Hi,

Joan, I think you are on to an interesting theory but I think that a person's occupation is not a very precise link, unless the person is well-matched in his/her occupation. I also think that your loose definition of right-brained people is not quite on the mark.

You said: Probably more interested in ballads, songs with good words--the right-brained word people.

I think that the words (i.e. labels for things, people, ideas, etc) are more left-brained but concepts, intuition, visual stuff etc are more right brained.

I'll find the internet site which has a quick test for right & left brain focus and post it here.

What I have been thinking about, though, is the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, which is a test which gives insight into personality types. There are four elements each with a scale of two (presumably) opposing factors. Introvert/extravert, sensing/intuition, thinking/feeling, judging/perceiving.

I won't go into the definitions here, I'll find a site which explains it and also an on-line test for it. It would be interesting to see how everyone's profile comes out & then compare it with interests in music.

I know that I have a problem memorising words to songs. I can read it over & over, practise it over & over & look at the words as if I have never seen them before. I don't know why, except that I am a visual/conceptual type of person, even though I am analytical, rather than a word type of person. It may have something to do with my dyslexia where I have trouble remembering what I call *labels* i.e words & names, but I can visualise things really easily. (See the recent thread on dyslexia)

Helen