This was very interesting, and I will comment more later when I'm not using my phone to type but I am actually surprised that more women are not known for being left brain dominant.
Are you quite certain of your findings that most women should be left brained or is this a theory you have come up with?
If you have any sources that explain what you've written I'd love to read some.
LEFT BRAIN - RIGHT BRAIN
Hidden Talents--Brain 116 Men vs Women
A majority yes, but DayLightSun is dominant right brain.
Who talks more with words and language? Women do. When a woman tells a man "We need to talk" what does the man do? He tries to avoid it any way he can because he has not really developed his verbal and language skills and feels very uncomfortable to talk. Men are more stimulated by erotic images than women are and this part lies within the right brain function. Women are sexually stimulated by words and language which lies on the left brain function, I believe this to be true. Why true? It's the only clear logical explanation I have for women wanting to read Judith McNaught and Daniel Steele novels. :wink:
A woman is very detail oriented (left brain function), she will notice when things are out of place, if someone has changed their hairstyle, wore new jewelry, changed their clothing style, or noticed color changes. If a women dresses very different one day and asks a man "So do you notice anything different?" he will be confused or simply say "no" because most men will not be heavily detailed oriented. Men are less detailed oriented and they'll take 5 minutes to get ready to go out. This is probably the reason why women spend hours doing their hair, makeup, etc... because they are highly detailed oriented.
Philosophy is a right brain function, the greatest philosophers were men i.e. Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (I've never heard of any great women philosophers so if you know some let me know). Creativity, fantasy, and imagination rule the right side of the brain. The largest portion of the fantasy genre is dominantly male. These are the World of Warcraft players, Dungeons & Dragons, Ultima Online, Final Fantasy, Star Wars and Everquest. You could say Sci-fi is part of fantasy though but it does have the elements of imagination in them with a little bit of concrete science. Sci-fi stuff like Stargate SG-1/Atlantis, Star Trek TNG/DS9/Voyager, Battlestar Galactica, Farscape, Dr. Who and Quantum Leap have dominant male viewers.
Object Name VS Object Function
Women will know the objects name, men will know the objects function. I find this to be true when at a dinner table. My male friend would point and tell me "Pass me that" and of course I will look confused not knowing what the hell he wants (of course I'm probably guilty of this in my younger days also). And of course I would respond with "You mean the salt?" and he would respond "Yes, the salt." He only knows the function and will have difficult time naming the object, he only knows that it will make his food salty (salt), spicy (pepper), tangy/tarty/sour (mustard) or acidic/tarty/sour (ketchup). But I find when a women asks me she will most likely say "Can you pass me the salt/pepper?" instead of pointing at the object calling it "that." I believe this is related to word and language development.
Have you ever heard the difference between a man giving directions and a woman giving directions? If not then see how the man gives direction and then see how the woman gives directions.
Who's Better at Giving Directions, Men or Women? | Popular Science
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But to answer Knives question of "What is the practicaly application of finding out if you're right or left brain dominant?" To possibly answer or find if there is a correlation between being right or left brain hemisphere being an ENTJ or possibly a correlation difference between being a male ENTJ or a female ENTJ. We know that female ENTJ's are quite rare. But do remember that we are ENTJ's on the constant quest for knowledge and to understand things. Our analytical function lies on the left brain hemisphere while our intuition lies on the right brain hemisphere. As an ENTJ we use use logics and rationality and that is a left brain function. But we see things in a "big picture" and that is a right brain function. The holistic function of the right brain allows us to break the big pictures down to details to understand them provided that we have developed our detailed oriented side of the left brain. But as an ENTJ you may have difficulty seeing the details if you have not developed that function yet.
Dear Sigmund says she's balanced brain from the tests. She may have started left and developed her right functions and became balanced (it could be quite possible the other way around also). I was right and worked on left functions and ended up being balanced. What did I work on my left side? Well I improved my written and verbal skills, learn to pay attention to details and being objective. But what does it mean to be objective? It means we focus on the outcome or results when making a decision instead of focusing on our or someone else's feelings. Our decisions are impersonal. Since our
[T]hinking side is a left brain function and our i
[N]tuition is a right brain function it only leads me to believe that it is quite possible that ENTJ's are balanced brain as Sigmund and I are. But if she were to take the multiple intelligence test I think she would score quite high. Why do I believe this? Because Leonardo Da Vinci is balanced brain and excelled in quite a bit of subjects which leads me to believe why I scored high on a multiple intelligence test by MyPersonality.info. But typically I score +-1% to 2% on either hemispheres i.e. Left brain 52% Right brain 48%.
I think this subject is quite complex because it contains a lot of elements and plenty of external forces that shape our brain and the way we think. It is quite possible for a woman to think like a man and for a man to think like a woman. Kind of scary though, I scored 25% being a woman's brain and got 9 out of 10 for looking at eyes and figuring out people's emotions (something a woman is able to do). Perhaps in the future when I get the chance to finish reading about Ned Hermann's 4 brain quadrants we could discuss this more. The brain is a powerful and complex piece of machinery. But to reach the point of equilibrium in the brain the ENTJ must continue learning, improving, and understanding.
Quite interesting Male/Female Brain Test here:
BBC - Science & Nature - Sex ID
