I found something very interesting to comment on and to discuss among all of us.
Hereby is a picture of a dancing lady turning.
Here is the question, is the dancing lady turning to the clockwise or anti-clockwise?
~Click on the picture if you cant see the movement~Prevently, we can see the dancing lady turning anti-clockwise. That means we use our right brain.
Right brain of the brain focuses on the visual, and processes information in an intuitive and simultaneous way, looking first at the whole picture then the details.
Vice versa, if we can see the dancing lady turning clockwise. That means we use our left brain.
The focus of the left brain is verbal, processing information in an analytical and sequential way, looking first at the pieces then putting them together to get the whole.
Here is the list of what our left and right brain's functions.
| Right Brain Inventory | Left Brain Inventory |
| • Visual, focusing on images, patterns | • Verbal, focusing on words, symbols, numbers |
| • Intuitive, led by feelings | • Analytical, led by logic |
| • Process ideas simultaneously | • Process ideas sequentially, step by step |
| • 'Mind photos' used to remember things, writing things down or illustrating them helps you remember | Words used to remember things, remember names rather than faces |
| • Make lateral connections from information | • Make logical deductions from information |
| • See the whole first, then the details | • Work up to the whole step by step, focusing on details, information organised |
| • Organisation ends to be lacking | |
| • Highly organised | |
| • Free association | • Like making lists and planning |
| • Like to know why you're doing something or why rules exist (reasons) | • Likely to follow rules without questioning them |
| • No sense of time | • Good at keeping track of time |
| • May have trouble with spelling and finding words to express yourself | • Spelling and mathematical formula easily memorised |
| • Enjoy touching and feeling actual objects (sensory input) | • Enjoy observing |
| • Trouble prioritising, so often late, impulsive | • Plan ahead |
| • Unlikely to read instruction manual before trying | • Likely read an instruction manual before trying |
| • Listen to how something is being said | |
| • Listen to what is being said | |
| • Talk with your hands | |
| • Rarely use gestures when talking | |
| • Likely to think you're naturally creative, but need to apply yourself to develop your potential | |
| • Likely to believe you're not creative, need to be willing to try and take risks to develop your potential |
Want to know which part of the brain u're using more? Try it here!
Write whether it was a L or an R. Count up the number of L's and R's. Whichever number is higher represents your dominance. If the numbers are close, that means you use both sides of your brain equally.
- I constantly look at a clock or wear a watch
- I keep a journal or diary of my thoughts
- I believe there is a either right and wrong way to do everything
- I find it hard to follow directions precisely
- The expression "Life is just a bowl of cherries" makes no sense to me
- I frequently change my plans and find that sticking to a schedule is boring
- I think it's easier to draw a map than tell someone how to get somewhere
- To find a lost item, I try to picture it in my head where I last saw it
- I frequently let my emotions guide me
- I learn math with ease
- I'd read the directions before assembling something
- People tell me I am always late getting places
- People have told me that I'm psychic
- I need to set goals for myself to keep me on track
- When somebody asks me a question, I turn my head to the left
- If I have a tough decision to make, I write down the pros and the cons
- I'd probably make a good detective
- I learn music with ease
- To solve a problem, I think of similar problems I have solved in the past
- I use a lot of gestures
- If someone asks me a question, I turn my head to the right
- I believe there are two ways to look at almost everything
- I have the ability to tell if people are lying or guilty of something, just by looking at them
- I keep a "to do" list
- I am able to thoroughly explain my opinions in words
- In a debate, I am objective and look at he facts before forming an opinion
- I've considered becoming a poet, a politician, an architect, or a dancer
- I always lose track of time
- When trying to remember a name I forgot, I'd recite the alphabet until I remembered it
- I like to draw
- When I'm confused, I usually go with my gut instinct
- I have considered becoming a lawyer, journalist, or doctor
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