Right brained or left brained thinking?

[LJ-Bain]

Have you ever done one of those tests that tells you which side of your brain is more dominant in the way you process information?
For instance, a right brained person is supposedly more creative and a left brained person is more logical.
I have a question...if you know that you have left or right sided, let's say temporal epilepsy then does the side you think with correspond with your epilepsy? Or has your brain started lean on the other side more? Or perhaps do you think more with the side that has the seizures since that side gets so "excited" and perhaps has more synapses than the other side?
Does this question even make sense?
I love all those psychological personality tests like Briggs Myers, Jung, Enneagrams, and What colour is your parachute yada yada yada. I'm flaky that way.

 

[BIGMAN131307]

Have you ever done one of those tests that tells you which side of your brain is more dominant in the way you process information?
For instance, a right brained person is supposedly more creative and a left brained person is more logical.

Yes, I took a basic it one in General Psychology class I took in college. The results came out like I expected I used both sides about equal.

I have a question...if you know that you have left or right sided, let's say temporal epilepsy then does the side you think with correspond with your epilepsy? Or has your brain started lean on the other side more? Or perhaps do you think more with the side that has the seizures since that side gets so "excited" and perhaps has more synapses than the other side?

I believe it's both. Everyone's brain is wired to work a certain way. IE: If your right side is dominate it will remain dominate. But if you have right temporal lobe epilepsy, your left side will learn to compensate. It will pick up the slack the right side can't do anymore.

Does this question even make sense?
I love all those psychological personality tests like Briggs Myers, Jung, Enneagrams, and What colour is your parachute yada yada yada. I'm flaky that way.

Yes, so do I. I want to take a full test to learn how crazy I really am.

I don't care what color the parachute is, as long as the damn thing opens when I need it.

 

[RunningGirl85]

I haven't taken a test in awhile, and I don't really remember the results. However, I've always been pretty creative - mostly in music and writing (though I've heard writing is also a left brain function, depending on the type of writing). Interestingly, as I've gotten older left brain functions have gotten easier for me, and that is where my epilepsy most likely takes place (we still don't have exact results on that, but maybe it IS right side - but the left is where all of my symptoms reflect)

 

[Nakamova]

Might find these interesting:
http://www.coping-with-epilepsy.com/forums/f21/right-brain-vs-left-brain-1425/
http://www.coping-with-epilepsy.com/forums/f21/left-brain-right-brain-6399/

I think of myself as weak in spacial orientation and math, stronger in language and some kinds of visual thinking. So I guess I'm more traditionally right-brained. But the distinction has been getting fuzzier and fuzzier. Most functions seem to use both sides, though not necessarily in identical ways (See http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog...rain-right-brain-myth-will-probably-never-die).