| Left Brain uses logic detail oriented facts rule words and language present and past math and science can comprehend knowing acknowledges order/pattern perception knows object name reality based forms strategies practical safe | Right Brain uses feeling “big picture” oriented imagination rules symbols and images present and future philosophy & religion can “get it” (i.e. meaning) believes appreciates spatial perception knows object function fantasy based presents possibilities impetuous risk taking |
gainst the backdrop of the binary and coolly rational ‘Information Age’, books like A Whole New Mind are trumpeting the importance of our right hemispheres, the engines of our creativity and big-picture thinking.
On a sliding scale of 100, what combination of ‘left-brained’ vs ‘right-brained’ are you at work?
(Here are some qualifiers, and here’s a curious visual test)Choose your professional discipline
I don’t work in technology but I want to answer this poll