Influence of Brain Dominance in Activating Multiple Intelligence of the Students at Higher Secondary Level

This study attempts to explore the influence of brain dominance in activating multiple intelligence of the higher secondary students in selected schools of Chennai district. A descriptive survey study in which data was collected from 1000 students of both boys and girls with the help of the standardized SOLAT tool and validated multiple intelligence tool. The collected data were scrutinized and statistical applications were made to elicit the information. The study reveals that students with integrated brain dominance were found to have greater language intelligence, reasoning intelligence, creative intelligence, social intelligence, naturalist intelligence, value oriented intelligence and artistic intelligence. Students with left brain dominance were found to have greater sports intelligence. Students with integrated brain dominance and right brain dominance were found to have greater visual intelligence. Computer intelligence was greater for students with right and left brain dominance. Students with mixed brain dominance were found to have greater emotional intelligence and value oriented intelligence.