Ink Blot Test - The Rorschach Test

A persons personality when identified and understood could tell you a lot about that individual and the possible direction their cognitive functioning (thinking). In a more ideal situation this could be an assistive  measure in identifying and changing the way we view things.

There are a number of tests available online, one in particular is the Ink-Blot Test also know as the Rorschach Test. 

How does it work?

The test-takers perceptions of inkblots are recorded and then analyzed using a complex algorithms to identify key personality trait or abnormalities in personality.

Take Ink-Blot Test - Site One

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For more information check out:

>> Rorschach Inkblot Test-Psychcentral

>> Rorschach.org

Are you Right or Left-Brained? Find Out!!

Did you know it is possible to identify which side of your brain is most dominant? Well it is! 

Neuroscientists tell us that the brain has a right hemisphere and a left hemisphere. What we know is there are different parts of our brain. that control different functions in our body and also in our cognition (the way we think). 

 PARTS OF THE BRAIN FIG.  1.1

 

It is important to remember the lobes run both sides of the brain and are not separated to either side where one lobe is on one side...

If you would split the brain right down the middle into two symmetrical, or equal parts, you would have a right and left hemisphere. Although equal in size, these two sides are not the same, and do not carry out the same functions. (see Figure 1.1) 

 

The Left side

 Functions: Responsible for control of the right side of the body, and is the more academic and logical side of the brain.

The Right side

 Functions: Responsible for control of the left side of the body, and is the more artistic and creative side of the brain 

FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAIN FIG. 1.2

 

Which side of your brain is more dominant? The 30-Second Brain Test 

 

 

Lack of sleep can damage your brain

Most people say children's brains grow when they sleep, but as adults we need sleep for different reasons. Researchers have long known that lack of sleep can be bad for your health, affecting everything from immune function to cognitive acuity.

The components of the brain that carry information to Long-term memory turn off while sleeping. For the same reason, dreams quickly fade out after you wake up. Although you may have quite a few dreams in a night, they aren’t being memorialized into Long-term memory. Normally only the fragments of a dream left in Short-term memory have a possibility to be converted after you wake up.

According to studies the record for the longest time for someone to go without sleep is 18 days, 21 hours and 40minutes. The individual who participated reported hallucination, paranoia, blurred vision, slurred speech, memory and concentration lapses.

Getting too little sleep creates a "sleep debt," which is much like being overdrawn at a bank. Eventually, your body will demand that the debt be repaid.

Sooner or later your body will just shut down, without your control. Remember Nightmare on Elm Street? How the characters bodies shut down without them knowing they were asleep.

Source: Facts to Demystify the Brain

Lack of sleep and the brain