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TALENTS IN THE LEFT BRAIN
Clues that this area is well-developed are indicated if a person is...

· "quick-witted" -- making fast associations of ideas and words

· good at improvising speech -- thinking of "what to say" impromptu
· good at carrying on an "intelligent" conversation instead of "small talk"

· good at philosophizing with abstract concepts -- "why do we exist?"

Inhibitions and Worry The lower frontal lobe, above the eyes, has the job of stopping a person
from getting into trouble through wrong actions. On the left side this means not saying the
wrong thing at the wrong time. Because most of our thinking is oral language, this area is
important for "talking to our self" and worry.

If the area is too strong, then a person may worry so much that they are afraid to do or say
anything. Shyness is a survival mechanism for avoiding trouble.
If it is weakly developed, or injured, a person may say inappropriate things, such as swearing too
much or talking too much. Remember, the goal of this area is to keep a person from trouble via
the mouth, so if the person is losing friends by what he says, then the inhibition area is not
working well.

The Premotor area The Left premotor area, in upper left front of the forehead, keeps track of
sequential patterns -- words, symbols, ideas, that come one after another. This is highly important
for humans with symbolic thinking.

The area primarily would have evolved for planning tool use -- how to use tools in a sequential
way to accomplish symbolic goal. Because the motor nerves cross, this left-brain premotor area
controls the RIGHT HAND. Humans are "handed" because one side of the brain specialized to do
sequential operations. Most humans have symbolic language in the left brain, the reason why
most humans are Right-Handed!

Key talents where this area is important include:
1. Tool use - doing a sequence of operations with the right hand.

2. "Logical" thinking - putting ideas together in sequence, so one follows another
3. Cause and effect reasoning - a basis for scientific thinking and "how-to" analysis

4. Grammar - Thinking, speaking and writing language in a sequential way to follow rules.
5. Rules for playing Games - what to do in what order, for a logical result. (However, many
games like chess also have a strong right-brain component of patterns).
6. Following recipes and instructions

7. Awareness of time, and possibly the passage of time in comparison to other events.
(For example, when people are using this part of the brain for intensive sequential analysis,
such as how to do something on a computer, time awareness seems to fail, and they will
say, "I lost track of time."