Think fast!

[Saget]

Right Brain |||||||||||||||| 62%

Left Brain |||||||||| 34%

 

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.

 

That's correct

Except for the organization part, maybe.

 

Still, yeah, the brain is a mysterious thing and I don't know why we can't use all of it. If it's there, then it should work... right? And since it doesn't, when will we use all of our brains? Stupid world...

[Asmodeus]

 

Right Brain: 44%

Left Brain: 56%

Looks pretty accurate to me.

[matthew1g]

 

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I'm a right handed male, so I'm obviously left-brained. icon13.gif

 

I'm really good at the maths and sciences, but I'm also very open-minded, so I'm guessing I'm 67% left-brained and 33% right-brained.

 

Haha, f*ck your quiz. Us superior left-brained people don't need it. biggrin.gif

 

*Waits for a right-brained person to notice the grammatical errors in this post*

 

at THE sciences and maths?

 

yeah right Left-brained bastard!

 

 

Right Brain  ||||||||||||||  60%

Left Brain  ||||||||||||  46%

 

am I the only one to notice that most of the results don't add up to 100%? I thought 100% was the maximum?

 

ontopic, it's amazing to think the mind can do 100 teraflops.. considering we don't have full control over it.

 

and that's not to mention the subconscious part of the brain...

 

[jaymig53]

 

=matthew1g,Feb 9 2008, 20:57]

 

Right Brain  ||||||||||||||  60%

Left Brain  ||||||||||||  46%

 

am I the only one to notice that most of the results don't add up to 100%? I thought 100% was the maximum?

 

 

OMG, this means you have a super brain!!!

[GTA3Rockstar]

 

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I'm a right handed male, so I'm obviously left-brained. icon13.gif

 

I'm really good at the maths and sciences, but I'm also very open-minded, so I'm guessing I'm 67% left-brained and 33% right-brained.

 

Haha, f*ck your quiz. Us superior left-brained people don't need it. biggrin.gif

 

*Waits for a right-brained person to notice the grammatical errors in this post*

 

at THE sciences and maths?

 

yeah right Left-brained bastard!

 

 

Right Brain   ||||||||||||||   60%

Left Brain  ||||||||||||  46%

 

am I the only one to notice that most of the results don't add up to 100%? I thought 100% was the maximum?

 

ontopic, it's amazing to think the mind can do 100 teraflops.. considering we don't have full control over it.

 

and that's not to mention the subconscious part of the brain...

 

Maybe its how much you can do with the side of the brain. Which is still out of 100%.

[Picolini]

It's not which side is stronger out of 100%, think of it more as the strength of each side. If you scored low on both, you're pretty much just stupid. If you scored higher on both equally, then you are stronger at both. If you got one higher than the other, than it's more dominant in the way you think. I'd say 50/50 is the best match there, even is the way to go.

 

You're also mixing the sides up. LEFT = logical, reading, math, etc. RIGHT = artistic, abstract, visionary, etc.

 

@Saget, are you referring to the saying "we only use 10% of our brains"? Because that's wrong. On average I'd say we only use about 10% of our brains at any given moment, but we definitely use all of our brain through out the day. In fact, if a certain percentage of neurons were going, according to wikipedia, you would have a seizure. You're brain just can't handle such a load.

 

Here's another fact:

- Smarter people's brains are less active when working on problems. The reason being their brain doesn't have to "search" or calculate as hard to find the correct answer as compared to some one with a lower intelligence.

 

Again, you can compare it to a PC. Let's say you've got Bob and Steve. If Bob's brain is comparable to a 3.0Ghz processor, and say Steve's is only a 2.25Ghz. Doing the same problem, Steve's "processor" could run at 100% while Bob's would only hit a lower limit such as 75% (of course, these aren't accurate numbers, just an example). It's because at 100%, Steve's brain, or in this case his "processor", is topping out at 2.25GHz. At the same time Bob's 3.0Ghz is running at 75% giving the same 2.25Ghz output, and all the while has another .75Ghz to spare. See the comparison? Bob's brain runs slower relative to Steve's because he has a higher capacity of processing.

 

Fun stuff!

[Saget]

It's not which side is stronger out of 100%, think of it more as the strength of each side. If you scored low on both, you're pretty much just stupid. If you scored higher on both equally, then you are stronger at both. If you got one higher than the other, than it's more dominant in the way you think. I'd say 50/50 is the best match there, even is the way to go.

 

You're also mixing the sides up. LEFT = logical, reading, math, etc. RIGHT = artistic, abstract, visionary, etc.

 

@Saget, are you referring to the saying "we only use 10% of our brains"? Because that's wrong. On average I'd say we only use about 10% of our brains at any given moment, but we definitely use all of our brain through out the day. In fact, if a certain percentage of neurons were going, according to wikipedia, you would have a seizure. You're brain just can't handle such a load.

 

Here's another fact:

- Smarter people's brains are less active when working on problems. The reason being their brain doesn't have to "search" or calculate as hard to find the correct answer as compared to some one with a lower intelligence.

 

Again, you can compare it to a PC. Let's say you've got Bob and Steve. If Bob's brain is comparable to a 3.0Ghz processor, and say Steve's is only a 2.25Ghz. Doing the same problem, Steve's "processor" could run at 100% while Bob's would only hit a lower limit such as 75% (of course, these aren't accurate numbers, just an example). It's because at 100%, Steve's brain, or in this case his "processor", is topping out at 2.25GHz. At the same time Bob's 3.0Ghz is running at 75% giving the same 2.25Ghz output, and all the while has another .75Ghz to spare. See the comparison? Bob's brain runs slower relative to Steve's because he has a higher capacity of processing.

 

Fun stuff!

Aaahhh, now I see it. Makes sense

 

So you could say that, as a processor, it's best if the brain doesn't reach 100% because it will sort of "overload" and heat too much and wear out quickly, right? Or wouldn't it be better if the brain used all of its capacity to solve the problem quicker? Say, if Bob used all of his 3ghz processing power, he'd finish the solving quicker, riiight? Or does time not matter here? =P

[RunningMan]

Left Brain: 60%

Right Brain: 26%

 

I think this suits me well, though, in my opinion, I like to think my mind has it's own chaos, which may not make a lot of sense to others, but if things get out of my own personal skewed settings, I get worried easily.

[Picolini]

Well I think it's like a limit on what the brain can process at any given moment that is the bottleneck. When computing a problem, not only are you thinking it through, but you're also taking in stimuli, such as all the senses (touch, taste, smell, hearing, vision [which is a big one]), as well as motor skills (moving a body part to write, or just keeping balance in your chair/standing up/etc), as well as regulating bodily functions.

So as you can see, doing all of those thing simultaneously, even though only about 10% of the brain is active there, it still is quite a bit going on, causing us to be unable to use our full potential.

 

Another reason, and this is all speculation on my part, is think of it like this: Your brain works as a network of "processors" all running together, communicating with each other. They all don't go to a main "processor", they just talk back and forth to make a consciousness.

 

Try this little exercise. Think about when you're in crowded place, such as a night club or concert for instance. Loud music filling the air, distinct smells, vivid, bright, colorful flashing lights with tons of people bumping into you, and possibly even a friend talking to you. It can be quite overwhelming right? It's because your brain has to process all of those senses and talk with other parts of the brain to compare input. Since most of, or all in some cases, your senses are at or close to their maximum input, everything seems to be quicker and you lose focus and concentration. Try reading book there, or doing some simple division. Good luck with out taking time to first "zone out" everything else. Again, all speculation here, but lets say that in this instance, even a (relatively) large percentage, say 20% of your brain was active.

 

Now go back to a normal situation, such as you sitting at your desk, your brain running at the average of about 10%. All of the sudden you are presented with a problem. If your brain started to use even 40% more of the power it had, totaling about 50%, imagine the intense feelings you'd have. Think back to a situation like I described above at the night club/concert. Think of a point at which you felt an intense distraction of senses. Now double that. See what I mean?

 

To add to that, parts of your brain are only good for certain tasks. This ties in with the left/right brain thing everyone's going on about. You won't be able to use pretty much half of your brain to computer some math equations, so that drops your computational power significantly.

[YourNeighborhoodKiller]

 

• Right Brain - 54%
• Left Brain - 60%

Sounds good.

Edited February 10, 2008 by YourNeighborhoodKiller

[Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus]

 

Well I think it's like a limit on what the brain can process at any given moment that is the bottleneck. When computing a problem, not only are you thinking it through, but you're also taking in stimuli, such as all the senses (touch, taste, smell, hearing, vision [which is a big one]), as well as motor skills (moving a body part to write, or just keeping balance in your chair/standing up/etc), as well as regulating bodily functions.

So as you can see, doing all of those thing simultaneously, even though only about 10% of the brain is active there, it still is quite a bit going on, causing us to be unable to use our full potential.

 

Another reason, and this is all speculation on my part, is think of it like this: Your brain works as a network of "processors" all running together, communicating with each other. They all don't go to a main "processor", they just talk back and forth to make a consciousness.

 

Try this little exercise. Think about when you're in crowded place, such as a night club or concert for instance. Loud music filling the air, distinct smells, vivid, bright, colorful flashing lights with tons of people bumping into you, and possibly even a friend talking to you. It can be quite overwhelming right? It's because your brain has to process all of those senses and talk with other parts of the brain to compare input. Since most of, or all in some cases, your senses are at or close to their maximum input, everything seems to be quicker and you lose focus and concentration. Try reading book there, or doing some simple division. Good luck with out taking time to first "zone out" everything else. Again, all speculation here, but lets say that in this instance, even a (relatively) large percentage, say 20% of your brain was active.

 

Now go back to a normal situation, such as you sitting at your desk, your brain running at the average of about 10%. All of the sudden you are presented with a problem. If your brain started to use even 40% more of the power it had, totaling about 50%, imagine the intense feelings you'd have. Think back to a situation like I described above at the night club/concert. Think of a point at which you felt an intense distraction of senses. Now double that. See what I mean?

 

To add to that, parts of your brain are only good for certain tasks. This ties in with the left/right brain thing everyone's going on about. You won't be able to use pretty much half of your brain to computer some math equations, so that drops your computational power significantly.

You seem very interested in the brain. Do you want to be a neuroscientist?

 

That was an interesting read by the way.

 

If I could go into a deep, almost trance-like state, I'd probably be able to read and fully understand a short pamphlet while at a concert. The brain is naturally capable of filtering out certain stimuli, but I'd still probably get pissed after a while and leave. I could probably do math equations at a loud concert. I usually have to do the maths while loud music is playing (f*cking roommate!), so I'm kinda used to it. I can read interesting things while I have my music playing, but I probably couldn't do it around "new" music. That probably has something to do with my attention span, though.

Edited February 10, 2008 by Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus

[Picolini]

Glad you liked what I had to say

 

I don't really want to be a neuroscientist or anything like that, I'd rather make cars!

I just find lots of things interesting and brains and the way they work are very interesting to me.

 

Right, like I said you could eventually zone it out and stuff, but the fact that you'd need to do that goes to show the load the brain takes on with just our sensory stimuli.

You did bring up a good point though, our ability to focus our brain's power into what we want to. This is something I feel humans have an upper hand on over other animals. Sure other creatures can focus on certain things, but to actively and cognitively force our brain to drown out other input in order to focus on a subject is quite profound, and I'd be damned if you could get any animal to consciously do it at it's own will.

 

That makes me think... since you could zone out harsh stimuli like that to gain a close to normal focus, in a normal circumstance you should be able to unlock more potential. It would make sense that you can help tap into the active 10% moreso than what's naturally left over after the basic needs are being taken care of by the brain. Meditation always fascinates me, but I can never find the time to do it, lol. I'm sure if I did, I'd love it. But I find it hard to block out all the noises and even slight vibrations and lights passing through my eye lids, and when trying to meditate or focus deeply I actually focus more on that stuff instead of... well what ever it is I'm trying to focus on

 

[Pat]

Left brain - 74%

Right brain - 56%

 

Not bad. I do love to read, and I like to think of myself as artistic (going into a career in writing).