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[spudtater]

Your personal brain score:	Female <- 50 <- ^ -> 50 -> Male
Average score for MEN who've taken this survey:	Female <- 50 <- 0 -> ^  -> Male
Average score for WOMEN who've taken this survey:	Female <- ^  <- 0 -> 50 -> Male

Part 1

Angles

This task tested your ability to identify the angle of a line by matching it with its twin. This is a spatial task, which looks at how you picture space.
Your score: 12 out of 20
Average score for men: 16.4
Average score for women: 14.7

What does your result suggest?
If you scored 0 - 12: You have more of a female brain. Scientists believe that people with a female brain find it more difficult to judge the slope of a line because they're not wired for spatial tasks. In past studies, 65 per cent of people who scored in this range were women.

Spot the difference

This task tested your ability to identify which objects changed position
Your score: 43%
Average score for men: 42%
Average score for women: 57%

What does your score suggest?
If you scored between 34 - 66%: You may have a balanced female-male brain.

Part 2

Hands

You said your LEFT thumb was on top when you clasped your hands together.

Left thumb on top: This suggests the right half of your brain is dominant. Some studies theorise that as a right brain dominant person, you may excel in visual, spatial and intuitive processes.
However, these theories are debatable and leave much to be said about the small percentage of people who are ambidextrous.

Part 3

Emotions and Systems

This task looked at whether you prefer to empathise or systemise.

Empathy
Your empathy score is: 2 out of 20
Average score for men: 4 - 12
Average score for women: 8 - 15

What does your result suggest?
Empathisers are better at accurately judging other people's emotions and responding appropriately. If you scored 15 and above, you are very empathic and would be an ideal person to comfort people in a time of crisis. Women in general are better at empathising.

Systemising
Your systemising score is: 16 out of 20
Average score for men: 8 - 16
Average score for women: 3 - 12

What does your result suggest?
Systemisers prefer to investigate how systems work. A system can be a road map, flat pack furniture, or a mathematical equation, anything that follows a set of rules. A score of 15 and above suggests you're good at analysing or building systems. Men in general are better at systemising.

Eyes

This task tested your ability to judge people's emotions.
Your score: 7 out of 10
Average score: 6 - 9

What does your result suggest?
If you scored 7 - 10: Your result suggests you are a good empathiser, sensitive to other people's emotions. Women generally fall into this category.

Part 4

Fingers

We asked for the measurements of your ring and index finger. Your ratio came to:
Right Hand: 1.02
Left Hand: 1.03

Average ratio for men: .96
Average ratio for women: 1.00

It's thought that your ratio is governed by the amount of testosterone you were exposed to in your mother's womb. The ratio of the length of your index finger to the length of your ring finger is set for life by as early as three months after conception. Even during puberty, when we experience intensive hormonal changes, the ratio stays the same.

Men generally have a ring finger that is longer than their index finger, which gives them a lower ratio than women, whose ring and index fingers are usually of equal length.

Studies have found that men and women with lots of brothers generally have more masculine finger ratios.

Part 5

Faces

This task looked at how you rate the attractiveness of a series of faces. The images you looked at were digitally altered to create slight differences in masculinity.

Your choices suggest you prefer more feminine faces.

Part 6

3D shapes

This task tested your ability to mentally rotate 3D shapes.

Your score: 12 out of 12
Average score for men: 8.4
Average score for women: 6.4

What does your result suggest?
If you scored 10 - 12: Are you an engineer or do you have a science background? People with these skills tend to score in this range. Past studies have concluded that people in this range have a more male brain.

Words

This task looked at your verbal fluency.

You associated 7 word(s) with GREY and you named 11 word(s) that mean happy. We are assuming that all the words you entered are correct. Scientists will be analysing your results in more detail.
Average score: 6 - 10 words

What do your results suggest?
If you produced 6 - 10 words: Most people in this range have a female-type brain.

Ultimatum

This task asked you how you would divide money.

If someone offered you £50, you said you would demand £1.

On average, people offer 35 to 40% of the pot.

Sex differences are small in this task. An offer of more than 40 per cent of the pot (ie £20) is more typically female and an offer of less than 35 per cent of the pot (ie £17.50) is more typically male.

Scientists believe that people with lower testosterone levels tend to take fewer risks so they are probably more willing to keep less for themselves. Those with higher testosterone levels tend to drive a harder bargain and are less compromising.

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Okayyyyy...

> Empathisers [i.e. what I'm not] are better at accurately judging other
> people's emotions. If you scored 15 and above, you are very empathic
> and would be an ideal person to comfort people in a time of crisis.
      ...and...
> Your score: 7 out of 10. our result suggests you are a good empathiser,
> sensitive to other people's emotions.

Now look here. I can read emotions. I'm not an empathiser because I'm not moved by people's emotions. I listen, I note the emotion in the speaker, and I may react accordingly, but I don't automatically be overcome with that emotion myself; I have to think about things and make up my own mind. Does that make me a 'non-ideal person to comfort people in a time of crisis'? Errr... well, not in my book.

Gah! The tests are good, but the writeup about the interpretation of the tests is wrongbrained!

You can take the test here

Comments

[spacelem.livejournal.com]

I gave up when the questions on the eyes failed to give me any pictures of eyes. Meh.

[xquiq.livejournal.com]

Meh I was 50% towards male.

[scattergather.livejournal.com]

Hmm... interesting test, but its results as presented aren't exactly very enlightening. The data as gathered may provide more useful information, but if you read the ready-made analysis, you come by things like:

In past studies, 65 per cent of people who scored in this range were women.

In past studies, 60 per cent of the people in this range were men.

These are not strongly differentiating factors.

In particular, and as is hinted at in this test, level of education is a major factor in these scores, and this has long been known to psychologists (although, not universally understood; google for "Misuse of Psychological Tests in Forensic Settings: Some Horrible Examples" for more details). Men with higher levels of education are known to score higher on the tests which in general favour females, without any diminishment of scores on the tests which favour males. I don't know about the converse (if I were to guess, I would expect it to hold), but the figures quoted above suggest that the male/female brain classification might be very weakly discriminating indeed.

[scattergather.livejournal.com]

I almost forgot... ObResults

Your personal brain score:
50% towards male

Average score for MEN who've taken this survey:
50% towards male

Average score for WOMEN who've taken this survey:
50% towards female

Part 1: Angles


This task tested your ability to identify the angle of a line by matching it with its twin. This is a spatial task, which looks at how you picture space.
Your score: 20 out of 20
Average score for men: 16.4
Average score for women: 14.7

If you scored 18 - 20: You have more of a male brain. On average, men outperform women in this task and those with more mathematical knowledge tend to score quite high as well. In past studies, 60 per cent of the people in this range were men.

Spot the difference


This task tested your ability to identify which objects changed position
Your score: 57%
Average score for men: 42%
Average score for women: 57%

If you scored between 34 - 66%: You may have a balanced female-male brain.

Part 2 Hands

You said your LEFT thumb was on top when you clasped your hands together.

Left thumb on top: This suggests the right half of your brain is dominant. Some studies theorise that as a right brain dominant person, you may excel in visual, spatial and intuitive processes.

However, these theories are debatable and leave much to be said about the small percentage of people who are ambidextrous.

Part 3 Emotions and Systems

Empathy
Your empathy score is: 1 out of 20
Average score for men: 4 - 12
Average score for women: 8 - 15

Systemising
Your systemising score is: 20 out of 20
Average score for men: 8 - 16
Average score for women: 3 - 12

Systemisers prefer to investigate how systems work. A system can be a road map, flat pack furniture, or a mathematical equation, anything that follows a set of rules. A score of 15 and above suggests you're good at analysing or building systems. Men in general are better at systemising.


Eyes

This task tested your ability to judge people's emotions.
Your score: 4 out of 10
Average score: 6 - 9

What does your result suggest?

If you scored 4 - 6: Your result suggests you have a balanced female-male brain and find it neither easy nor difficult to judge people's emotions.

Part 4 Fingers

We asked for the measurements of your ring and index finger. Your ratio came to:
Right Hand: 0.96
Left Hand: 0.96

Average ratio for men: .96
Average ratio for women: 1.00

Men generally have a ring finger that is longer than their index finger, which gives them a lower ratio than women, whose ring and index fingers are usually of equal length.

Part 5 Faces

This task looked at how you rate the attractiveness of a series of faces. The images you looked at were digitally altered to create slight differences in masculinity.

Your choices suggest you prefer more masculine faces.

Part 6 3D shapes

This task tested your ability to mentally rotate 3D shapes.

Your score: 12 out of 12
Average score for men: 8.4
Average score for women: 6.4

If you scored 10 - 12: Are you an engineer or do you have a science background? People with these skills tend to score in this range. Past studies have concluded that people in this range have a more male brain.

Words

This task looked at your verbal fluency.

You associated 3 word(s) with GREY and you named 10 word(s) that mean happy. We are assuming that all the words you entered are correct. Scientists will be analysing your results in more detail.
Average score: 6 - 10 words

If you produced 6 - 10 words: Most people in this range have a female-type brain.

Ultimatum

This task asked you how you would divide money.

If someone offered you £50, you said you would demand £1.

On average, people offer 35 to 40% of the pot.

(this last test was really badly designed, and there are too many conflating factors around it; it doesn't help that the description of the outcome here is misleading. This question should most likely be disregarded in any resulting analysis).

[spudtater.livejournal.com]

> If someone offered you £50, you said you would demand £1.

Because it doesn't take a brilliant mathematician to realise that £1 > £0.   8^)

Hmmm... I reckon the strongest factor on the outcome of this test would actually be income!   8^P