I’m currently taking workshop in which I’m learning a process to apply to my writing that will help me analyze it.  Not only for strengths and weaknesses, but it will also help me understand my unique writing style and voice, to an extent.   The instructor had us take a quiz that denotes which side of our brain is dominate in our thinking.  Since her process is quite analytical, she knows some nonlinear thinkers may have a bit of trouble using it (because it goes against what’s comfortable for them, in terms of learning and processing new materials).  So she offers solutions and shortcuts along the way to help us all assimilate and process the info.

Anyway, I took the quiz, and to no one’s surprise, it showed that I am a strong left brain thinker.  But then, I did another test, which is simply looking at an image of a ballerina and seeing which way she turns. The initial results were that I’m a right brain thinker.  Then, the image started going the opposite directions, which means that I’m a whole brainer thinker.

So now confused and curious, and I came across another test that gives you a nice, yet easy to read, detailed analysis of how you process information. I really liked it because it shows your percentages for both left and right brain thinking, and it also gives you a breakdown of how you utlize the 6 main types of thinking for each hemisphere.

My numbers change slightly each time I take it (I’m weird that way-LOL) but I find it spot on. I’m a predominately left brain thinker, but I also utilize my right side quite a bit. Currently, my split is 62% left, 38% right. But what’s more interesting is that my most dominant type of thinking is sequential (which is a left brain thing) and that my second most dominant is nonverbal (which is a right brain thing )

If you’re up to the challenge, take the quiz and then come back & comment on what your percentages are and whether or not you feel the results were accurate.