Right Brain, Left Brain Characteristics

Right Brain Inventory Left Brain Inventory • Visual, focusing on images, patterns • Verbal, focusing on words, symbols, numbers • Intuitive, led by feelings • Analytical, led by logic • Process ideas simultaneously • Process ideas sequentially, step by step • ‘Mind photos’ used to remember things, writing things down or illustrating them helps you remember • Words used to remember things, remember names rather than faces • Make lateral connections from information • Make logical deductions from information • See the whole first, then the details • Work up to the whole step by step, focusing on details, information organized • Organization ends to be lacking • Highly organized • Free association • Like making lists and planning • Like to know why you’re doing something or why rules exist (reasons) • Likely to follow rules without questioning them • No sense of time • Good at keeping track of time • May have trouble with spelling and finding words to express yourself • Spelling and mathematical formula easily memorized • Enjoy touching and feeling actual objects (sensory input) • Enjoy observing • Trouble prioritizing, so often late, impulsive • Plan ahead • Unlikely to read instruction manual before trying • Likely read an instruction manual before trying • Listen to how something is being said • Listen to what is being said • Talk with your hands • Rarely use gestures when talking • Likely to think you’re naturally creative, but need to apply yourself to develop your potential • Likely to believe you’re not creative, need to be willing to try and take risks to develop your potential