October 19, 2007

Left Brain VS Right Brain

Have you ever wondered whether you're left brained or right brained person?
When I flipped through the newspaper today and an interesting article caught my eye, it is about the the brain functioning besides body coordination. Come to think of it,everyone of us thinks differently based on our preference for the style of thinking,whether we are left-brained or right-brained people.

Left-brained people are generally more rational and analytical which lead them to a task-orientated life while right-brained people have high creativity and flexibility.Many of us are more to one of these styles of thinking although there are some who are more whole brained and equally adept to both modes. That brings a lot of my doubt,
" Does this mean that left-brained people and right-brained people will never do things the same because they have different thinking style?"

Out of curiousity,I went online to have a mini research on this topic,more about the way to know my brain better since I've no hint on the type of thinking style which I practise.This is where I found something interesting, our daily practises somehow give some clue to the dominant hemisphere of our brain.

Try out this simple test:
When you turn around,do you turn clockwise or anti-clockwise?
If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.

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

After all, I feel that it is actually not ourselves that determine our thinking completely, the brain has set it for us to think it in certain ways ,just like right-brained people will day dream more but left-brained people are more practical.It is how our brain coordinates and bring us to different decision.See the logic? Hmm..brain is actually the determinant of my life!!!

OOO,so next time if I ever did something incredible, I can proudly say
" because I'm 36% of a right-brained person who takes risk" XD

What happens to the rest of 67%?

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