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[matthefantastic]

DisorderRatingParanoid:ModerateSchizoid:ModerateSchizotypal:LowAntisocial:LowBorderline:LowHistrionic:LowNarcissistic:ModerateAvoidant:LowDependent:LowObsessive-Compulsive:Low
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It changes every time don't it :P

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[jack_of_lantern]

Heh. It rates me high on the schizotypal dimension. How surprising is that? :-)

[matthefantastic]

Ooo you have magical powers ?! :)

[jack_of_lantern]

No, but I am a mixture of left-hand and right-hand dominance (which hand I write with is largely a matter of mood), which apparently has a high correlation with schizotypal personality types.

[matthefantastic]

That would suggest your neither right/left brain dominant ?

[jack_of_lantern]

Probably. I've always thrown balls and batted and stuff like that with my left hand. I originally learned to write with my right; I started writing with my left my senior year undergraduate. I think I originally brushed my teeth right-handed; nowadays I do it left-handed. But it does seem to come down to a task-by-task division of labour: so if I'm stirring cake batter, say, I'll typically do that with my right hand.

If I'm in an upbeat mood, or more alert, I'm likelier to write with my left hand. If I'm feeling depressed or tired, I'm likelier to write with my right.

[matthefantastic]

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS (right hand)

uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe

RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS (left hand)

uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking

[jack_of_lantern]

These are all a bit general as categories go, of course, and I'm not sure how much risk taking is really a right-brain function. But it probably does say something that I gravitate toward a number of items in both lists: so on the one hand I'm good with math and I love logic; on the other, for some things I can be quite visual. Oh, and I have an active fantasy life. :-) I'm good with the really fine details and the big picture; it's the stuff in the middle that tends to leave me a bit lost....