Which hemisphere ARE you in?...


I came across some quizzes on the Web that I took out of curiousity... tests that are supposed to show if you are a left-brain or right-brain type of person. (There are links to take the quizzes yourselves if so inclined... and bored) Just like any of the Internet "I.Q." tests, they're really subjective to the way the test is set up. But, I took the tests anyway just to see what they said.

This first one had mainly "yes" or "no" answers, which I don't give much credit to since I tend to see things more in a grey area. I don't generally deal in extremes, I'm somewhere in between "yes" and "no". Regardless, here's my results:

Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz The higher of these two numbers below indicates which side of your brain has dominance in your life. Realising your right brain/left brain tendancy will help you interact with and to understand others. Left Brain Dominance: (10) Right Brain Dominance: (14) Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz

So, as you see it says I'm slightly more right-hemisphered.... supposedly the "creative" side as people view it.

The next one was less extremist, as the answers were on a sliding scale. You could chose to what degree that you feel the questions were like you or unlike you. So, the results were a bit different:

Brain Lateralization Test Results

Right Brain (54%) The right hemisphere is the visual, figurative, artistic, and intuitive side of the brain. Left Brain (62%) The left hemisphere is the logical, articulate, assertive, and practical side of the brain

Are You Right or Left Brained?
personality tests by similarminds.com

"Left brain dominant individuals are more orderly, literal, articulate, and to the point. They are good at understanding directions and anything that is explicit and logical. They can have trouble comprehending emotions and abstract concepts, they can feel lost when things are not clear, doubting anything that is not stated and proven.
Right brain dominant individuals are more visual and intuitive. They are better at summarizing multiple points, picking up on what's not said, visualizing things, and making things up. They can lack attention to detail, directness, organization, and the ability to explain their ideas verbally, leaving them unable to communicate effectively.
Overall you appear to be Left Brain Dominant"

So I'm slightly more left hemisphered?

Okay, so I tried a third test. Unfortunately I couldn't copy/paste the results of the third one, it wouldn't let me. But, it gave the most interesting questions and seemed to have the most scientifically-based logic to the layout of the questions. It gave the most thorough analysis and you could go back and look at the meanings of each answer of each question. The link to the test is here:
http://www.planetpsych.com/zInteractive/brain.htm

It said what I thought all along... I'm actually "middle-brained"... both analytical and intuitive at the same time. Messy, but organized. Logical, but artistic. And it said I was very visual, no surprise there.

All this ultimately came up from a conversation with Hubby. I couldn't help but notice the irony in the two of us... he's going to school to be an engineer, and yet to me he's more the creative "think outside the box" idea man. But I'm going to be an artist (supposedly the "creative" type), but I've always been more of an engineer type of thinker. I always thought it was strange that for being a so-called artist, I could only deal with REAL objects, and could only draw realistically. I struggle with abstraction. And I'm not one of those weird eccentric artists, I'm more down to earth.

Anyway, I thought it was interesting. Had to share.