right-brainer
Intuitive creative type
A right-brainer is someone thought to favor intuitive, creative, or artistic thinking over logical, analytical approaches—based on the popular notion that the brain's right hemisphere governs creativity while the left handles logic.
The term is casual psychology, not neuroscience: She's a right-brainer who thinks in images rather than words.
The underlying theory is largely debunked, but the label persists as shorthand for creative types.
One who applies pigment
- sculptorArtist shaping solid materials
- musicianOne who performs melodies
- dancerOne who moves rhythmically
- poetWriter of verse
photographer · filmmaker · illustrator · composer · choreographer · ceramicist · novelist · playwright
Instinctive immediate understanding
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- instinctsInnate behavioral tendencies
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
empathy · perception · sensitivity · discernment · emotional intelligence · subconscious · perceptive · receptive
Comprehensive overall perspective
- synthesisCombining parts into whole
- gestaltIntegrated perceptual whole
- holisticAddressing interconnected wholes
- conceptualOf or relating to ideas
nonlinear · integrative · interconnected · systems thinking · abstract · wholeness · contextual · relational
painter
One who applies pigment
- sculptorArtist shaping solid materials
- musicianOne who performs melodies
- dancerOne who moves rhythmically
poet · photographer · filmmaker · illustrator · composer · choreographer · ceramicist · novelist · playwright · gallery
intuition
Instinctive immediate understanding
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- instinctsInnate behavioral tendencies
insight · empathy · perception · sensitivity · discernment · emotional intelligence · subconscious · perceptive · receptive · attuned
big-picture
Comprehensive overall perspective
- synthesisCombining parts into whole
- gestaltIntegrated perceptual whole
- holisticAddressing interconnected wholes
conceptual · nonlinear · integrative · interconnected · systems thinking · abstract · wholeness · contextual · relational · unified
visionary
Imaginative planner of futures
creator · innovator · imaginative · original · designer · storyteller · idealist · pioneer · craftsman · whimsical
right-brainerleft-brainer
Analytically-minded person
rationalist · number cruncher · systematizer · bean counter · techie
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