Ever since I was a little girl, I would either see or take quizzes online or in school. Before writing this blog, I took another quiz to see what side of my brain I used more. Apparently, I use both hemispheres equally.
I have never really understood how or why the left side of the brain controls the right side of the body and vice versa. Each hemisphere controls certain functions in its side; the left hemisphere, is responsible for speech and language, while the right hemisphere is responsible for reading emotions, detecting tones and such.
People who take the quiz and have results of the left hemisphere being more dominant are considered more verbal, happier, outgoing, good at languages and more fun loving. "Left brained people have greater activity in the frontal cortex," (pg. 361).
Right brained people are outspoken, artistic, impulsive, disorganized, daydreamers, socially withdrawn and more likely to experience unpleasant emotions. (361). With the right side of the brain functioning, it is easier to detect the emotions of oneself and others as well as detecting tone of voice and sarcasm.
However, it is considered a myth in this video of how we are either dominant with one side of the brain instead of being able to do normal functions without being dominant in either left or right hemisphere. Our brain is abe to function using the parts of the brain that correspond with the task at hand. Anthony, also states that, "People who are good in math have better communication between both hemisphere, not an overly dominant left side."
Of course, this relates to your personality and a hypothesis of Jeffrey Gay on his Behavioral Activation System (BAS) for the left hemisphere, "which characterizes happiness or anger." Perhaps that is why left brained people are happier and more outgoing. For the right hemisphere, Gray had the Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS), and perhaps that is why right brained people are more attentive and experience more emotions of fear and disgust.
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Hello Brenda, I too have encountered many of those quizzes at school when I was younger and now as advertisement or such.. you always see the pop up “which brain are you”?! It’s interesting how with just a couple of questions they can inform you of what side you use most. I also think it is great that you use both equally. You must be a very well rounded person!
ReplyDeleteI took the quiz and it determined I used both sides equally. The quiz results corresponded with what Anthony Carboni stated in the video. As you, I remember taking these quizzes in high school and thinking “wow, I am left hemisphere dominate …. That explains a lot”. However it is still interesting to think what each side does and how they work together for just about everything. The brain is a complex organ, but it is simple when compared to how complex the mind is.
ReplyDeleteI took the quiz and apparently I use both sides equally. It's interesting to think what each side does and how they work together. I never took these kind of quizzes before so it was very interesting to see these results. I think it's cool how the left hemisphere is responsible for speech and language, and the right hemisphere is responsible for reading emotions and detecting tones. The brain just amazes me.
ReplyDeleteThis is all very interesting information. I took the quiz and apparently I have a dominant right brain, but I swear I am a happy person! But I suppose they are right about my impulsiveness, and my emotional detector. However, I have been told that I am a very rational thinker, but this quiz doesn’t seem to think so, oh well. It was fun and interesting to learn something new about myself today.
ReplyDeleteI too came across a similar study demonstrating the myth that people can simply be divided into left or right side dominant. It astounds me how we keep learning about the brain because I took always used to hear that I was a left sided individual because I showed a stronger ability to solve math problems.
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