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Back in 1981, scientists from the USSR came up with a test that allows you to determine with incredible accuracy the dominant hemisphere of the human brain. Different hemispheres are responsible for different actions, thinking, and approach to problem solving.
Knowing which hemisphere is better developed, you can choose the most suitable profession or explain your seemingly strange behavior in any situation. And parents can determine the skills and talents of the child and, depending on this, decide whether to send him to the chess section, for example, or to drawing.
site invites you to take this test, and at the end will tell you some interesting facts about you.
Before You Begin, Prepare
Take 2 sheets of paper: on one you will record the results, and the second you will need to complete some of the points. After completing each task, mark the result by writing it down on paper. The entire test will take you no more than 7 minutes.
1. Interlace your fingers
Place your hands together and interlace your fingers. Which hand was on top?
If the left hand, then put the letter "P" on the sheet, if the right hand - the letter "L".
- There is no mistake. Each hemisphere of the brain controls the opposite side of the body, so if the right hand is dominant, then this is the left hemisphere, and vice versa.
2. Rosenbach test
Take a pencil in your hand and draw it out in front of your eyes, as in the picture. Now look at the tip of the pencil and “aim”. Close one eye first, then the other. When you close which eye, the image is displaced more?
If, when closing the right eye, the image shifts more, then put the letter "L" on the sheet, if the left - "P". If the image is shifted in the same way, then put "zero".
3. Pose of Napoleon
Stand up and cross your arms over your chest as in the picture. Which hand is on top? If the hand is left hand - put "P", if right - "L".
4. Applause
Clap your hands and notice which hand is on top of you.
If the left palm - put the letter "P", if the right - the letter "L".
5. Cross your legs
Sit down with your legs crossed. Which leg is on top? If right - put the letter "L", if left - the letter "P".
6. Wink
Which eye did you wink with? If right - "L", left - "P".
7. Rotation
Stand on your feet and rotate a little around your axis. Which way did you rotate? Counterclockwise - "L", clockwise - "P".
8. Strokes
Take the second sheet. Now with each hand, not to mention, draw several vertical strokes in a row. Then count the strokes. Which hand did you draw more strokes with?
If you drew more with your left hand, write the letter "P", if with your right hand, write the letter "L". If the number of lines is the same, then write "zero".
9. Circumference
Then calculate the result:
More than 30% - complete dominance of the left hemisphere.
From 10% to 30% - incomplete dominance of the left hemisphere.
-10% to + 10% - incomplete dominance of the right hemisphere.
More than -10% - complete dominance of the right hemisphere.
Few facts about you
- The left hemisphere is the center of speech, so people who are left hemisphere love to talk. But the left hemisphere can only understand the literal meaning of words.
- But the right hemisphere is responsible for intonation. Right-brain people speak little, but pay special attention to intonation.
- The right hemisphere is sensitive to humor and understands metaphors.
- The left hemisphere does not perceive music - the right is responsible for it.
- Recognizing ordinary human faces is a function of the right hemisphere. Therefore, "left-brain" people may not recognize you on the street.
- Left-brain people like to go into details, they are scrupulous.
- The right hemisphere gives us the ability to daydream and fantasize. With the help of the right hemisphere, we can compose various stories.
- "Right hemisphere" first "grasp" the whole image, and then highlight the details.
- "Left-hemisphere" at first highlight the details, and by the details they form an idea of the subject as a whole.
- The right hemisphere remembers emotions, feelings, personal experience well.
- The left hemisphere remembers logical connections, graphs and systems.
Sections: School psychological service
Right-hemisphere people do not see individual trees behind the forest, and left-hemisphere people do not see the forest behind individual trees.
B. White
The theory of functional asymmetry of the cerebral hemispheres has been actively developing over the past decades; considerable theoretical and practical material has been accumulated. However, in the practical work of preschool institutions and schools, data on the individual profile of the functional asymmetry of the child's brain are rarely taken into account. The fundamentals of functional specialization of the cerebral hemispheres are innate. As the child develops, the mechanisms of interhemispheric asymmetry become more complex.
There are several types of functional organization of the two hemispheres of the brain:
- dominance of the left hemisphere - the verbal and logical nature of cognitive processes, a tendency to abstract and generalize (left hemisphere people);
- dominance of the right hemisphere - concrete-figurative thinking, developed imagination (right hemisphere people);
- the absence of a pronounced dominance of one of the hemispheres (equal hemisphere people).
Left hemisphere type - the dominance of the left hemisphere determines the tendency to abstraction and generalization, the verbal and logical nature of cognitive processes. The left hemisphere operates with words, conventional signs and symbols; responsible for writing, counting, the ability to analyze, abstract, conceptual thinking. In this case, the information received in the left hemisphere is processed sequentially, linearly and slowly. Perception of left-hemispheric people is discrete, auditory, intelligence is verbal, theoretical, memory is arbitrary. Introverts. For successful activity, the following conditions must be met: analysis of details, repeated repetition of material, silence, work alone, timeless tasks. They are characterized by a high need for mental activity.
For the formation of motivation for educational activity in left-brain children, it is necessary to focus on cognitive motives. They are attracted by the very process of assimilating knowledge. They are characterized by a high need for constant mental activity. The social motive is the motive for continuing education. Classes in school sciences are seen as a means of developing their thinking.
It is easier for the left hemisphere to write than to dictate. Among the left brain are engineers, mathematicians, philosophers, linguists. The left hemisphere is often emphatically rational and rational. They write a lot and willingly, they easily memorize long texts, their speech is grammatically correct. They are characterized by a heightened sense of duty, responsibility, adherence to principles, the internal character of the processing of emotions. They often hold administrative positions, but they lack flexibility, spontaneity and spontaneity in expressing feelings. They prefer to act according to pre-drawn schemes, stencils, they hardly rebuild their relationships.
Right hemisphere type - the dominance of the right hemisphere determines the inclination to creativity, the specific-figurative nature of cognitive processes. The right hemisphere of the brain operates with images of real objects, is responsible for orientation in space and easily perceives spatial relationships. It is believed to be responsible for the synthetic activity of the brain. Right-brain people are distinguished by visual perception, non-verbal, practical intelligence; fast processing of information; involuntary memory. Extroverts. In addition, the ability to draw and perceive the harmony of shapes and colors, ear for music, artistry, and success in sports are associated with the functioning of the right hemisphere. Right brains are prone to negative emotions, including anxiety and fear. They are better oriented in the environment, more holistic in the perception of the world around them.
Formation of motivation for learning. For right-brain students, it is necessary to focus on the prestige of the position in the team, the authority, the social significance of this type of activity, since their need for self-realization is highly expressed. The motives prompting to study school subjects are associated with the formation of their personality, with the desire for self-knowledge, with the desire to understand the relationship of people, to realize their position in the world. They are characterized by an orientation towards high appreciation and praise: "five at any cost." The aesthetic side of subjects is of great interest to right-brain schoolchildren.
Children with a dominant right hemisphere do not control the correctness of their speech. Activities that require constant self-control will not perform well. In speaking, problems with grammar and word selection can arise. Semantic gaps are possible, especially if the right-brain pupil is also impulsive.
It should be noted that right-brain people have excellent spatial orientation, body sense, and high coordination of movements. They are successful in team sports. The speech of right-brain people is emotional, expressive, rich in intonations, gestures. There is no particular alignment in it, stumbling, confusion, unnecessary words and sounds are possible. It is easier for them to dictate the text than to write. Among the right-hemisphere, there are more often writers, journalists, artists, organizers. As a rule, right-brain people are holistic natures, open and direct in expressing feelings, naive, gullible, suggestible, capable of subtly feeling and worrying, easily upset and cry, come into a state of anger and rage, sociable and communicative. They often act according to their mood.
Equal-hemispheric type - the absence of a pronounced dominance of one of the hemispheres suggests their synchronous activity in the choice of thinking strategies. In addition, there is a hypothesis of the effective interaction of the right and left hemispheres as a physiological basis for general giftedness.
The most literate are equal hemispheric students. Their left hemisphere takes over the main work of organizing the processing of visual and auditory information, the motor act of writing. Having written a dictation, the children of this group notice and correct almost all the mistakes made. Left hemispheric students make 2.5 times more mistakes when writing: for unstressed vowels in the root, they miss the soft sign, 12 times more often confuse case endings, write extra letters, replace some consonants with others. Many verbs are used in speech. Right hemispheric children make mistakes in vocabulary words, as well as in stressed vowels, write proper names with a lowercase letter, they are characterized by omissions, misspellings.
Causes of school neuroses in primary school age.
We can say that in childhood, boys are more right-brain than girls, but with age in men, the left hemisphere begins to lead in terms of its level of functional development. Men are becoming more left-brain than women.
However, innate prerequisites are only initial conditions, and the asymmetry itself is formed in the process of individual development, under the influence of social contacts, primarily family ones.
Parents, raising a child, often want to get a certain result, expect one reaction from him, but sometimes they get a completely opposite one.
In early school age, children may have obsessive fears of doing something wrong. Following doubts about the correctness of their actions comes uncertainty and, along with this, a painfully sharpened sense of duty, duty, responsibility. Excessive demands on oneself are often combined with pressure from parents with a hypersocial personality orientation.
What happens to the child while doing this? Spontaneity, immediacy of feelings, the ability to quickly grasp the situation disappear, and instead of emotions we see their surrogate - constant anxiety and doubts, anxious suspiciousness. Thus, a transcendental mode of operation of the left hemisphere is created. Constant overstrain of neuropsychic forces leads to chronic stress. This manifests itself in a gradually growing feeling of fatigue, attention disorder, headaches.
Parents and teachers often regard neurotic disorders as a lack of volitional (conscious) regulation of behavior and increase moral requirements. In this case, the child ceases to assimilate not only the requirements, but also all the sign information: “does not hear”, “does not see”, “digs”, constantly experiences fatigue. This brings into play the protective function of the right hemisphere, which does not allow the realization of unacceptable experiences for it.
Thus, in all neuroses, interhemispheric interaction is disturbed. It is known that the development of neuroses is facilitated by the left-hemisphere accent in learning. Excessive stimulation of the functions of the left hemisphere, which are not yet characteristic of children, occurs when the functions of the right hemisphere are inhibited.
Along with the specialization of the hemispheres, the brain works as a whole. When communicating with a child, it is useful for parents to remember more often that everyone has a place in the sun: left-, right- and equal-hemispheric children.
Help should be expressed in psychological relief. Children need vivid impressions and hobbies, positive emotions and a return to a sense of joy in life.
Do not forget that this is not a sexless child, but a boy or girl with certain peculiarities of thinking, perception, emotions.
2. Never compare children with each other, praise them for their successes and achievements.
3. When teaching boys, rely on their high search activity, ingenuity.
4. When teaching girls, not only understand with them the principle of completing the assignment, but also teach them to act independently, and not according to pre-developed schemes.
5. When scolding a boy, be aware of his emotional sensitivity and anxiety. Tell him briefly and accurately your dissatisfaction. The boy is not able to hold on to emotional stress for a long time, very soon he stops listening and hearing you.
6. When scolding a girl, remember her emotional violent reaction, which prevents her from understanding why she is being scolded. Calmly analyze her mistakes.
7. Girls can be naughty due to fatigue (exhaustion of the right "emotional" hemisphere). Boys in this case are depleted of information (decreased activity of the left "rational-logical" hemisphere). It is useless and immoral to scold them for this.
8. Orient programs and teaching methods for a specific child with a certain type of functional asymmetry of the hemispheres, give him the opportunity to reveal his abilities, create a situation of success for him.
9. When teaching your child to write literate, do not destroy the foundations of "innate" literacy. Look for the reasons for the child's illiteracy, analyze his mistakes.
10. Do not forget that your assessment given to the child is always subjective and depends on your type of hemispheric asymmetry. Perhaps you belong to different types of brain organization and think differently.
11. You should not so much teach the child as develop his desire to learn.
12. Remember that any child may not know something, not be able to, or be mistaken in something.
13. The laziness of a child is a signal that your activity is not going well.
14. For the harmonious development of a child, it is necessary to teach him to comprehend the educational material in different ways (logically, figuratively, intuitively).
15. For successful learning, we must turn our requirements into the wishes of the child.
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PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST
It has been known for about half a century that the two hemispheres of the human brain are unequal. The left hemisphere is more logical, while the right is more emotional.
American psychologist Paul Torrance was the first to study large groups of people, determining which type of thinking prevails in them - left-brain or right-brain. Having collected a lot of statistics, he identified four types of thinking:
left hemispheric, with a predominance of logic and analysis;
right hemispheric, with a predominance of emotions, an intuitive and imaginative approach to problems;
mixed when this or that hemisphere "turns on" depending on the situation;
integrated when both approaches are used simultaneously.
The psychologist emphasizes that none of these types of thinking is worse or better than the other. They have their advantages and disadvantages, just like the four human temperaments - phlegmatic, sanguine, choleric and melancholic.
The proposed test is based on the Torrance methodology and allows you to independently determine which type of thinking is yours. After reading the following 120 options for characteristics of thinking and behavior, underline the option that suits you best - A, B or C. At the end of each option, there is a letter - P (right), L (left), or I (integrated). After answering all 40 questions, count how many letters P, L, and I you have typed.
1. A) In order to remember or learn something, I need to specially study this information - L
C) I remember various facts and details well without special study of the issue - P
C) In different cases, it happens in different ways - AND
2. A) I love science fiction - P
B) I prefer realistic literature - L
C) I love both - AND
3. A) Sometimes I like to dream, and sometimes I make quite realistic business plans - AND
B) I like to dream more - P
C) I prefer realistic planning - L
4. A) When reading or doing mental work, I like to listen to music or radio - P
C) If I read just for fun, I can listen to music or the radio at the same time, but when doing mental work or reading a textbook, I need complete silence - AND
5. A) If I were a writer, I would work in the genre of fiction - P
B) I would only write about what really happened - L
C) I could work in both genres - AND
6. A) I would prefer to discuss my psychological problems and difficulties in a group of people who also have these problems - P
B) I would prefer to share my psychological problems in private with a specialist - L
C) Both options suit me - AND
7. A) When I paint, I prefer to draw "from my head" using my own imagination and ideas - P
B) I like to copy more, pasting something from myself - L
C) I like both - AND
8. A) In my opinion, I can be easily hypnotized - P
B) I can probably be hypnotized, but not without difficulty - AND
C) I hardly succumb to hypnosis - L
9. A) I love action-packed adventure stories and stories of the mysterious and the supernatural alike - AND
C) I prefer adventure - L
C) I like mysterious stories more - P
10. A) At school, I treated algebra and geometry in the same way - AND
B) Preferred algebra - L
C) Preferred geometry - P
11 ... A) If I have to arrange any items in order, for example, put in order a library or a collection of stamps, I will arrange them in chronological order - L
B) I like to sort objects more so that the connections between them are clearly visible - P
C) Both classification methods are equally good - AND
12. A) I remember texts and spoken words well - L
B) I have a good musical memory - P
C) I remember well both words and melodies - AND
13. A) Usually I finish my business by the specified deadline - AND
B) When planning my affairs, I proceed primarily from their number, and only secondarily I take into account the timing - L
C) I find it difficult to relate my affairs to any particular daily routine - P
14. A) My mood often changes - P
B) Mood swings are rare - AND
C) I almost always have an even mood - L
15. A) I like to communicate with animals - P
B) I don’t find rapport with animals very easily - AND
C) I find it rather difficult to communicate with animals - L
16. A) I treat cats and dogs alike - AND
B) I like cats more - P
C) I like dogs more - L
17. A) In the company I like to joke around - P
B) Depending on the circumstances, I can be serious, I can joke a lot and have fun - AND
C) I do not like excessive fun - L
18. A) I am often absent-minded, as if absent, wandering in the clouds - P
B) Such absent-mindedness finds me only sometimes - AND
C) I am almost always focused, I stand firmly on the ground - L
20. A) When they explain to me how a particular device works, I equally well perceive both verbal explanations and a visual demonstration - AND
B) I prefer to be shown how it works - P
C) Better let them explain in words - L
21. A) I don't care if there are illustrations in the fiction that I read - AND
B) I prefer books without distracting illustrations - L
C) Fiction must be illustrated - P
22. A) I will read the story with equal pleasure or watch its film adaptation - And
B) I prefer to read - L
C) I'd rather watch a movie - P
23. A) I am equally attracted to rhythmic dances and poetry - AND
B) I like rhythmic dances more - P
C) Poetry attracts me more - L
24. A) In ballet, I prefer a modern, unconventional movement - P
B) If ballet - then only classical - L
C) I have no preference for classical or modern dance - AND
25. A) I like to communicate with people - P
B) I like to gossip about relationships between acquaintances - L
C) I love both communication and gossip about human contacts - AND
26. A) I prefer to think lying down - P
B) It is more convenient to think while sitting - L
C) I have no preference in this regard - AND
27. A) I would love to become a music critic - L
B) I would like to be a composer - P
C) Both professions are equally good in my eyes - AND
28. A) Thinking about the consequences of my actions, I rely mainly on intuition - P
B) First of all, I soberly and logically assess the consequences of my decisions and actions - L
C) I usually use both the first and the second method - AND
b A) When I have to listen to someone, I tend to listen carefully - L
B) When listening to someone, I shift from foot to foot, twirl around in a chair and constantly get distracted - P
C) I can control my attention by listening to lengthy explanations - AND
30. A) I like to analyze the read fiction - L
B) Literature is a work of art, and I perceive it purely emotionally - P
C) Both statements are true - AND
31. A) Depending on the situation, I can behave like everyone else or stand out for my non-conformism - AND
B) As a rule, I do not like to stand out with my behavior and act like everyone else - L
C) More often I behave in my own way, without looking back at others - P
b A) I am equally successful in performing both clearly formulated job assignments and cases in which I have to think for myself as the situation develops - AND
B) I prefer such tasks in which I have more room for independent actions - P
C) I prefer to carry out assignments, clearly scheduled point by point, so that it is clear to me what and how to do - L
33. A) When I learn something new, I like to do it by free search - P
B) I like to study more systematically, according to plan - L
C) Both ways are equally close to me - AND
34. A) I remember names, titles, dates, phone numbers well - L
B) I remember well the location of various objects and the way to them - P
C) I remember both types of information well - AND
35. A) In books I look mainly for ideas - P
B) I look in books mainly for facts and details - L
C) Both interest me equally strongly - AND
36. A) I like to present ideas in their logical sequence - L
B) I'm better at showing the connection between different ideas - P
C) I can do both equally successfully - AND
37. A) I can just as well summarize what I have read or highlight the main idea of the text - AND
B) I prefer to summarize - L
C) I prefer to highlight the main idea-P
38. A) I can come up with new ideas and draw conclusions with equal pleasure - AND
B) Conclusions attract me more - L
C) Searching for new ideas fascinates me more - P
39. A) I approach problems rationally, logically - L
B) I solve problems on the basis of intuition - P
C) I use both methods with equal success - AND
40. A) I am equally pleased to invent something new or improve something already known - AND
B) I like "rationalization proposals" more - L
C) Inventing something new is more interesting for me - P
PROCESSING OF RESULTS
You can evaluate the results according to the following table.
Suppose, answering the questions, you typed 10 L. We find 10 in the leftmost column and we see that 92 points correspond to ten in column L. Ten Is correspond to 76 points, and ten Ps to 92.
If by some indicator you scored 120 points or more, then this type of thinking prevails in you: R - right hemispheric, L - left hemispheric, I - integrated. If you didn't score 120 in any of the three columns, you have a mixed mindset.
Let's briefly characterize these types.
Left-brain thinking. People with this type of thinking actively tackle emerging problems and solve them logically, willingly discussing and "speaking" these problems. They use intuition only when absolutely necessary. They organize their lives on a realistic basis, taking into account all the factual details when making decisions. Such a person prefers to keep his life under his own control, willingly takes responsibility and loves to know who is responsible for what. We are predictable in our actions. He places high on his duties and responsibilities. For such a person, everything is aimed at efficiency, at achieving a goal.
Right-brain thinking... This person prefers an intuitive and sensual approach to problems. A logical strategy is used only when absolutely necessary. He sets high ideal and humanistic goals and ideas, often reflects on general topics "about the main thing." He does not like to have bosses over himself, appreciates his own initiative. For him, relationships with people around him are very important.
Mixed thinking strategy. Such people, depending on the situation, use either right-brain or left-brain thinking. The more points you scored in the table on the L or P column, the more the tendency to the corresponding type of thinking. Such a person tends to be unpredictable.
Integrated type of thinking. In such a person, both hemispheres work simultaneously and equally strongly. If you scored more points on one of the columns L and P than on the other, this means that, in principle, the corresponding type of thinking prevails in you, and in some cases this tendency may manifest itself - for example, when solving particularly difficult problems.
Regardless of what type of thinking prevails in you, you can learn other styles as well. As can be seen from the example of people with an integrated or mixed type of thinking, a person is able to use both logic and intuition equally effectively. If you tend to think logically about problems, try turning on your intuition. If you have a lot based on emotions and intuition, try to apply logical analysis.
Based on materials from "Omni" magazine (USA).
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Have you ever heard that all people are two categories - "artists" and "thinkers". What does it mean? And the fact that some people have the best developed right hemisphere of the brain, which provides imaginative thinking, while others have the left hemisphere, which is responsible for logical thinking. Of course, this theory has been subjected to scientific criticism many times, however, at the same time, the concept that the creative and logical beginning of a person directly depends on the predominance of the activity of the right or left hemispheres is firmly entrenched in the consciousness of a modern person. Some psychologists and neurophysiologists believe that which hemisphere works best is directly reflected in a person's abilities and character. Some scholars argue that developed right-brain thinking is of much greater value. Why? You will find the answer in our material.
About the work of two hemispheres
Researcher of the processes of intelligence and creativity Paul Torrance was among the first to pay attention to the peculiarities of the work of the hemispheres of the human brain. The scientist conducted an experiment, during which 4 types of thinking were established:
- left hemispheric thinking is one that is based on logic and analysis
- right-brain thinking - where the thought process is driven by emotions and images
- mixed thinking - where both the right and left hemispheres are equally active, each of which turns on at the right time
- integrated thinking - when right-brain and left-brain thinking work at the same time.
Torrance emphasized that there are no good or bad among the identified types of thinking: each has its own advantages and disadvantages. However, scientists have recently been attaching more and more importance to the development of precisely right-brain thinking.
How do you know which hemisphere is dominant?
You can find out which hemisphere dominates you with the help of special tests. And the easiest way to find out is to listen to yourself. If you rely on intuition when making decisions, trust your feelings and sensations, if you do not particularly strive for and manage human resources, if music can cause you experiences, and film - strong emotions, then you are dominated by the activity of the right hemisphere. If you like being a leader and organizer, it is not difficult for you to pronounce, you tend to analyze any problem, decomposing it into its components - you have a left-brain type of thinking.
Characteristics of Right Brain Thinking
A person with a predominantly right-brain thinking often uses an intuitive approach to solving life problems and professional problems. Such a person connects logic in situations of extreme necessity. For a right-brain person, high ideals and moral guidelines are of value, he is inclined to philosophize. The "artist" does not like it when someone controls him: he prefers to act on his own initiative. For a right-brain person, relationships with others are important. Such a person is able to give birth to unique ideas, to create something new, beautiful.
It must be said that the classical education system is built in such a way as to develop predominantly left-brain thinking, almost completely ignoring the development of right-brain skills. This is expressed in the fact that children and students are taught only to memorize and reproduce information within the curriculum, the maximum is to think logically, and very little attention is paid to the development of imaginative thinking, fantasy, intuition, creativity. Unfortunately, right-brain, creative thinking is not cultivated in traditional educational institutions and, as a result, students become ordinary "standard" adults. This approach significantly limits the process of personality development, makes it one-sided.
Why Develop Right Brain Thinking?
Many scientists have emphasized the special value of right-brain thinking. One of the founders of scientific pedagogy, German researcher Johann Friedrich Herbart noted that a bad teacher teaches the truth, and a good teacher teaches to find it. Neuroeducator Natalia Traugott said that "the educational system should be warned against left-brain training, as this educates people who will not be able to take real action in real situations." Professor TP Khrizman lamented that “the right hemispheres, the generators of ideas, are disappearing. The question is serious: the nation must be saved. "
"An experiment in pedagogy and psychology conducted by American, Swiss and Austrian scientists showed that schoolchildren began to excel significantly in all disciplines when the regular school curriculum was reduced by increasing the hours of music lessons."
Recently, the question of the intensive development of right hemispheric thinking has been actualized. For example, the ability to think figuratively and comprehensively, to quickly generate ideas are the most important skills of a modern top manager who often works in conditions of chaos and stress. The largest companies - banks, retailers, manufacturers - do not neglect the development of intuitive-sensory thinking of their employees, including the management team. Therefore, right brain thinking must be developed in order to succeed and improve the quality of life.
Exercises to activate the right hemisphere
"Recommendation. Intuition, internal imaginative vision, an integrated approach - all these manifestations of right-brain thinking can be developed. You can do this independently (using well-known techniques, Michael Mikalko, Julia Cameron, Merili Zdenek and others), or you can engage in intensive training of creativity in a group at a special training. "
Start your right hemisphere workout with simple exercises performed in pairs.
- Exercise "Images". Sit comfortably and close your eyes. Concentrate on your breathing: breathe deeply, calming down more and more with each breath and focusing on your own feelings. Breathe in and out easily, freely. Feel that you are warm, cozy, comfortable and you are breathing clean, fresh and cool air. So you calm down and tune in for a new activity. Now your partner will slowly read out the words that you need to feel, feel as realistic as possible. Focus on the content of the words. Say the words to yourself and imagine what you hear in your mind.
initially visual images: banana, river, forest, flower, bee, red, play, affectionate, tinkering, weaving.
Bodily images: stroking fur, melting snowflake, warm steam, walking on a soft carpet, hot water, sharp needle, fish scales, soft fluff.
And in the end - olfactory and tactile images: the aroma of a fresh rose, the smell of hay, the smell of pine needles, the taste of a freshly cut orange, a slice of chocolate, canapes with large red caviar.
- Exercise "Proverbs". Your exercise partner thinks of a well-known proverb or saying and tries to explain silently, non-verbally (only with the help of facial expressions and gestures) what he was thinking. You are guessing. Then you switch roles.
Good luck developing your right brain thinking! Your opinion: how is right-brain, intuitive-figurative thinking related to leadership?
It has long been known that the right and left hemispheres of the brain differ significantly from each other and perform different functions in the integrity of human thinking. Right-brain thinking is characterized by sensuality, abstract and spatial perception of the surrounding world. Also similar type of thinking called artistic or creative.
However, such an increase in writing, according to scientists, may be due to an obsessive tendency that causes artistic overexposure. However, not all Parkinson's patients show a push towards artistic production as a result of the drug-induced increase in drug substance, so the effects of dopamine on creativity are still unclear.
The thalamus plays an important role in the brain as it functions as a kind of brain filter that blurs information flowing into the cortex, which is responsible, among other things, for cognition and reasoning. Since then, psychologists have developed educational programs designed to promote creativity and ingenuity across many disciplines and in every student population.
The theory that right-brain thinking predominates in left-handers is fully supported by the fact that the brain is characterized by a crossover and the brain is responsible for coordinating the left side of the body.
The creative type of thinking is developed in every person, however, in the modern world, due to the high level of socialization, certain norms of behavior and upbringing, the right hemisphere is ultimately suppressed. It is most optimal for right-brain thinking to be in harmony with left-brain thinking, then the work of the brain becomes 5 times more efficient.
Creative thinking methods today are based on the ability to change the direction of thinking, create new ideas, change old patterns through processes that focus attention, transcend the limits of the current situation, and create new and different connections that make the mind always active.
Very often solving a problem takes effort, it is tedious because the confusion it creates in us can be strong and difficult to handle, one of the methods most often helpful in this case and breaking the problem is to focus on one aspect at a time. separating emotions from logic, creativity from the information we have. Learning to dwell on the problem and pause to give up free creative thinking is another opportunity, very often the best ideas come up the same way you stray from the problem.
People who have a pronounced dominance of the right hemisphere are characterized by a number of features:
- Difficult to organize, have no order in actions, do not know how to live according to the planned plan;
- Emotionally open people with whom it is easy to find a common language, but very unpredictable;
- They love to reflect, to philosophize;
- In life, spontaneity prevails, which can lead to problems with the allocation of time and the implementation of tasks on schedule;
- Any picture, task or idea is assessed as a whole, without delving into or analyzing the details;
- Their decisions and actions are based on emotions, feelings;
- Often there is a talent for some creative direction or for several at once;
- Rely on intuitive sensations rather than a logical assessment of the situation;
- They work well in teams, love a creative approach to work;
- They prefer modern trends in music;
- The work can be performed in any conditions (TV, music, conversations), but they are easily distracted and jump from one activity to another;
- Of the animals, cats are most loved.
In people with these characteristics, suppression of the left hemisphere is noted, and for more efficient brain function, attention should be paid to the development of logical thinking.
Likewise, learning to voluntarily focus is very helpful in developing divergent thinking, learning to stop at a particular subject that never existed, observing the details of a scene, landscape, showcase or image, develops our creativity, forces us to create new ideas or innovate in something. that already exists. Also, by making thinking impossible, contradictory and illogical things can be a shock to diverging thought and proposing ideas for new ideas. Going beyond the logical, rational, known, it can lead to something innovative, go in new directions that have never been studied before.
Why Develop a Right Brain Thinking Type?
The famous professor Chrysman noted that right-brain people are subject to disappearance, which is a threat to the nation, since they are the generators of ideas.
Development right brain thinking is of great importance in the modern business market, since it is it that is responsible for creativity. People who have achieved harmony in the work of both hemispheres come up with successful ideas that are unlike anyone else's, they can find extraordinary ways out of deplorable situations, and they know how to find connections between concepts. We recommend reading more about creative thinking and its development on our blog.
As for the most useful exercises for developing and realizing creativity, those who do not foresee the only correct decision are certainly the most useful, those exercises that leave the thought of being able to respond to a stimulus by following several paths. The ability to create new ideas rather than give up at the first opportunity to solve a problem is what is called openness, the ability to see things with different eyes, without letting go of the rigid thought patterns that they used for reason.
Some of these exercises are, for example, those that require the ability to find new uses for common objects or build designs from a representation of an abstract form, come up with a story from some of the words given, create random associations to prove that two objects, two words, two randomly captured images are similar or still describe hypothetical situations, for example, imagine what the world would be like if a person knew how to fly.
The development of the right hemispheric type of thinking allows:
- Significantly improve working conditions;
- Create and implement new successful development concepts;
- Achieve better results in a team thanks to an understanding of the individual characteristics of each of its members;
- Making interesting but informed decisions;
- Construction of operating schemes, which allows you to organize the work of the team as much as possible.
Activation of right-brain thinking will allow you to see the whole picture, and not individual details. It will be easier for a person to find a common language with the team, competitors, just people around them, which is undoubtedly important in the world of close contacts with each other.
Mind mapping is another useful exercise to facilitate creative thinking. Given the stimulus word, you will be asked to draw or write around it all words that are somehow related to the given word. For each term you find, you can expand the exercise by looking for more associations. This way you get your term mental map. This method is an important tool for perceiving a problem and allows us to immediately find the connection between a central idea and another that revolves around it.
How to develop right-brain thinking?
The modern learning system actively suppresses the right hemisphere of the brain by activating the left. To achieve harmony in imagery and consistency, the opposite action should be performed.
There are several effective specific yoga techniques aimed at stopping the left hemisphere and starting the right one. The effect is achieved by specially designed trainings based on knowledge of the functioning of the brain.
The perception of the problem, expressed through mental maps, allows for better organization of thoughts and facilitates the creative process. The fact that each person can create different concepts associated with a given word tells us how many intersubjective differences can exist and how much communication is a complex process, in fact, the ability to understand from your interlocutor is closely related to the ability to enter into his mental map. if this does not happen, there is a risk that what is understood is different from what needs to be expressed.
In order to achieve the development of the right hemispheric type of thinking without spending time and effort, it is enough to perform a few simple but effective exercises;
- Activation of imaginative thinking. To do this, you will need to take the most comfortable position, relax and close your eyes. The assistant will slowly read out the words that need to be presented most realistically to you. As a rule, they start with visual images of objects, for example, a table, a carpet, a rainbow. Then they go on to hearing, trying to reproduce the sound of rain, the growl of a tiger and many other images in their head. After that, they move on to tactile sensations, which include: stroking a cat's fur, touching ice, etc. Last of all, they proceed to smells and tastes, which also need to be presented as realistic as possible.
- Guessing proverbs. Famous expressions should be depicted without the help of words, only with gestures and facial expressions. The development of right-brain thinking with this exercise is noted in both participants.
- Painting. It has been experimentally proven that drawing lessons (some of which are purposefully designed to activate the right hemisphere of the brain) have a positive effect on imagery and improve creativity skills.
Listening to harmonious and beautiful music has a positive effect on right-brain thinking. In addition, all well-known composers undoubtedly possessed a dominant right-brain type of thinking.
There are many exercises that are useful for the development of a function that is useful for a person, since it allows him to overcome the limitations of his being, creative development is a journey that expands the knowledge and knowledge of everyone. Everything can be observed from different angles, everything is in the process of observing them.
Mass media and public communications. True knowledge of reading and reading begins with an understanding of the reading-brain relationship. My conclusion is that neither reading is a diminishing cultural practice, nor is it an increasingly inferior readership. Bulgaria suffers from an unpaid parental institution, from its passivity towards the formation of a basic reading culture among children. And the solution to the problem is to increase the literacy of the parent as a "reader creator."
You can develop right-brain thinking at any age, as well as train your mind. In addition, after graduation, when there are no factors suppressing this type of thinking, it is much easier to do this.
Surely everyone has heard that the right and left hemispheres of the brain share responsibilities - the left hemisphere solves logical problems, and the right one - creative. But perhaps not everyone has heard the consequence of all this, which concerns one of the creative pursuits - drawing. The features of our education system contribute primarily to the development of a logical component. As a result, the left hemisphere clearly dominates over the right and very often suppresses all his creative attempts.
Reading Window One of the most fruitful theories of reading comprehension is the so-called "window of opportunity" in a person. According to neurophysiological research, including the results of Professor Karl Staats, a dyslexic specialist at the University of Berkeley, California, at birth, the human brain has about 100 billion neurons, but the relationship between them is formed and strengthened by about 18 years, depending on the impact of information on the environment. ... During the first 10 years, there are several critical periods, called "windows", when the brain needs a certain type of accumulation of information in order for temporary connections to be permanent. The "window" for the development of the syntax of the language, as well as for the adoption of a second language, is most widely open until the 6th year.
And it is the right, creative hemisphere that is responsible for drawing skills. An important conclusion - almost anyone can learn to draw if he first learns to drown out the dominant left hemisphere and give free rein to the right.
Why is the left brain so bad at drawing tasks? Because it is used to thinking in cliches that have been embedded in us since childhood. It is these cliches that interfere with seeing the true essence of things, seeing them as they really are, and not as they appear to the left hemisphere. And that is why many people see the same thing in completely different ways.
From the 6th to the 10th year, mental abilities are formed, which offer and improve abstract thinking. The ability to "read minds" is formed in parallel with abstract thinking. The organization of brain structures under the influence of an external power source stops at the age of 18, when the brain is unloaded from unused links, discards free "highways" and concentrates its energy only on worked out routes or habits. Obviously, if a child does not develop a reading habit at age, he is lost to the reading community.
I read about all this in Betty Edwards' wonderful book "Discover the Artist in You", which I recommend reading both to those who want to learn how to draw and to those who already know how to do it. The book provides simple exercises that develop skills for activating the right hemisphere of the brain. The meaning of the exercises is simple - you need to perform actions with which the right hemisphere copes very well and for which the left hemisphere is absolutely not suitable, and then sooner or later the left hemisphere will give up and give the reins to the right. After such exercises, a person learns to switch to "right-sided" thinking at will.
It's not that a person can't learn to read for 50 or 80 years. But he will get a “reader”, not a reader. Prenatal Reading A question about the genealogy of the reader, which is still waiting for some definite answer from science, is when parents should start reading their child. The child-reader, although an “audio reader,” is still in the mother's belly. The fetus receives information in the womb. As long as she is in her mother's belly, she is ready to learn the sounding story. Naturally, this is not about perception, but about understanding.
Yet unborn, he becomes a habit of perceiving the specific rhythm of written sentences. This is why a mother-to-be must read aloud. It doesn't even have to be children's books, but read aloud what you read about yourself. However, to prove this, research on the relationship between lovers and uneducated children can be done, respectively, between mothers reading and not reading during pregnancy. Any pregnant woman who read something out loud could listen for reactions that sparked particular interest in her belly.
Here are some examples of such exercises. The point of the first exercise is to draw a mirrored copy of an existing image while simultaneously “tracing” the existing image (example in the book is “face-vase”, see illustration for this post).
Another example is drawing an upside-down image. Here we take any image we like, turn it over and try to draw, paying attention to individual details, without the visibility of the picture as a whole. That is, we try to just copy each line, without thinking about what exactly it is in the picture. The results are amazing - even people who seem to be completely unable to draw achieve an almost perfect result. This is what it means to get rid of clichés.
And then follow its development to understand that the child is indeed a reader. There is no native reader. It's overflowing with expletives to read. It was blocked from overbooking. There is a cult of the book. It is, of course, my personal belief that a pregnant student who enrolls in high-profile exam programs is a reliable and stable adult reader in her child. Man is synonymous with the reader. Obviously, the main responsibility for the future adherent or opponents of the practice of reading lies with the parents or teachers of the future great man.
The third example is the so-called "clean contour drawing". It consists in the methodical drawing of chaotic patterns without control over what comes out in the end. In practice, it is recommended to draw a wrinkle pattern on your own palm without looking at the paper. This method is considered one of the most effective.
When you start to think about the peculiarities of thinking of the left and right hemispheres, some things fall into place. For example, the left hemisphere of the brain is responsible for time control, so when immersed in creative activities (including drawing), a person loses control over time. Waking up from his occupation, a person may not believe that a whole three hours have passed since the beginning. Another example is speech, which is again the responsibility of the left hemisphere. A person who is busy with something creative may not hear what they are saying, but answer questions with an indistinct hum.
And if today we hear complaints about a decrease in the number of readers, this may mean that the quality of people is decreasing. A person is synonymous with a reader because reading has the highest mental demands. First of all, it stimulates language culture as it processes the word and enriches the plurality of words. Secondly, it activates the imagination and improves abstract thinking. And thirdly, reading develops emotions, since the written word is indispensable in large-scale descriptions of inner life, mental pictures, mental representations and concepts.
