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Oct.21,2010While researching for our recent meetup, I stumbled upon an article on right brain vs. left brain.
Experimentation has shown that the two different sides, or hemispheres, of the brain are responsible for different manners of thinking.
What does this information have to do with us writers? Well, a lot it seems. Our creative muses reside in our right brain, and we use this hemisphere most often for writing. Our internal editors, (or Infernal Critic, as I like to call it) reside in our left brain, and we use this hemisphere for editing. Simply put, we use our right brain for writing and our left brain for editing.
Since writing a book requires both hemispheres of the brain, I was curious to see which side of the brain I used more often.
I took a random quiz I found online
And I was quite happy with the result of my test:
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(16)Apparently I use both sides of my brain equally. This is good news–but I always thought that as a writer, I would have more of a right-brain dominance. I’m wondering how others would fare in this quiz. Would writers show a right/left brain dominance or equal dominance?
Would you care to test your brain dominance in the service of science? Let’s do a little experiment, my friends. Take the same quiz I took here, and post your results as comments on this blog.
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Bizarrely, my result was exactly the same as yours!
Strange, my score came out at 12/12 – I’ve been short-changed!!
PS: I’m a writer too,
I got 11 right brain and 10 left brain.
This makes perfect sense to me. I’m in a science based field, but have always been very creative, artsy, and free spirited.
interesting results
left = 10 and right = 11. I always see myself as sort of in the middle in a lot of areas.Maybe it relates to being a teacher who teaches everything. I’m also left handed, but use my right hand for sports and music.
I was Right 11, Left 10 and I am a writer (but like to edit more than i like to write)
Left: 9, Right: 10, systems administrator, but also dealing with nature conservation, seems like the test is correct, compared to results of the other test (http://www.wherecreativitygoestoschool.com/vancouver/left_right/rb_test.htm). It was 53% right, 47% left. It drives me crazy to determine my brain side dominance.
I’m also left handed.
Left – 7 // Right – 10
I knew my right brain dominates..was curious to see how much I use the left side
I got a perfect between both.
Left Brain Dominance: (11)
Right Brain Dominance: (11)
Writer, healer, mother, studying to be an acupuncturist, I am ever evolving and discovering more of who I am
I scored 12 left – 10 right
I am a cinematographer-editor. Always dreaming…
left=7
right=14
I got 8 for left and 10 for my right brain.
And i’m a programmer. Could you tell me if there is some explanation regarding
this test
I got 9 left and 12 right…And I’m southpaw haha I always knew I use my right brain more than I use left. I would really like more info on this thanks!
either youre too smart or your results are fake.
we also know how to edit codes you know.
either way, this doesnt accurately measure.
but it was fun answering the survey.
fun to try tests people make that could somehow give us a rough estimate of what we have.
Left Brain Dominance: (6)
Right Brain Dominance: (11
I got a left/right score of 11/11 , guess I am equally smart and equal parts dumb
i got left 9 right 13 i hope i’m not too dumb
ps. i’m double handed
I’ve Left 14 and Right 11,i think i’m more logical than the others overall
I got 12 left and 12 right. I am factory worker and research as a hobby/obsession. I guess it was only a matter of time before I look at this. Interesting result though.
i got 8 left brain dominance and 11 right brain dominance.
I got 9 left brain and 11 on right brain dominance. I love logic and numbers but i am more inclined on drawings and really appreciate music. And of course, I am left handed. : )
I thought my right would dominate, but it’s left 8 and right 7. How come you have this high number of 16, or I should ask what does the number by itself mean?
I got 11 right 12 left or i forgot it, the important thing to note is my left is higher by 1 point than my right. I am a leftie wannabe writer, I thought my right is more dominant because of that reason. Guess I was wrong. Now I know why I cant really finish all of the novels I am trying to create, and they were many.. DAMN!!
Awesome.
I’m right brain
I Scored left Logical-10 and Right Creative-14. I am also writing 4 books on memory development methods. I always believe of my subconscious intuitions and i am very imaginative person .
(6) left and (15) right
but i write, throw, kick, punch with my right