Right Brain - Left Brain Test

RIGHT BRAIN vs. LEFT BRAIN TEST

Do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?

If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.

Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.

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Article from AAP.

Why is this test so important?

Some of the greatest points of contention in relationships are these differences in right brain & left brain. We tend to take behaviors of others that are different than our standards personally.

Yelling and getting angry at each other increases these differences. Understanding each other helps brings people more in balance and in the middle.

What are the Differences?

Right Brain Inventory	Left Brain Inventory
• Visual, focusing on images, patterns	• Verbal, focusing on words, symbols, numbers
• Intuitive, led by feelings • Tend to be very sensitive, emotional and reactive	• 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
• Organization tends to be lacking	• Highly organized
• Free association and random thinking	• 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
• Poor 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 memorized
• Enjoy touching and feeling actual objects (sensory input), sensitive to dislikes of these	• Enjoy observing
• Trouble prioritizing, so often late, impulsive	• Plan ahead
• Unlikely to read instruction manual before trying	• Likely read an instruction manual before trying
• Interprets how something is being said more than what is said (the tone, feeling & attitude of speaker)	• Listen to what is being said
• Can be consumed with themselves in overwhelm and disconnected or withdrawen from others and environment.	• Rarely use gestures when talking