| The Brain-wiring Test 
 There are no right or wrong answers, it's only about preference really.
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			|  | Are you:   female   or    male | 
		
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			| 1. | When it comes to reading a map or street directory you: | 
		
			|  |  | have difficulties and often ask for help | 
		
			|  |  | turn it around to face the direction you're going | 
		
			|  |  | have no difficulties | 
		
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			| 2. | You're cooking a complicated meal with the radio playing and a friend phones. Do You: | 
		
			|  |  | leave the radio on and continue cooking while talking on the phone | 
		
			|  |  | turn the radio off, talk and keep cooking | 
		
			|  |  | say you'll call back as soon as you've finished cooking | 
		
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			| 3. | Friends are coming to visit you and ask for directions to your new house. Do you: | 
		
			|  |  | draw a map with clear directions and send it to them or do you get someone else to explain to them how to get there | 
		
			|  |  | ask what kandmarks they know and then try to explain to them how to get there | 
		
			|  |  | explain verbally how to get there: "Take the M3 to Newcastle, turn off, turn left, go to the second traffic lights ..." | 
		
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			| 4. | When explaining an idea or concept, are you more likely to: | 
		
			|  |  | use a pencil, paper and body language and gestures | 
		
			|  |  | explain it verbally using body language and gestures | 
		
			|  |  | explain it verbally, being clear and concise | 
		
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			| 5. | When coming home from a great movie, you prefer to: | 
		
			|  |  | picture scenes from the movie in your mind | 
		
			|  |  | talk about the scenes and what was said | 
		
			|  |  | quote mainly what was said in the movie | 
		
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			| 6. | In a cinema, you prefer to sit: | 
		
			|  |  | on the right side | 
		
			|  |  | anywhere | 
		
			|  |  | on the left side | 
		
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			| 7. | A friend has something mechanical that won't work. You would: | 
		
			|  |  | sympathise and discuss how they feel about it | 
		
			|  |  | recommend someone reliable who can fix it | 
		
			|  |  | figure out how it works and attempt to fix it for them | 
		
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			| 8. | You're in an unfamiliar place and someone asks you where North is. You: | 
		
			|  |  | confess you don't know | 
		
			|  |  | guess where it is after a bit of thought | 
		
			|  |  | point towards North without difficulties | 
		
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			| 9. | You've found a parking space but it's tight and you must reverse into it. You would: | 
		
			|  |  | rather try to find another space | 
		
			|  |  | carefully attempt to back into it | 
		
			|  |  | reverse into it without difficulties | 
		
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			| 10. | You are watching TV when the telephone rings. You would: | 
		
			|  |  | answer the phone with the TV on | 
		
			|  |  | turn the TV down, then answer | 
		
			|  |  | turn the TV off, tell the others to be quiet and then answer the phone | 
		
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			| 11. | You've heard a new song by your favourite artist. Usually you: | 
		
			|  |  | can sing some of the song afterwards without difficulties | 
		
			|  |  | can sing some of it afterwards if it's a really simple song | 
		
			|  |  | find it hard to remember how the song sounded but you might recall some words | 
		
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			| 12. | You are best at predicting outcomes by: | 
		
			|  |  | using intuition | 
		
			|  |  | making a decision based on both available information and 'gut feeling' | 
		
			|  |  | using facts, statistics and data | 
		
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			| 13. | You've misplaced your keys. Would you: | 
		
			|  |  | do something else until the answer comes to you | 
		
			|  |  | do something else, but keep trying to remember where you put them | 
		
			|  |  | mentally retrace your steps until you remember where you left them | 
		
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			| 14. | You're in a hotel room and you hear the distant sound of a siren. You: | 
		
			|  |  | couldn't identiffy where it's coming from | 
		
			|  |  | could probably point to it if you concentrate | 
		
			|  |  | could point straight to where it's coming from | 
		
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			| 15. | You go to a social meeting and are introduced to seven or eight new people. The next day you: | 
		
			|  |  | can easily picture their faces | 
		
			|  |  | would remeber a few of their faces | 
		
			|  |  | would be more likely to remember their names | 
		
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			| 16. | You want to go to the country for your holiday but your partner wants to go to a beach resort. To convince them your idea is better, you: | 
		
			|  |  | tell them sweetly how you feel: you love the countryside and the kids and families always have fun there | 
		
			|  |  | tell them if they went to the countryside this time you'll be grateful an will be happy to go to the beach next time | 
		
			|  |  | use the facts: the country resort is closer, cheaper, and well organized for sporting and leisure activities | 
		
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			| 17. | When planning your day's activities, you usually: | 
		
			|  |  | write a list so you can see what needs to bee done | 
		
			|  |  | think of the things you need to do | 
		
			|  |  | picture in your mind the people you will see, places you will visit and things you'll be doing | 
		
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			| 18. | A friend has a personal problem and has come to discuss it with you. You: | 
		
			|  |  | are sympathetic and understanding | 
		
			|  |  | say that problems are never as bad as they seem and explain why | 
		
			|  |  | give suggestions or rational advice on how to solve the problem | 
		
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			| 19. | Two friends from different marriages are having a secret affair. How likely are you to spot it? | 
		
			|  |  | you could spot it very clearly | 
		
			|  |  | you'd pick up on it half of the times | 
		
			|  |  | you'd probably miss it | 
		
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			| 20. | What is life all about, as you see it? | 
		
			|  |  | having friends and living in harmony with those around you | 
		
			|  |  | being friendly to others while maintaining personal independence | 
		
			|  |  | achiving worthwhile goals, earning others' respect and winning prestige and advancement | 
		
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			| 21. | Given the choice, you would prefer to work: | 
		
			|  |  | in a team where people are compatible | 
		
			|  |  | around others but maintaining your own space | 
		
			|  |  | by yourself | 
		
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			| 22. | The books you prefer to read are: | 
		
			|  |  | novels and fiction | 
		
			|  |  | magazines and newspapers | 
		
			|  |  | non-fiction, autobiographies | 
		
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			| 23. | When you go shopping you tend to: | 
		
			|  |  | often buy on impulse, particularly the specials | 
		
			|  |  | have a general plan but take it as it comes | 
		
			|  |  | read the labels and compare costs | 
		
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			| 24. | You prefer to go to bed, get up and eat meals: | 
		
			|  |  | whenever you feel like it | 
		
			|  |  | on a basic scheddule but you are flexible | 
		
			|  |  | at about the same time every day | 
		
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			| 25. | You've started a new job and met lots of new people on the staff. One of them phones you at your home. You would: | 
		
			|  |  | find it easy to recognise their voice | 
		
			|  |  | recognise it aboult half of the times | 
		
			|  |  | have difficulties identifying the voice | 
		
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			| 26. | What upsets you most when arguing with someone? | 
		
			|  |  | their silence or lack of response | 
		
			|  |  | when they won't see your point of view | 
		
			|  |  | their probing or challanging questions and comments | 
		
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			| 27. | In school how did you feel about spelling tests and writing essays? | 
		
			|  |  | you found them both fairly easy | 
		
			|  |  | you were generally OK with one but not the other | 
		
			|  |  | you weren't very goot at either of them | 
		
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			| 28. | When it comes to dancing or jazz routines, you: | 
		
			|  |  | can 'feel' the music once you've learned the steps | 
		
			|  |  | can do some excercises and steps, but get lost with others | 
		
			|  |  | have difficulty keeping the time and rhythm | 
		
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			| 29. | How good are you at identifying and mimicking animal sounds? | 
		
			|  |  | not very good | 
		
			|  |  | reasonable | 
		
			|  |  | very good | 
		
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			| 30. | At the end of a long day, you usually prefer to: | 
		
			|  |  | talk to friends or family about your day | 
		
			|  |  | listen to others talk about their day | 
		
			|  |  | read a paper, watch TV and not talk | 
		
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