Left or Right...

I have wondered for years if there is a correlation between atheism and left or right hemispherical dominance in the brain. I am right brained, (and left handed) 11/5. You can take the test yourself to determine your dominant side.

http://www.intelliscript.net/test_area/questionnaire/questionnaire....

I know the right brain is visually, emotionally, and creatively motivated and the left is logical, systematic, and mathamatical. I would like to know if there is a predominance of one side over the other in atheism.

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Permalink Reply by Nate on September 12, 2009 at 1:47pm
Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz
The higher of these two numbers below indicates which side of your brain has dominance in your life. Realising your right brain/left brain tendancy will help you interact with and to understand others.
Left Brain Dominance: 11(11)
Right Brain Dominance: 13(13)
Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz

I guess that means I'm relatively "balanced"?
Permalink Reply by Louis on September 12, 2009 at 1:50pm
It's actually the other way around. The right brain is creative, the left is calculated. Also, I am left brained.
Permalink Reply by Scott on September 12, 2009 at 2:00pm
Oops! I typed that wrong!! There I go, being right brained and impulsive! Now I feel stupid!
Permalink Reply by Scott on September 12, 2009 at 2:04pm
There, I fixed it! Thanks for pointing out my mistake Jack! That was a very calculated and timely response! LOL
Permalink Reply by Sonny Mobley on September 12, 2009 at 2:40pm
Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz
The higher of these two numbers below indicates which side of your brain has dominance in your life. Realising your right brain/left brain tendancy will help you interact with and to understand others.
Left Brain Dominance: 6(6)
Right Brain Dominance: 10(10)
Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz


Hrm.
Permalink Reply by Goz on September 12, 2009 at 4:07pm
Here I am.
I'm also left handed,artistic and a musician.

Left Brain Dominance: 4(4)
Right Brain Dominance: 13(13)
Permalink Reply by Scott on September 12, 2009 at 5:20pm
Wow! You may be more impulsive than I am! LOL!
Permalink Reply by Chrys Stevenson on September 12, 2009 at 4:17pm
Interesting!

I scored 10/10 - exactly the same for both hemispheres.

Why this is so interesting is that I write with my left hand, play guitar and recorder with my left hand, but do everything else with my right hand. I can paint with both hands.

I believe I was probably ambidextrous as a child, until a teacher tried to force me to use my right hand by hitting me across the head with a Bible. I dug my heels in and then refused to write with my right hand at all.
Permalink Reply by Scott on September 12, 2009 at 5:25pm
It is probably the teachers fault that you ended up so evenly balanced! Ha! Ambidexterity is an advantage of course, in event of an injury.

I suppose there would be more left handed people if it were not for society , in the past, trying to force conformity by us southpaws! It was not only practiced by educators. The manufacturing sector definitely tailor makes products for right handers. Look at scissors!
Permalink Reply by Jaume on September 12, 2009 at 5:54pm
Ambidextrous people should really be called ambisenestrous. Only a tiny percentage are as dextrous with both hands than anyone else usually are with their main hand.
Permalink Reply by Goz on February 16, 2010 at 9:21am
In third grade a teacher tried to force me to be right handed,I told my mother...She went to the school for a little talk.
She left me alone after that.

I play the hammer dulcimer left handed,the mandolin right handed.
I write,work a mouse,etc. left handed. I never reversed the buttons on the mouse though.
Permalink Reply by Prog Rock Girl on February 22, 2010 at 8:10pm
I used to try to become ambidextrous by writing some things with my left hand.

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