ISTJs also show high activity in the back of their brain, or the occipital regions. These are the regions that handle and interpret images. Because of this, Si-users tend to excel at interpreting abstract visual impressions and tend to be visual learners as well.
ESTJs show 52% of their pre-frontal activity on the left side of their brain, and 48% of their pre-frontal activity on the right side of their brain. They are very efficient with their mental energy so that they can maintain stamina during ongoing challenges. They rely most heavily on left-brain regions for hearing, seeing, remembering, and deciding. These key regions rely on measurable concrete information and give the ESTJ their famed evidence-based decision-making skills. These regions also allow them to generally have good hand-eye coordination, diction, and a propensity for arranging information in charts, tables, and diagrams.
MBTI Nardi : Brain ACTIVITY ( 1)
ISFJs show 45% of their pre-frontal cortex activity in the left side of their brain, and 55% of their pre-frontal cortex activity in the right side of their brain. They show brain activity that reflects their training, background, and area of expertise. As a result, they have very strong use of memory and can recall raw details with precision.
ISFJs show high activity in the occipital regions of the brain. These are the regions that handle and interpret images. As a result, ISFJs tend to have excellent skill in interpreting abstract visual impressions and are often visual learners.
ISTPs show 59% of their pre-frontal cortex activity in the left side of their brain, while 41% of their activity occurs on the right side of the pre-frontal cortex. They show extremely focused use of four regions that work to analyze complex problems and find logical solutions. One of these regions, F3, is located in the left side of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. This region is highly activated in ISTPs and helps them to linearly derive solutions using verbal or symbolic reasoning. This region also manages motor planning and fine motor coordination. The high activity in F3 could explain why ISTPs are known to be physically coordinated and excellent at problem-solving.
INFPs show less activity in interior regions of the brain that aid in logic. As a result, they may struggle with deducing, classifying, and defining. However, they use moderate activity in visual and kinesthetic regions that aid in pattern recognition, perception, color perception, data recall, and recall of aesthetic qualities or whole-body experiences. This would fall in line with INFPs having tertiary Introverted Sensing (Si) since Si is related to recalling past events and experiences with accuracy.
INFJs rely heavily on occipital regions O1 and O2. These regions are in charge of visual processing and pattern recognition. They also show increased activity in the prefrontal region FP2. This region is used when a person deals with novel information, admits negative input, and mutes emotional responses so reflection on negative input can occur. This area is active when we ponder our sense of self, use self-control, and restrain our impulses. INFJs take time to consider various perspectives by using their whole-brain pattern and also by using FP2 regularly.
People with the INTP personality type show 51% of their pre-frontal activity on the left side of their brain, and 49% of their pre-frontal activity on the right side of their brain. They show high use of four important regions that are involved with complex logical reasoning. The first region, F3, helps the INTP to linearly derive solutions using verbal/symbolic reasoning. It is also is involved with fine motor coordination and motor planning of the upper body. Secondly, INTPs show strong use of frontal region F4, which helps to categorize and define concepts and use fine motor coordination of the left hand. The third region INTPs use heavily is region P3 which aids in language processing, logical reasoning and memory, imagination, spelling and short-term memory, math calculations, naming objects, complex grammar, and sentence construction (whew! P3 is pretty important!). They also show strong use of the right parietal region which aids in image and spatial processing, spatial memory, map orientation, sense of self in space, and weighing pros and cons in an uncertain or risky environment. This region is most heavily used by ENTPs, followed by ISTPs, then INTPs.
Finally, because INTJs use Extraverted Thinking (Te) they use efficient mental energy. They show brain activity in left-brain regions for hearing, seeing, recalling, and deciding. This allows them to quickly manage measurable information to make an evidence-based decision. This also means that they are stimulated by task completion and error-correction.
People with the ENTJ personality type show 63% of their pre-frontal activity on the left side of their brain, and 37% of their pre-frontal activity on the right side of their brain. They are very efficient with their mental energy so that they can maintain stamina during ongoing challenges. They rely most heavily on left-brain regions for hearing, seeing, remembering, and deciding. These vital regions rely on measurable concrete information and give the ENTJ their famed evidence-based decision-making skills. These regions also allow them to generally have good hand-eye coordination, diction, and a propensity for arranging information in charts, tables, and diagrams.
On a fine October Saturday in 2006, I sat down with some university students to explore the brain. An EEG machine reports electrical activity from the neocortex, that thick outermost layer that is home to much conscious human experience. It is one thing to read about the brain and speculate about links to personality. It is another to see the machine light up, responding in real-time with a telling variety of bars and colours. When the first student that day donned a snug red nylon EEG cap and spoke his first words, auditory regions of his brain lit up. When he made a decision, his left executive region got active, and so forth. We were so excited: the brain is for real! I could hardly sleep for weeks, plotting lab activities and wondering about implications. Now, seven years later, the tool of neuroscience continues to act like type: a fount of practical insights that keeps on giving. 2ff7e9595c
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