Neurotype

Linearity refers to how linear the thoughts in your head are. An extremely linear thinker only has a single train of thought at any given time, and communicates in very straightforward ways; while a non-linear or lateral thinker will have multiple trains of thought at any given time and tend to communicate in more jumbled or indirect ways.

Lexicality refers to how much a person’s understanding depends on the ability to codify ideas using specific language. A lexical thinker will only understand things which they can put into words, refusing to acknowledge understandings which haven’t been codified. Non-lexical or impressionistic thinkers on the other hand might understand things, but struggle to put them into words and find other methods of communication preferable.

1. BOOKKEEPERS / MIDDLE-MANAGERS (Very Linear, Very Lexical)

• “Type-A,” “anal retentive” types.

• Little patience for nonsense.

• Obsessed with rules.

• Anyone using or spelling words wrongly comes off as dumb.

• Tendency to assume positions of authority.

• Difficulty understanding and communicating with more impressionistic people.

• Powerful sense of self.

2. CONTEMPLATIVE / BROODERS (Fairly Linear, Very Lexical)

• Ability to step outside of themselves.

• Good doctors, lawyers, and killers because of the increased distance they can put between themselves and their actions.

• Tend to do more of their thinking on the inside and to verbalize only their conclusions

• Self-aware.

3. TECHNICIANS (Fairly Lateral, Very Lexical)

• Great for jobs which involve keeping track of huge amounts of data in service of developing a greater whole, such as coding, accounting, and even most styles of animating.

• Understand new concepts extremely fast, as long as there is a clear, lexical justification for those ideas.

• Difficult to deal with nonsense.

• Solving problems.

4. HUMAN CALCULATORS (V. Lateral, V. Lexical)

• These people consider the world to operate under a very complex and particular set of rules which they are very serious about following.

• Are recognizably autistic to just about anyone.

• Particular about following the letter of the law.

• Doing everything deemed most-optimal.

• Eccentric geniuses.

5. LEVEL-HEADED / REASONABLE PEOPLE (V. Linear, F. Lexical)

• While still mostly relying on language to communicate, are more capable of listening to their gut and considering the validity of ideas which they have yet to fully codify, even if they may continue working to do so.

• Serenely placid and perfectly reasonable towards most circumstances and people.

6. UNDERSTANDING / CARETAKERS (F. Linear, F. Lexical)

• Able to understand others and help.

• Dad/Mom friend.

• Has the best position out of any Neurotype to be able to understand people of the largest different number of other Neurotypes and to help organize and codify those people’s ideas.

• They can step outside of themselves thanks to their more lateral thinking, and they are understanding of more impressionist ideas because they aren’t purely lexical thinkers themselves--yet their relative linearity and lexicality makes their minds a lot more organized than less-linear and less-lexical thinkers.

• Can range from gentle-hearted but stern-willed to more sarcastic, begrudging caretakers.

7. QUICK-WITTED (F. Lateral, F. Lexical)

• Language and rules as a game of self-expression.

• Ability to understand and communicate with people across a larger chunk of the chart.

• The perceived cleverness of these quick-witted types will be relative to their audience.

• Uses more lateral and less-lexical take on language to tease and entertain.

• Occupy a range of personalities.

8: ANALYSTS (V. Lateral, F. Lexical)

• Will gain a sense of something before they have the ability to codify it, and then work towards the ability to do so.

• May feel like human calculators, but with a slight impressionistic slant.

• Most often obsessive otaku with a propensity for dispensing long-winded analytical diatribes.

9. CLEARSIGHTED (V. Linear, F. Impressionist)

• Understands things on the emotional level first and foremost.

10. EXTERNALISTS / ROOM-BRIGHTENERS (Fairly Linear, Fairly Impressionist)

• have a tendency to bring emotional nourishment to the people around them through their own self-expression.

• Tends to comfort people in all of the more linear and at-all impressionist categories by creating an atmosphere in which it is clear that you will not be judged for your ability to portray yourself lexically.

• People are generally drawn to their presence.

11. OVERSEERS / SHADOW CARETAKERS (F. Lateral, F. Impressionist)

• Predisposed to understanding and knowing how to help others, but they don’t necessarily have the words to explain their complex impressionistic ideas.

• Most likely develop a powerful sense of defeat at how often they are misunderstood.

12: FASCINATORS (Very Lateral, Fairly Impressionist)

• More likely to keep to themselves and let their actions do the talking.

• Others tend to develop a certain fascination with characters of this type, for better or for worse.

13: PURE INSTINCT (V. Linear, V. Impressionist)

• Always living in the moment.

• Instinctually-driven.

• Least pretentious.

14. IMPRESSIONISTS (Fairly Linear, Very Impressionist)

• Tend to have some kind of specific crafted persona .

• Not interested in or capable of explaining themselves.

• Might make them come off as mysterious, or simply insane to others.

15. AESTHETICIANS (Fairly Lateral, Very Impressionist)

• Difficult to communicate to others, in spite of being capable of understanding.

• Tend to be incredibly frustrated with everyone around them, feeling like they are both trying to say the same thing and wondering why they’re so hung up on the specific word choices.

16. NEWTYPES (Very Lateral, Very Impressionist)

• Nothing but just insanely complex, detailed and robust ideas all the time and absolutely no idea how to express them in words.

• hyper-social morons, whose unique mental capabilities only lead to feats of bizarre genius about as often as lightning strikes the same place.