Left Brain vs. Right Brain and ADHD

[SquarePeg]

what is wrong with my memory, I had to switch screens 6 times to remember whether I was left or right brain dominant, now I have printed it out.

Left brain 42%
37% linear
25 symbolic
18 sequential
17 logical
14 verbal
7 reality

Right brain 58%
39 Intuition
34 random
29 fantasy
28 concrete
19 non verbal
6 holistic


Most dominate left brain charac. Linear
Least Reality based - lol

Most dominate right brain charac. Intuitive
least Holisitic




This is making me laugh. "The information I process lacks a basis in reality, I do not show much focus for rules and regs (never was a truer word spoken). I don´t adjust well to changes in environment and a change in environment spurs me to change myself instead of adjusting to it"
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This is so true I have always thought of myself as a chameleon . Stick me anywhere and I will change my colours and fit in, which has often led me to think who the hell am I if I can change so easily. (Maybe I could be a spy).

[Subtract81]

same as Kasi ^ left 44% right 56%

[meadd823]

my number are pretty close as well


Left Brain Right Brain
42% .............58%


Your Left Brain Percentages
54% Reality-based (Your most dominant characteristic)
32% Linear
21% Logical
18% Sequential
9% Symbolic
0% Verbal (Your least dominant characteristic)



Your Right Brain Percentages
57% Nonverbal (Your most dominant characteristic)
36% Fantasy-oriented
34% Random
29% Intuitive
19% Concrete
6% Holistic (Your least dominant characteristic)

Non verbal is my highest score on the right hemisphere - my left hemisphere the verbal is 0% - How fascinating because according to dyslexic studies I read using my right hemisphere because my left don;t work so well

Brain Scans Show Dyslexics Read Better with Alternative Strategies




This research suggests that for dyslexic readers, the left brain areas associated with phonetic decoding are ineffective. While a non-dyslexic reader finds such pathways an efficient route to reading, the dyslexic reader essentially becomes entangled in a neural traffic jam. In contrast, dyslexics who bypass these mental pathways, relying more on areas of the brain involved in nonverbal thought and in analytic thought, are able to become capable readers.

The explanation below is sort of close except I don't read in line drawings either - My visualizations are typically 3D but words are not isolated to visual, I can do auditory, olfactory tactile ect. . . - I literally experience what I read without ever pronouncing a single word inside my head - Putting thoughts into word feels like I am translating my thoughts into a "foreign language"

Reading from Scratch


The right hemisphere is different. It deals in areas and space and patterns. It doesn't understand parts of speech, or keep track of letter-order in spelling. It "reads" a word as a line drawing that it has been taught has a meaning, -- a sketch, not a line up of sounds.

The fact that the test measured my left verbal skill as 0% and non-verbal as being the highest on the right is actually right on the money!

Heck I'm impressed

[Fuzzy12]

For once I seem pretty balanced

Right Brain: 52%
Left Brain: 48%

Your Left Brain Percentages:

44% Sequential
27% Linear
25% Symbolic
21% Logical
14% Verbal
7% Reality-based

Your Right Brain Percentages

46% Concrete
32% Nonverbal
24% Holistic
24% Fantasy-oriented
23% Random
20% Intuitive

I wish, I'd got a higher score for being logical. I try to be but I guess, I'm not. Not really. Sigh, I always fancied being more left brained though I knew I suck at left-brain qualities.

Oh well...

[fracturedstory]

Not many left brained dominated peoples.

But I stills love ya.

[parliate]

This explains me why i am trying to do everything


Left Brain 46%
Right Brain 54%


Your Left Brain Percentages 67% Symbolic (Your most dominant characteristic)
67% Logical
48% Linear
14% Verbal
14% Reality-based
0% Sequential (Your least dominant characteristic)



Your Right Brain Percentages 62% Random (Your most dominant characteristic)
52% Fantasy-oriented
46% Concrete
29% Intuitive
24% Holistic
19% Nonverbal (Your least dominant characteristic)

[keliza]

Originally Posted by ana futura

Did it REALLY tell you that?! Hmm, I do think I would make a terrible skating judge. How can you put numbers on artistry?!

I used to judge halter horse and dressage classes at 4H horse shows, so even though it's a bit of an art (dressage is quite an art, and I'd say a horse with great conformation is a work of art too!), you sort of just use your subjective judgment. There have been plenty of times when I couldn't tell you why I chose one over the other, just that something about that horse really caught my eye, something that can't be quantified or even qualitatively described. Just something about them. Maybe it's presence, or the way the whole picture moves together, I don't know.

My actual numbers break-down for the test was as follows (I never added it to the original post):

Your Left Brain Percentages
58% Linear (Your most dominant characteristic)
42% Symbolic
34% Verbal
17% Logical
5% Sequential
0% Reality-based (Your least dominant characteristic)

Your Right Brain Percentages
52% Fantasy-oriented (Your most dominant characteristic)
48% Holistic
46% Concrete
39% Intuitive
38% Nonverbal
28% Random (Your least dominant characteristic)


Apparently I don't care about reality at ALL, haha. I did think this description from "reality-based" functioning was interesting, and very accurate for me: "The information you process may lack a basis on reality, but it does open the door to creativity. You do not show much focus for rules and regulations and do not adjust well to change in the environment."

This in regards to fantasy-oriented was also in the same vein, and quite true: "You are highly able to process information you receive with creativity. Your focus does not get caught up in rules and regulations." I would argue that my focus does not get caught up in anything at all, it's just absent entirely! lol

But the absolute best was the overall description of me as a right-brainer (bold added by me for emphasis):

"In addition to being known as right-brained, you are also known as a creative thinker who uses feeling and intuition to gather information. You retain this information through the use of images and patterns. You are able to visualize the "whole" picture first, and then work backwards to put the pieces together to create the "whole" picture. Your thought process can appear quite illogical and meandering. The problem-solving techniques that you use involve free association, which is often very innovative and creative. The routes taken to arrive at your conclusions are completely opposite to what a left-brained person would be accustomed. You probably find it easy to express yourself using art, dance, or music. Some occupations usually held by a right-brained person are forest ranger, athlete, beautician, actor/actress, craftsman, and artist."

[Ipsofacto]

Left Brain Right Brain 41% 59% Your Left Brain Percentages 42% Logical (Your most dominant characteristic) 34% Reality-based 22% Linear 20% Verbal 18% Sequential 17% Symbolic (Your least dominant characteristic) Your Right Brain Percentages 46% Concrete (Your most dominant characteristic) 40% Fantasy-oriented 39% Random 39% Intuitive 38% Nonverbal 18% Holistic (Your least dominant characteristic)

[DvlsAdv0c8]

Left Brain - 37%
Right Brain- 63%

Your Left Brain Percentages

27% Sequential (Your most dominant characteristic)
22% Linear
20% Verbal
20% Reality-based
17% Symbolic
9% Logical (Your least dominant characteristic)

Your Right Brain Percentages

64% Concrete (Your most dominant characteristic)
40% Fantasy-oriented
34% Random
29% Intuitive
19% Nonverbal
12% Holistic (Your least dominant characteristic)

I thought "right-brained" also meant "left-handed." Guess not.

This is so true I have always thought of myself as a chameleon . Stick me anywhere and I will change my colours and fit in, which has often led me to think who the hell am I if I can change so easily. (Maybe I could be a spy).

Me too! I have always called it "highly adaptable."

[Ipsofacto]

Dang, got distracted by this thread for over an hour, but did find something very interesting for me. As a kid I was totally right side dominant. Reading this paper, I can now see why this created some issues for a right-brained kid.

http://www.gr8beginnings.com/article-add-creative.php

As I became involved in sports in my twenties, the physical one sided dominance became more balanced, and my general well being was improved. Gonna have to think about this a bit more.

[Kyle.lgk]

I could see many ADD types feeling like they are more right brained because of the constant contemplation and over thinking... but some may be over simplifying by reducing the right brain to creative thinking and left to logic thinking. But I see a lot of weak right brained characteristics in many ADD types like poor emotional self awareness, lack of awareness of how you're being received by the listener, and poor spatial intelligence... Also, many of us are great speakers and writers, which is a left brain activity.

Professor Richard Restak in his neurology lectures on optimizing the brain he pointed out:

Left Hemisphere: Verbal & Symbolic Processing, reading, writing, speaking, calculation

Right Hemisphere: Visual/spatial info (reading map, driving around), emotional perception and expression

[Conman]

kinda even

Left Brain	Right Brain
51%	49%

Your Left Brain Percentages

40%	Sequential (Your most dominant characteristic)
37%	Linear
30%	Logical
27%	Reality-based
25%	Symbolic
7%	Verbal (Your least dominant characteristic)

Your Right Brain Percentages

50%	Random (Your most dominant characteristic)
34%	Intuitive
28%	Concrete
25%	Nonverbal
18%	Holistic
16%	Fantasy-oriented (Your least dominant characteristic)

[SquarePeg]

Originally Posted by Ipsofacto

Dang, got distracted by this thread for over an hour, but did find something very interesting for me. As a kid I was totally right side dominant. Reading this paper, I can now see why this created some issues for a right-brained kid.

Thanks for this interesting paper. When I first posted on this site I wrote that I thought the problem was the way children with ADD are taught rather than the children themselves. BUt I don´t think I explained myself very well.

One of the reasons why I think my adhd was diagnosed hit me when I read the following


ADD children (whom I call “creative risk takers”) make up a large percentage of the school population labeled “learning disabled.” This is not because they are truly disabled, but rather because they learn and process information differently. School and social failure impact peer group formations, and these children often fit into the fringes because of their difficulties. By the time creative risk takers reach adolescence they have often lost hope, face, and motivation. This, combined with brain differences that make emotional problems more likely, create not only a greater chance for dysfunctional behavior but also identification with fringe peer groups.

Because I opted out of education at an early age (i.e skipped school because it was so boring all I did was be disruptive and talk and ask inappropriate questions (which the teachers used to find interesting), and by the age of 14 I had completely left. My mum didn´t care whether I went to school or not and the school never said a word to me about my continual absences and just swanning in and out as I pleased.

Thus I never got into that destructive cycle of failure, trying extra hard, failing, losing hope and motivation and poor self esteem. I never failed because I never really tried and never sat an exam throughout my entire school years. Lucky escape if you ask me.

I entered into my adult life truly believing that "I could achieve anything I wanted to" (one of my tutors told me that he had no idea what was going on in my head and why I didn´t try as he knew that I was university material) I have never forgotten his words and maybe this contributed to my feeling that I was actually intelligent.

[silivrentoliel]

Left Brain 44%
Right Brain 56%

My left brain percentages:

44%	Sequential (Your most dominant characteristic)
34%	Logical
32%	Linear
17%	Symbolic
7%	Verbal
7%	Reality-based (Your least dominant characteristic)

My right brain percentages:

52%	Fantasy-oriented (Your most dominant characteristic)
38%	Nonverbal
37%	Concrete
34%	Random
18%	Holistic
15%	Intuitive (Your least dominant characteristic)

Which means I'm more "fantasy-oriented" than anything?! Haven't read the whole thing yet, but sounds interesting. Especially since I'm only 7% based in reality

[fracturedstory]

Originally Posted by Conman

kinda even


Your Left Brain Percentages

Your Right Brain Percentages

I knew I like you, Conman. My sister is also a leftie. Something crazy like 58%.