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Re: brain hemisphere dominance

Re: brain hemisphere dominance

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Posted by Laurence on October 06, 2000 at 02:29:52:

In Reply to: Re: brain hemisphere dominance posted by Gigi on October 04, 2000 at 14:38:12:

About lateralisation, I read the opposite, research conducted in the USSR show more lateralisation among women...
IMO, much of the difference found in contemporary surveys reflect the culturally induced specialisations.

: ****From what I know left brain specializes in:

: speech
: reading
: writing
: verbal memory
: abstract categorizing
: musical ability
: fine manual sequences
: seeing more than one thing at a time
: left-right discrimination
: detail in drawings

: and right brain in:

: understanding of metaphor
: facial recognition
: attending to left body and visual space
: spatial perception
: ability to find way (get out of a maze)
: visual closure
: musical sense
: form memory
: proper form in drawings

: Lateralization is having the two brains work as specialists. Einstein's brain was highly lateralized. An office clerk's brain would be much less lateralized. Also in general, women's brains are less lateralized than men's which leads to more towering geniuses in men. This means that women can be very good managers (generalists) and men specialists.

: Where does lateralization lie in the Enneagram? I think it has more to do with Myers Briggs' functions. A person with well developed functions, probably all first four, would be a lateralized person.

: As to left/right brain dominance I would say again Myers Briggs explains more. Intuitives are right brain dominated and sensates left brain.

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: : I was wondering if anyone knew about any research done on the correlation between enneagram type and left/right brain dominance.

: : I checked out a book at the library on the subject, and they offered a little quiz to tell you what hemisphere you tend to prefer. I've taken a couple other similar tests like this and have always come out dual-dominant and/or highly lateralized.

: : Has anyone taken a quiz like this? If so, does anyone have any theories about it with respect to e-type? Just out of curiosity, if you care to share, what were your results?

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: About lateralisation, I read the opposite, research conducted in the USSR show more lateralisation among women... : IMO, much of the difference found in contemporary surveys reflect the culturally induced specialisations. : : : ****From what I know left brain specializes in: : : speech : : reading : : writing : : verbal memory : : abstract categorizing : : musical ability : : fine manual sequences : : seeing more than one thing at a time : : left-right discrimination : : detail in drawings : : and right brain in: : : understanding of metaphor : : facial recognition : : attending to left body and visual space : : spatial perception : : ability to find way (get out of a maze) : : visual closure : : musical sense : : form memory : : proper form in drawings : : Lateralization is having the two brains work as specialists. Einstein's brain was highly lateralized. An office clerk's brain would be much less lateralized. Also in general, women's brains are less lateralized than men's which leads to more towering geniuses in men. This means that women can be very good managers (generalists) and men specialists. : : Where does lateralization lie in the Enneagram? I think it has more to do with Myers Briggs' functions. A person with well developed functions, probably all first four, would be a lateralized person. : : As to left/right brain dominance I would say again Myers Briggs explains more. Intuitives are right brain dominated and sensates left brain. : : : : : I was wondering if anyone knew about any research done on the correlation between enneagram type and left/right brain dominance. : : : I checked out a book at the library on the subject, and they offered a little quiz to tell you what hemisphere you tend to prefer. I've taken a couple other similar tests like this and have always come out dual-dominant and/or highly lateralized. : : : Has anyone taken a quiz like this? If so, does anyone have any theories about it with respect to e-type? Just out of curiosity, if you care to share, what were your results?

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