©Arlene Taylor PhD

If you want to develop specific skills in one or more of the four cerebral divisions, following are examples of competency-building activities.

x Left Frontal Lobe

• Join a debate club
• Give a speech in public
• Read and prepare an abstract 
• Participate in a research project
• Learn to play chess
• Learn to read a foreign language
• Learn to use tools (of any type)

x Right Frontal Lobe

• Write poems and stories
• Learn to meditate
• Compose and/or arrange music
• Draw, paint, sculpt, carve, design
• Assemble 3-D puzzles
• Travel
• Learn to play Sukoku

x Left Posterior Lobes

• Read and outline the information
• Make and follow lists
• Balance the checkbook
• Join a club or team
• Learn to sight-read music
• Develop and stick to a schedule
• Do crossword puzzles

x Right Posterior Lobes

• Join a choir or other singing group
• Take a drama class
• Play games for fun
• Participate in peer counseling
• Play an instrument by ear
• Learn to speak a foreign language
• Learn to cook gourmet-style