When following directions, would you rather go north for three miles, then turn west and drive for another 2.2 miles. Or, would you prefer to go right and drive until you get to Starbucks, turn left at the next set of lights and go up the hill until you see the big purple house with the swing-set in the front yard? If you said the second, then you 're definitely heading towards the right brain.

The Brain

A three pound marvel; the brain is a jelly-like mass comprising approximately 100 billion nerve cells (neurons). It is the control center for our lives. The brain is divided into two complete halves; the right and the left hemispheres. These halves are closely connected to each other by the corpus callosum, a wide band of nerve fibers. The right hemisphere generally controls much of our left side and vice versa, but there is much more to it than just that.

Right Brain Characteristics

Meet Jane – her right hemisphere is her dominant side. She is more creative than most of her left-brain friends and that could be why Jane excels at music and art. She often bases her decisions on gut-instinct rather than facts and tends to be rather impetuous. That could account for the 78 pairs of shoes in Jane's closet. When Jane was in high school she found it much easier to learn from visual and hands-on teaching, and she preferred essay-style tests rather than short answer or multiple choice.