What's your natural thinking pattern?

1.   How would you describe how you talk?

Words pour out in logical order without hesitation, using a detailed vocabulary; words are "where you live"

Shy or self-conscious about speaking in groups

Talk mostly about actions, feelings, what's happening

Use metaphors freely ("It's like a whirlwind. I was spinning like a top."), sometimes preceded by a short hesitation or "Umm"

Make hand motions before speaking, must use hands or movements to speak or find the word

Talk in circles, ask endless questions; often know what you mean but have trouble expressing it so others understand

2.   How would you describe the way you make eye contact?

Maintain steady, persistent eye contact

"Eye shy," look away frequently

Keep steady eye contact, but blink or twitch if sustained

Eyes glaze over from lengthy listening

3.   What do you remember most easily?

What's been said; jokes, lyrics, peoples' names; memorize by saying something repeatedly

What's been seen or read; peoples' faces; memorize by writing something repeatedly

What's been done or experienced; feel or smell; memorize by doing something repeatedly

4.   How do you tend to organize projects and figure out what to do next?

You organize in piles

You talk it through

You make lists

5.   How would you describe your physical interaction with the world?

Constantly and confidently in motion

Can sit still for long periods of time

Learning a physical activity can initially feel awkward

Learn physical skills easily, with little or no verbal instruction

High energy level just below the surface

6.   What is most likely to "space you out" or distract you?

Too much visual detail; been shown something or many things; questions about what you have seen

Too many words, verbal explanations; questions about what you've heard

Too many options for activities; being touched; questions about how you feel

7.   What would be your preferred way of presenting information to a group?

Visual presentation (charts, photographs, written information, slides)

Oral presentation

Participatory activities

8.   What do you remember most easily about someone you just met?

What you did with them or how they felt

How they looked

Their name or what they said

9.   What's most important when you decide which clothes to wear?

How they feel; how comfortable they are

The color(s); how they look

What they say about you; what calls to you

10.   What are you least likely to remember from dreams?

You rarely remember sounds or words

You rarely remember pictures

You rarely remember emotions or touch

11.   How do you multi-task most easily?

You stay in touch with your emotions even when physically active

You hear and understand your internal dialog and what people say simultaneously, or you can listen to and understand two conversations at once

You can see reality and your imagination at the same time, or you can rotate visual images in space and see them from different perspectives

12.   What do you tend do when struggling to recall a memory?

You stop talking, but may continue moving and looking

You stop moving, but may continue talking and looking

You stop seeing your surroundings, but may continue talking and moving