Quote Originally Posted by gilligan87
I like your take, Rocky, although I think there are certain facial features that tend to run with types (like the ENTP nose...heheh).

You say the process of determining type by movements is easy. What are some guidelines? Could you point me/us to a source for this info?
OK, back on this. I have posted things like this several times in the past.



This is a diagram of the primary motor cortex. This is the explaination behind the movemets>type theory. The top of the motor cortex (toes, legs, torso, shoulders, etc.) is where the SFs are dominant. This means that the four SF types (and *only* the SFs) will demonstrate use of the *gross* motor skills (they're the only types that you can see move from the bottom-up as oppossed to the top-down).

After that, you move down the motor cortoex and get to the area that controls the arms, hands, fingers, and eyes. Here is where the STs are dominant. You can always see that thier *fine* motor skills are dominanting over their *gross* ones (oposite of the SFs).

You move down a little more and you get to the area around the lips, law, toungue, etc. These are the NFs. They will still be more fine than gross skilled, yet still different from the STs. The NFs are more "pliable" and flexible, as oppossed to the sensors who are more "compact". The NFs seem more agile and acrobatic.

We finnaly get down to the NTs. Like we said before, those are the handicapped ones; sorry. Actually, the NTs look somewhat like the NFs at first, but they seem somewhat more disjointed. You could say that of all the types, the four NTs have the most "distance" between their fine and gross skills. I guess they are just detached from the physical world, which has some plusses and some negatives.

After you have them down to four types, the differnece between the judgeers and percievers is more on how "hollistic" thier movements are. Percievers are more "smooth", and can even seem like they are all over the place. The judgers are more "mecahnical", but their movements seem more planned and sequential.

OK, so the only thing left is the E/I. This is probaby the hardest thing to tell *just* from movements (actually they're pretty much the same). One differences is that introverts are more energy concerving and extraverts are energy expending. Another thing is the attention to the outside world (extraverts) like I mentioned above, of the more "withdrawn attention, sucked into their heads (introverts). I guess you can notice other little idiosynchracies to differantiate, but that's a start.


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And this is quoted from BrainTypes.com:

The Brain Types that are most adept in this highest segment of the motor cortex are the 4 Sensing Feelers, or SF’s. These people have the greatest proficiency with the gross motor skills, or large muscle groups of the body. There are two major aspects of body coordination, which all Types have, yet the SFs are best at these. First, there is body “control,” which comes from the left brain and tends to specialize in the separate parts in a movement; the SFJ’s master this ability. Second there is body “rhythm,” a product of the right brain which processes multiple parts of movement into an artistic, graceful flow. The SFP’s are masters here.

Athletes with the 4 SF Brain Types normally show strong manifestations of these characteristics as they engage the large muscles groups with either “control” or “rhythm.” Picture in your mind such performers and SFPs, as basketball's Magic Johnson and Dennis Rodman, baseball's Ken Griffey Jr. and Barry Bonds, golf's Lee Trevino, tennis’ Lindsay Davenport, and track's Carl Lewis, Michael Johnson and Marion Jones.

The Sensing Thinkers or STs specialize in the second region of the motor cortex as we move away from the cerebral core and down the cortex; this area is responsible for fine motor skills. It covers the elbow to the fingertips and also the eye area. This helps explain why the 4 ST’s have a special inborn ability to master fine motor skills, especially as they relate to hand-eye coordina*tion. Two significant aspects are associated with hand-eye coordination: Calculated dexterity is the special skill or adroitness in using the hands to manipulate objects in a controlled fashion. This ability to handle detailed movements comes principally from the left brain. Here the STJ’s excel.

The other major aspect of hand-eye coordination involves spontaneous positioning, or placing the hand in the proper loca*tion at a given moment. The right brain primarily regulates this skill. Therefore, it now makes sense why the STP’s are masterful here. Some of the STP’s who’ve perfected fine motor movements are hockey’s Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, and Brett Hull, baseball’s Ted Williams and Henry Aaron, basketball’s John Stockton, Larry Bird and a guy named Michael Jordan. And by the way, the ST’s are only once removed from the SF’s on the motor cortex; thus they’re blessed with big muscle movements, but not as gifted as the SF’s. Conversely, the SF’s are very good with fine motors but not as expert as the ST’s.

The third and final region down the motor cortex is mastered by the 4 iNtuitive Feelers, or NFs. Here we see the face and mouth's area of control (such as language and hearing skills). Therefore, NFs specialize in the verbal and the auditory. Yet, they’re also adept with motor skills, able to coordinate gross and fine motor movements better than other Types. The left-brained NFJs coordinate the 2 muscle groups methodically and the 2 right-brained NFP’s synchronize the gross and fine motors with fluidity and grace. This demonstrates why ENFPs are the top figure skaters and divers in the world. Some NFP’s have included Kristi Yamaguchi and Michelle Kwan, golf’s Tiger Woods and David Duval, basketball’s Kevin Garnett, and diving’s Greg Louganis.

The 4 NT’s do rely on big and small muscle movements, but not as much as the other 12 Brain Types. In fact, many times NT’s excel in sports because their muscles aren’t so dominant. For instance, a baseball pitcher gets more movement on the ball when his grip is light rather than strong. This is why ENTP pitchers can create the most movement on a fastball.

Since the NT’s are farthest removed of the Types from the gross motor region, they are naturally better with fine motor movements. JN works with NT athletes all the time and their greatest physical hindrance is mastery over the large muscle groups, especially the lower body. ENTPs, for example, find tremendous benefit by widening their stances in such sports as baseball and golf—proving them the necessary balance to hit the ball most effectively. The 2 left-brained NTJ’s are more mechanical in their motor movements while the 2 right-brained NTP’s are smoother—even though their movements are often disjointed. Some left-brained NTJ athletes have included baseball’s Randy Johnson and golf’s Hale Irwin and Tom Kite. Right-brained NTP athletes have included baseball’s Kevin Brown and tennis’ Pete Sampras.