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Which way is the dancer spinning -- clockwise or counter-clockwise??

"You have two brains: a left and a right. Modern brain scientists now know that your left brain is your verbal and rational brain; it thinks serially and reduces its thoughts to numbers, letters and words… Your right brain is your nonverbal and intuitive brain; it thinks in patterns, or pictures, composed of ‘whole things,’ and does not comprehend reductions, either numbers, letters, or words."

From The Fabric of Mind, by the eminent scientist and neurosurgeon, Richard Bergland. Viking Penguin, Inc., New York 1985.

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe

RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking

COOL RIGHT/LEFT TEST LINKS... have fun...
Art Institute of Vancouver's Test
Betty Edwards and her famous "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" book...
For career choices...
Just for teens...

And here is an article that sums it up pretty nicely...
THE ROI OF BUSINESS COACHING REVISITED
Left-Brained? Right-Brained? Whole-Brained?
by Bronwyn Bowery-Ireland

In Dan Pink's recent book, A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, he describes right-brain thinkers as the leaders of the future, and successful companies as those with right-brain thinkers at the helm. While the trend over the past ten years has been to ensure that CEOs have accounting expertise, such financial roles are traditionally very left-brained, and such linear thinking does not equip a company to meet the needs of its customers—customers who are demanding creative results, new ways of doing things, and faster responses. CEOs must be visionaries, possessing the skills aligned with right-brain thinking.

Along with Pink's book, Freed and Parsons' Right-Brained Children in a Left-Brained World has made me think a great deal about how adults learn, and how I have learned and developed patterns over time. The following adaptation of Freed and Parsons' quiz, 'The Learning Style Inventory,' can provide some clues about how right-brained, left-brained or whole-brained you are. (For the original Freed and Parsons' quiz, please refer to pages 49-53 of their book.)

• Do you remember faces better than names?
• If you have something to assemble, do you tend to discard the directions and figure it out for yourself?
• Do ideas come more easily if you're left alone to concentrate, versus working with a group?
• Do you remember pictures better than words?
• Is your hearing especially acute?
• Do you find most clothing too rough or scratchy, preferring garments that are soft and well worn?
• Do you frequently put yourself down?
• When you are asked to spell a word, do you visualize it rather than sound it out?
• When learning about a subject, do you prefer the 'big picture' to a number of facts?
• Are you good at solving puzzles and mazes?
• Can you visualize in three dimensions?
• Were you a 'late bloomer'?
• To do well in a class, did you have to like the teacher?
• Do you daydream a lot?
• Does your perfectionism keep you from trying new things?
• Are you ultra-competitive, hating to lose?
Do you 'read' people well?
• Is your handwriting hard to read?
• Were some of your motor skills delayed?
• Can you easily find your way around a new place?

The more 'yes' responses you have, the further to the right you are on a left/right-brain continuum. While this is not a scientific test, it will give you a general understanding of brain dominance.

Those who fall to the left on the continuum are highly logical and analytical, usually very reliable, and tend to do well in school. They do what's expected to help the system operate efficiently, but are not especially imaginative. They're uncomfortable with challenges, new ideas, and shifts in routine. While they have some ability to think in pictures, they prefer to function in an auditory world.

In the middle of the left/right-brain continuum lie the whole-brained, who can access the strengths of both the left- and right-brained populations. They can shift tasks to the hemisphere of the brain that's best equipped to tackle them.

The further right on the continuum, the more intuitive and random in processing individuals will be, and the more apt to store information primarily in pictures. When asked to recall an event or person, right-brained thinkers will recall an image, remembering even minute details.