These days, the tendency is to interpret these dichotomies of personality types in terms of what is known as the "split brain"—the bilateral sectioning of the human Neocortex—many of whose characteristics have been collected by researchers and are given in the table below.19
The Bilateral Properties Of The Brain |
Analytic | Holistic
Sequential | Simultaneous
Rational | Emotional
Linguistic | Nonverbal Ideation
Literal Meaning | Figurative Meaning
Denotation | Connotation
Abstract | Concrete
Focal | Peripheral
Temporal | Atemporal
Discriminating | Generalizing
Names | Face Recognition
Rhyming | Music
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