right-brain vs. left-brain

[Coolydudey60]

i thought i might as well look into a proper test for this.
http://www.intelliscript.net/test_area/questionnaire/questionnaire.cgi

i use the right side and the left side of my brain exactly equally according to this!

 

[Coolydudey60]

this one is more for teens, but anyway: http://homeworktips.about.com/library/brainquiz/bl_leftrightbrain_quiz.htm
i came out left-brained

 

[Dr. Manhattan]

Score:

Left (12) Right (6)

 

[Iximi]

I have intuitively known that the whole right/left brain theory is mostly bullshit for quite some time. This probably comes from the fact that I can't place myself in one category or the other- a common INTP trait it seems. Both tests gave hit and miss analysis- as does any test that tries to simplify the complexity of the brain into two finite camps.

Also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_neuroscience#Left_Brain_versus_Right_Brain
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/daniel-willingham/willingham-the-leftright-brain.html

"The idea that the two hemispheres of the brain may learn differently has virtually no grounding in neuroscience research. The idea has arisen from the knowledge that some cognitive skills appear to be differentially localised to a specific hemisphere (e.g. language functions are typically supported by left hemisphere brain regions in healthy right handed people). However, massive amount of fibre connections link the two hemispheres of the brain in neurologically healthy individuals. Every cognitive skill that has been investigated using neuroimaging to date employs a network of brain regions which are spread across both cerebral hemispheres, including language and reading, and thus no evidence exists for any type of learning that is specific to one side of the brain."

Further reading specifically regrading this myth in an education setting:
http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v7/n5/full/nrn1907.html

 

[Black Rose]

Left Brain Dominance: (6)
Right Brain Dominance: (8)

 

[socialexpat]

Left Brain Dominance:

(8)
Right Brain Dominance:

(6)

 

[socialexpat]

I have intuitively known that the whole right/left brain theory is mostly bullshit for quite some time. This probably comes from the fact that I can't place myself in one category or the other- a common INTP trait it seems. Both tests gave hit and miss analysis- as does any test that tries to simplify the complexity of the brain into two finite camps.

It makes sense, I wonder if there is really an accuracy to it.

 

[Kassie]

Left Brain Dominance:

(6)
Right Brain Dominance:

(14)

 

[Iximi]

It makes sense, I wonder if there is really an accuracy to it.

I think most current neurologists would agree with what I am saying- that is the impression I get from those articles anyway.

 

[Masterlord]

Right brain: 10
Left brain: 2

 

[gps]

Left Brain Dominance:

(7)Right Brain Dominance:

(11)

 

[Nocturne]

Right Brain 12 : Left Brain 8

 

[WSidis]

Left Brain Dominance:

(6)Right Brain Dominance:

(6)

 

[crippli]

Left Brain Dominance:

(8)Right Brain Dominance:

(9)

 

[ApostateAbe]

That really was a crappy test. I don't wear a watch. Why? Because I have a cell phone, and watches are unnecessary. Does that mean I am more right brained or whatever? I considered becoming a politician who writes poetry. When I was 9 years old. Must be right brained.

The left-brain right-brain dominance thing is an urban legend. There is nothing scientific about it.

 

[Yet]

That really was a crappy test. I don't wear a watch. Why? Because I have a cell phone, and watches are unnecessary. Does that mean I am more right brained or whatever? I considered becoming a politician who writes poetry. When I was 9 years old. Must be right brained.

The left-brain right-brain dominance thing is an urban legend. There is nothing scientific about it.

of course there is nothing scientific about it, this test that is.
THere are definatly some differences between left and right hemisphere though! but popular articles add a lot of mumbo jumbo to it ... most people love simple un-nuanced explanatory stories.

b.t.w.
Left Brain Dominance:

(9)Right Brain Dominance:

(10)

 

[Taniwha]

Left Brain Dominance: 8

Right Brain Dominance: 11