Left and Right Brain

Left Brain Process information in a linear manner. List makers Good spellers Work in the linear and sequential processing of math and following directions Have no trouble expressing themselves in words

Left Brain Persons of the left brain deal with things the way they are-with reality. When affected by the environment, left brain people usually adjust to it easily. Left brained people want to know the rules and follow them. If there are no rules for situations, they will probably make up rules to follow.

Left Brain Characteristics Rational Respond to verbal instructions Controlled, systematic experiments Problem solves logically and sequentially looking at the parts of things Makes objective judgments Looks at differences Is planned and structured Prefers established, certain information.

Left Brain Characteristics Analytic reader Primary reliance on language in thinking and remembering Prefers talking and writing Prefers multiple choice test Controls feelings Prefers hierarchical authority structures Talks, and talks, and talks Sees cause and effect Draws on previously accumulated, organized information.

Right Brain Process from a whole to a part, holistically. Given the big picture first. Random. Color sensitive Concrete. See words in context Hands on activities Intuition

Right Brain Right brained people may know what they mean but often have trouble finding the right words. Right brain individuals need to back up everything visually. When giving directions, they use their hands and give names of places along the way verses hard north, south, east, west. Creative

Right Brain Characteristics Intuitive Responds to demonstrated instructions Open-ended, random experiments Problem solves with hunches, looking for patterns Makes subjective judgments Looks at similarities Is fluid and spontaneous Prefers elusive, uncertain information

Right Brain Characteristics Synthesizing Primary reliance on images in thinking and remembering Prefers drawing and manipulating objects Prefers open-ended questions Free with feelings Essentially self-acting Prefers participative authority