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Right brain/left brain?

Antimony

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1. Clasp your hands.
2. Observe which thumb is on top.
3. Post what your scientific findings are.

I want to find out the meaning of right hand vs. left hand. Not in writing, but there is either something or nothing to how you clasp your hands together. Any ideas what this may be? I am right handed, but my left thumb goes over my right.

Next question: which types are prone to being right brained and which left brained? I would say left for NTs, but I am great at that creative stuff.
 

Walking Tourist

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My right thumb goes over my left.
I am somewhat right handed but am fairly adept with both hands.
 

teslashock

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My left thumb is on top. What does that mean now?

Oh and if I had to make a gander:

NTJs: Left
ENTPs: Either (but usually left)
INTPs: Left (or maybe either?)
NFPs: Right
SFPs: Right
STPs: Either
SFJs: Either
STJs: Left
NFJs: Either
 

Jon Snow

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..Whats clasping is it like intertwining your fingers? If so then yeah my right thumb is over my left, im right handed, but i dont think NTs are Left brained, id say NPs in general are pretty right brained
 

King sns

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My left thumb goes over the top. I am a left handed writer but use my right hand for many other things. Some activities I can use both.
 

JocktheMotie

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Left thumb on top. Left eye dominant. Right handed. Can see the dancer spinning both ways... :wacko:
 
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Phantonym

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Right-handed. Right thumb over left. In the dancer test I always start out with anti-clockwise but I can easily switch it either way. Other tests have given me both left and right brain results. Mostly 50-50.
 

Jon Snow

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Clasp hands - right thumb on top.

Using this: Right Brain v Left Brain | Herald Sun
I get right-brained, but when I concentrate can get left. My NF mum is left, as is my EFP brother. ENTP grandfather is right.

I just see it spinning wildly clockwise, i cant even make it spin counter-clockwise, logical thinker failing at using logical brain side

Edit: oh hey i did it, i just starred at the middle of the picture really hard then at some point her arms started making no sense and she was spinning the other way
 

Oeufa

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I just see it spinning wildly clockwise, i cant even make it spin counter-clockwise, logical thinker failing at using logical brain side

Watching the shadow beneath her feet works for me, or doing calculations in my head quickly.
 

King sns

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I can only see her spinning counter clockwise. I always test right brained on those little things or balanced. But in this case, I can't see her going clockwise at all. I tried looking at her feet, the shadow, everything. Can't change it!
 

Eckhart

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I am right-handed. My left thumb is at top, it feels somehow strange for me to put it the other way around intentionally. Does this mean now left-brained or right-brained?

On the dancer I first saw it clock-wise, but after some time I could easily switch between both sides.
 

Thalassa

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I have the left thumb on top thing too.
 

Andy

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Right thumb. Many years ago, I read in a school biology text book that this was a genetic trait, with left on top being the dominant trait. I cannot say if this information is accurate.
 

nightning

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left thumb on top
balance left/right brain

Not sure how thumb on top correlates to much...
 

The Outsider

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Left thumb on top.

Feels unnatural the other way around.
 

tinkerbell

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right over left
(I've got by lateral function... right eyed right handed - or something like that- see there is a good reason I'm dyslexic, my brain is screwed)
 

Lux

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Left thumb on top.
Right handed.
I can see the dancer spin both ways with no problem.
 
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