Hemisphere Dominance

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1. Barry says:

   Thursday, 07/03/03 at 10:06 pm

   For the record, and because I’m narcisistic (have to be narcisistic and slightly neurotic to be taking online personality tests):

   Your Brain Usage Profile

   Auditory : 56%
   Visual : 43%
   Left : 35%
   Right : 65%

   Barry, 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.
2. bertanya says:

   Thursday, 07/03/03 at 10:53 pm

   I scored 60% auditory, 40% visual, 50% each left and right.

   Bertanya, 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.

   …and an equally flattering remainder.

   But since you can’t check your percentages after reading the summary i tried taking the test again to check the above figures.

   Second time round, i got maybe 40% of the questions different, now my results are…

   46% auditory, 53% visual, 70% left, 29%% right, and darn if the summary ain’t less flattering.

   The most interesting thing, where is the missing 1% in the second set of totals.
3. Dr Sharleena says:

   Friday, 07/04/03 at 12:25 am

   Your Brain Usage Profile
   (this is weird)
   Auditory : 68% (!!!)
   Visual : 31%
   Left : 50%
   Right : 50%

   Sharleena, 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.

   Auditory, 68%..? Say what?

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