| Left Brain | Right Brain |
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| • Verbal, focusing on words, symbols, numbers | • Visual, focusing on images, patterns |
| •Analytical, led by logic | • Intuitive, led by feelings |
| • Process ideas sequentially, step by step | • Process ideas simultaneously |
| • Words used to remember things, remember names rather than faces | • 'Mind photos' used to remember things, writing things down or illustrating them helps you remember |
| • Make logical deductions from information | • Make lateral connections from information |
| • Work up to the whole step by step, focusing on details, information organised | • See the whole first, then the details |
| • Highly organised | • Organisation ends to be lacking |
| • Like making lists and planning | • Free association |
| • Likely to follow rules without questioning them | • Like to know why you're doing something or why rules exist (reasons) |
| • Good at keeping track of time | • No sense of time |
| • Spelling and mathematical formula easily memorised | • May have trouble with spelling and finding words to express yourself |
| • Enjoy observing | • Enjoy touching and feeling actual objects (sensory input) |
| • Plan ahead | • Trouble prioritising, so often late, impulsive |
| • Likely read an instruction manual before trying | • Unlikely to read instruction manual before trying |
| • Listen to what is being said | • Listen to how something is being said |
| • Rarely use gestures when talking | • Talk with your hands |
| • Likely to believe you're not creative, need to be willing to try and take risks to develop your potential | • Likely to think you're naturally creative, but need to apply yourself to develop your potential |