A peek inside my brain

[fajrdrako]

Another interesting item gakked from dargie -

Your Brain Usage Profile

Auditory : 55%
Visual : 44%
Left : 42%
Right : 57%

My first impression is that these numbers are strangely balanced - I would have thought my left/right brain difference would be greater, mostly since I consider myself highly verbal but non-mathematical. This probably means that I don't really understand the difference between the hemispheres - does anyone?

Here's what the text says to explain it - I'll put my interspersed comments in italics:

fajrdrako, you show a slight right-hemisphere dominance with a moderate preference for auditory processing, an unusual and somewhat paradoxical combination of characteristics.

Paradoxical? that sounds about right.... Yeah, I'm paradoxical. I've been told that before often enough.

You are drawn to a random and sometimes nonchalant synthesis of material.

Nonchalant? I'm not quite sure how they mean that.

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.

Oh my goodness. That is so true. I love to learn, but I want to learn what I want to learn in my own way and on my own terms; I hated school (despite good marks) because they wanted to direct my learning down a specific channel. I didn't like their channels. Not in the least.

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.

I can't argue with any of that.

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.

Yes. Didn't I say a while back that my primary personality flaw was impatience?

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.

Success - what a nice word.

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 got that right!

You prefer the abstract and are a theoretician at heart while retaining the ability to be practical.

Being practical isn't my best thing.

You find the symbolism in a great deal of what you encounter and are something of a "mystic."

I'm not sure this is immediately obvious about me. I thought it was a sort of private thing.... Not exactly a secret, but not something I often talk about.

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

How did "systems designer" get into this list?

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.

And sometimes I have to be careful, or I skip over too much and have to backtrack....

This seems almost spooky in its accuracy.

Comparing this with dargie's results, we're the same exactly in left/right dominance (this doesn't surprise me) but inverted in auditory/visual.

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[moonchildetoo.livejournal.com]

Some of mine is accurate, but I don't feel that all of it is:

Your Brain Usage Profile

Auditory : 26%
Visual : 73%
Left : 40%
Right : 60%

Seshat, you possess an interesting balance of hemispheric and sensory characteristics, with a slight right-brain dominance and a slight preference for visual processing.

Translation - they don't know how to categorize me!

Since neither of these is completely centered, you lack the indecision and second-guessing associated with other patterns. You have a distinct preference for creativity and intuition with seemingly sufficient verbal skills to be able to translate in any meaningful way to yourself and others.

Well, to myself, anyway. and yes, I rarely second guess. I trust myself.

You tend to see things in "wholes" without surrendering the ability to attend to details. You can give them sufficient notice to be able to utitlize and incorporate them as part of an overall pattern.

Since I did see more than one possible answer to several of the questions, I can see where this comes from. I usually chose the most "obvious" or concrete choice, even though I was aware others were valid, so I *did* see the 'details'...

In the same way, while you are active and process information simultaneously, you demonstrate a capacity for sequencing as well as reflection which allows for some "inner dialogue."

Huh? The first part of that is psych gobbledy-gook, but yes, I do have inner dialogues.. ;-)

All in all, you are likely to be quite content with yourself and your style although at times it will not necessarily be appreciated by others.

LOL! Not quite sure what *that* means! I'm reasonably content with myself, but I'm not aware of having a "style" (?). As for the last bit - well, that could be said of everyone, couldn't it? Or are they trying to say that my type is unlikeable??

You have sufficient confidence to not second-guess yourself, but rather to use your critical faculties in a way that enhances, rather than limits, your creativity.

Yeah, I think so...

You can learn in either mode although far more efficiently within the visual mode. It is likely that in listening to conversations or lecture materials you simultaneously translate into pictures which enhance and elaborate on the meaning.

I'm not sure about this. Somewhat, yeah - but I'm definitely *not* the sort of person who can just read directions/diagrams and understand them - in fact, I'm the opposite!

It is most likely that you will gravitate towards those endeavors which are predominantly visual but include some logic or structuring.

Logic is definitely NOT my strong point! I know that.

You may either work particularly hard at cultivating your auditory skills or risk "missing out" on being able to efficiently process what you learn. Your own intuitive skills will at times interfere with your capacity to listen to others, which is something else you may need to take into account.

Yep, true, I guess. I'm aware of it sometimes, other times not.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

You and I an d Dargie seem to have similar left/right patterns, which makes sense - we're all slash writers, so we can expect some similarities!

Of course you are likeable, and you have style too. Of course you do! I can't see Alma-Tadema art now without thinking of you. (I was looking at some of his pictures online on Sunday.) Also, I like your inner dialogues when they lead you to write stories.

I'm not sure how meaningful this exercise is but I do think it's fun.

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[moonchildetoo.livejournal.com]

Awww, thanks! I usually like doing all sorts of "what ____ are you?" - but the bummer is that it takes so looong on a dialup connection! Funny that my auditory/visual scores are 26 and 73%, yet they say I have a "slight" preference for visual processing ;-) Heh - love A-T and the pre-Raphaelites. One thing I definitely am is a Romantic. Is there such a thing as a cynical Romantic? That's me!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

There has to be a balance in every group, so for every soppy romantic like me I guess there has to be a cynical romantic to keep the equilibrium.

It was taking me a long time to do that quiz too, but I was downloading Firefly at the same time - it's a wonder I could do anything!