processing somewhat frustrating unless you can impose your own structures and categories while processing it.

Another possible barrier to using your talents to the fullest may be the excess attention that you can tend to give details in your day-to- day operations and learning. You can acknowledge the existence of "the bigger picture" but concentrate on the details and expect that the picture will emerge from the details themselves.

You strive towards goals and this, coupled with the active nature of your learning preference, creates a sense of you being "driven." Your tolerance of ambiguity is, at times, in conflict with your preference for the straight path and directness in everything. You tend to be as impatient with yourself as you are with others.

You have enough auditory learning capability to somewhat balance your more natural chaotic learning style. It is likely that you "slide into" the more sequential auditory learning mode when you get frustrated with the amount of input to be processed.

You are somewhat likely to be driven and distracted, but you have some capability for articulating and visualizing goals, which helps to reduce frustration. You can listen to others, but not without occasional agitation. There are times when your left hemisphere cannot categorize your learnings and place them in context, because that is the domain of the right hemisphere.

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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 12:49 AM
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83. Cool test!
Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 60%
Visual : 40%
Left : 37%
Right : 62%


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.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 12:50 AM
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84. Here's me
Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 46%
Visual : 53%
Left : 63%
Right : 36%

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IChing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 01:04 AM
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87. Total crap test, i was mad at the questions
Past the Miller Analogy test that qualified me for mensa.
I gave tests as living and studied validity of tests.....special ed masters.
not even a good drinking test to say anything.
I have taken visual tests
and my visual logic on IQ tests are large.
built 3 of my own houses and was a carpenter and a designer.
crap test.


Crap test my results
.Auditory : 66%....................I'm not listening.
Visual : 33%
Left : 29%
Right : 70
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toymachines Donating Member (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 01:08 AM
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88. middle of the line
Auditory : 56%
Visual : 43%
Left : 52%
Right : 47%
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Scooter24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 01:31 AM
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90. Interesting...
Edited on Tue Jan-24-06 01:41 AM by Scooter24
Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 50%
Visual : 50%
Left : 53%
Right : 46%


Scott, 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're at least open to that!
--------------
Pretty much accurate. Impressive.
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 08:53 PM
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92. Somehow, my results don't surprise me.
Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 57%
Visual : 42%
Left : 78%
Right : 21%


Spider, 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.

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