KEY POINTS:
Last year it was the dancing girl, now a simple colour recognition test is being touted as the key to figuring out whether you are primarily left- or right-brained.
The test, which recently appeared on Australian news site PerthNow, asks people to look at a graphic (right), where the names of colours are written. The catch is that each word is written in a different colour to that which it conveys.
Readers are asked to study the graphic and then read out the colour, not the word.
The difficulty in performing the task is down to the fact that while your right brain will try to say the colour, your left brain will be more inclined to say the word.
Aim to complete the test in less than a minute.
What type of brain do you have?
If you can complete this test easily then the right side of your brain is dominant.
If you find it hard you're a left brainer.
Once you've completed this test, click here for a more difficult, timed version.
LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
(anti-clockwise)
uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges appreciates
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe
RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
(clockwise)
uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (ie. meaning)
believes
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking
- NZ HERALD STAFF
