Cognitive DiversityJuly 2014

Guy Nasmythi

Paul MacLean’s Triune Brain

Sperry’s left/right hemisphere model

E =

I =

A =

G =

F =

D =

C =

B =

H =

FOUR THINKING STRUCTURES

CEREBRAL

LIMBIC

RIGHTLEFT

BRAIN DOMINANCE

THE ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE

PHYSIOLOGY

THE BRAIN

METAPHOR

THE WHOLE BRAIN

MODEL

ARCHITECTURE

THE ORGANIZING

PRINCIPLE

DA

B C

LOGICALANALYTICALFACT-BASED

QUANTITATIVE

ORGANIZEDSEQUENTIAL

PLANNEDDETAILED

HOLISTICINTUITIVEINTEGRATINGSYNTHESIZING

INTERPERSONALFEELING-BASEDKINESTHETICEMOTIONAL

D

Upper RightAUpper

Lef

t

BLower Left

C

Lower

Righ

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Rig

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Mo

de

Th

ink

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Pro

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ses

Le

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Pro

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ses

Upper Mode Thinking Processes

Lower Mode Thinking Processes

WHOLE BRAIN THINKING MODEL

EXPERIMENTALSELF

SAFEKEEPINGSELF

FEELINGSELF

RATIONALSELF

A

B C

DLOGICAL

ANALYTIC

OUR FOURDIFFERENT SELVES

PLAYFULIMAGINATIVE

ORGANIZERPLANNER

EXPRESSIVEEMOTIONAL

PROCESSING MODES

Cognitive / Intellectual

Visceral / Instinctual

IntuitiveRealistic

Lower LeftB

ControlledConservativePlannerOrganizationalAdministrative

AUpper LeftLogicalAnalyzerMathematicalTechnicalProblem solver

Lower RightC

InterpersonalEmotionalMusicalSpiritualTalker

DUpper rightImaginativeSynthesizerArtisticHolisticConceptualizer

QuantifyingAnalyzingTheorizing

Logically processing

QuantifyingAnalyzingTheorizing

Logically processing

OrganizingSequencingEvaluatingPracticing

OrganizingSequencingEvaluatingPracticing

ExploringDiscovering

ConceptualizingSynthesizing

ExploringDiscovering

ConceptualizingSynthesizing

SharingInternalizing

Moving & FeelingInvolving

SharingInternalizing

Moving & FeelingInvolving

INTERESTMOTIVATION

PASSION

INTERESTMOTIVATION

PASSION

A

B C

DUPPER LEFT

LOWER LEFT LOWER RIGHT

UPPER RIGHT

PREFERRED LEARNING STYLES

VISUALIZATIONIMAGINATION

CONCEPTUALIZATION

VISUALIZATIONIMAGINATION

CONCEPTUALIZATION

LOGICAL THINKINGANALYSIS OF FACTS

PROCESSING NUMBERS

LOGICAL THINKINGANALYSIS OF FACTS

PROCESSING NUMBERS

PLANNING APPROACHORGANIZING FACTSDETAILED REVIEW

PLANNING APPROACHORGANIZING FACTSDETAILED REVIEW

GUT REACTIONSENSORY RESPONSE

INTERPERSONAL

GUT REACTIONSENSORY RESPONSE

INTERPERSONAL

A

B C

D

PREPARATION / INCUBATION / ILLUMINATION / VERIFICATION

PREPARATION&

VERIFICATION

INCUBATION&

ILLUMINATION

WHOLE BRAIN CREATIVITY & INNOVATION

ITERATIVE MODEL

LogicalRational

QuantitativeTheoretical

LogicalRational

QuantitativeTheoretical

OrganizedSequentialProceduralMethodical

OrganizedSequentialProceduralMethodical

VisualConceptual

SimultaneousExperimental

VisualConceptual

SimultaneousExperimental

EmotionalExpressive

InterpersonalKinesthetic

EmotionalExpressive

InterpersonalKinesthetic

A

B C

D

RIGHTLEFT

UPPER

LOWER

experien

tialco

ncr

ete

intellectual

instinctual

OPEN MINDED

FEELING-B

ASEDCONTROLLED

FACT-

BASED

No

n-V

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al

WHOLE BRAIN TEACHING & LEARNING MODEL

Herrmann Brain Dominance Profile Average Thinking Styles

for Males & Females

Lower Left

B

Planner ControlledConservativeOrganizationalAdministrative

AUpper Left

Problem solverMathematicalTechnicalAnalyzer Logical

Lower Right

C

TalkerMusicalSpiritual

EmotionalInterpersonal

DUpper right

ConceptualizerImaginativeSynthesizer

ArtisticHolistic

Males:292,576

Females:215,730

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N=508,306

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6050

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MEDIC

AL

ADMINISTRATION

NURSES

PSYCHIATRISTS

Herrmann Brain Dominance Profile SAMPLE OCCUPATIONAL PROFILES

Hospital example

Lower LeftB

ControlledConservativePlannerOrganizationalAdministrative

AUpper Left

LogicalAnalyzerMathematicalTechnicalProblem solver

Lower RightC

InterpersonalEmotionalMusicalSpiritualTalker

DUpper right

ImaginativeSynthesizerArtisticHolisticConceptualizer

Herrmann Brain Dominance InstrumentSELECTED OCCUPATIONAL NORMS

SCIENTIFIC

"TROUBLESHOOTERS"

TECHNICAL

FINANCIAL

ARTISTIC

ENTREPRENEURIAL

LEGAL

MANAGERIAL

ADMINISTRATOR

SUPERVISORY

DEVELOPMENTAL

EXPRESSIVE

FACILITATIVE

SOCIAL

CUSTOMER SERVICE

SUPPORTIVE

"MULTIDOMINANT

MULTI TASKING

THINGS THAT WE ARE

DOING THAT WORK WELL,

SUCH AS TEACHING, MANAGING,

COMMUNICATING AND CREATING

ARE LIKELY, WHEN DIAGNOSED

TO BE WHOLE BRAINED.