1. Left and Right Brain

2. Left Brain • Process information in a linear manner. • List makers • Good spellers • Work in the linear and sequential processing of math and following directions • Have no trouble expressing themselves in words

3. Left Brain • Persons of the left brain deal with things the way they are-with reality. • When affected by the environment, left brain people usually adjust to it easily. • Left brained people want to know the rules and follow them. • If there are no rules for situations, they will probably make up rules to follow.

4. Left Brain Characteristics • Rational • Respond to verbal instructions • Controlled, systematic experiments • Problem solves logically and sequentially looking at the parts of things • Makes objective judgments • Looks at differences • Is planned and structured • Prefers established, certain information.

5. Left Brain Characteristics • Analytic reader • Primary reliance on language in thinking and remembering • Prefers talking and writing • Prefers multiple choice test • Controls feelings • Prefers hierarchical authority structures • Talks, and talks, and talks • Sees cause and effect • Draws on previously accumulated, organized information.

6. Right Brain • Process from a whole to a part, holistically. • Given the big picture first. • Random. • Color sensitive • Concrete. • See words in context • Hands on activities • Intuition

7. Right Brain • Right brained people may know what they mean but often have trouble finding the right words. • Right brain individuals need to back up everything visually. • When giving directions, they use their hands and give names of places along the way verses hard north, south, east, west. • Creative

8. Right Brain Characteristics • Intuitive • Responds to demonstrated instructions • Open-ended, random experiments • Problem solves with hunches, looking for patterns • Makes subjective judgments • Looks at similarities • Is fluid and spontaneous • Prefers elusive, uncertain information

9. Right Brain Characteristics • Synthesizing • Primary reliance on images in thinking and remembering • Prefers drawing and manipulating objects • Prefers open-ended questions • Free with feelings • Essentially self-acting • Prefers participative authority