As I have determined to play the student and seek out info here and there as related to intelligence and personality, my plan is to list some of the websites that I StumbleUpon along the way. This trek also leads me to some interesting sites, like Expressivo, nifty little site where one can type in anything that they would like to have read aloud. I first experienced this technology years ago with AppleTalk and I still get a smile out of hearing someone else tell me that I’m awesome, even if it’s not real. Warning: Check your speaker volume before you get too carried away.

I was very interested in BrainTypes in that it fits in with my ideas about brain wiring. Jonathan P. Niednagel has put together a system that plays off of the Myers-Briggs Temperament Indicator (MBTI) wherein he is able to categorize a person’s brain type by watching their physical movements. Niednagel has his own codes and names for his 16 brain types and on his site he lists them and their corresponding MBTI codes. While there are several methods for grouping us into one or another of 4 (nice chart here) or 16 (Keirsey, Socionics), my personal favorite is my own modification of Don Lowery’s True Colors. While I’m sure that Brain Types has some value, what caught my interest was the connection to physical movement as an extension of brain wiring, thought processing, and personality/temperament. This is part of my journey…to flesh out the idea that much of what we are and do is based on our brain wiring.

Another really interesting site that I found was focused on FACS (Facial Action Coding System). While I’m sure that the learning curve is steep and long, the idea that there are trained people out there who can discern the smallest facial movement and the underlying feeling. This kind of relates to my Intunique quest in that many of our facial actions are involuntary and it’s likely that personality/thought processes/brain wiring play a role in what is displayed in our faces.

Just for fun…American Sign Language displayed letter by letter.