We have identified a total of 36 clusters of the trait. The questions provided to illustrate each cluster are questionnaire items from socionic trait profiles, in which the process-result trait has the highest loading among all other traits (in other words, each such question shows the highest correlation in respondents’ answers specifically with process-result).

MARKERS OF THE PROCESS POLE

CLUSTER 1: Cognitive complexity. Attention scattered across many details and minutiae, willingly getting bogged down in them.

CLUSTER 2: Enjoys sorting and systematizing. Analytical thought processes with careful sorting of details.

CLUSTER 3: Obsessive repetitive cyclic movements, mental and cognitive viscosity (slowly fading neural dominants), also indicated by a love for long compound and complex sentences.

CLUSTER 4: Predisposition to didacticism in communication. Including a tendency to teach, explain, and interpret.

CLUSTER 5: Tachycardia (low adenosine tone?)

CLUSTER 6: Migraines (epidemiological correlation with parasomnias, possibly due to weakened adenosine tone)

CLUSTER 7: Increased lipophilicity (obesity) and overeating, craving for high-calorie foods. Hence – a predisposition to angina pectoris.

CLUSTER 8: Hot flashes to the head, hyperemia

CLUSTER 9: Tendency to hypertension

CLUSTER 10: Parasomnias (ESPECIALLY SLEEPWALKING), nighttime sleep disturbances (low adenosine tone?)

CLUSTER 11: Increased T-tactile sensitivity

CLUSTER 12: Low suggestibility to others’ opinions, low emotional synchronization with surroundings

CLUSTER 13: Increased sweating (possibly due to elevated VIP – vasoactive intestinal peptide)

CLUSTER 14: Symptoms of increased histamine tone

CLUSTER 15: Broad-boned physique

CLUSTER 16: Tendency toward envy

CLUSTER 17: Symptoms of elevated prolactin

CLUSTER 18: Love for discussion and debate

CLUSTER 19: Low self-esteem, tendency toward self-analysis and self-criticism

CLUSTER 20: Tendency toward bruxism (jaw clenching, teeth grinding)

CLUSTER 21: Tolerance for swearing, for profanity

CLUSTER 22: Tolerance for external criticism

CLUSTER 23: Negative attitude towards physical activity

CLUSTER 24: Democratic attitude in communication

CLUSTER 25: Erudition, being well-read, developed verbal sphere

CLUSTER 26: Numbness and coldness of limbs

CLUSTER 27: Accelerated puberty (genes inherited from Neanderthals)

CLUSTER 28: Smoking

CLUSTER 29: Did not have mumps (presence of Denisovan genes enhancing immunity to mumps virus)

CLUSTER 30: Finger ratio – ring finger longer than index finger – high prenatal testosterone

CLUSTER 31: Deep voice, dark eyes – high current testosterone

CLUSTER 32: Right-footedness, right-earedness, right-eyedness

CLUSTER 33: Likes to study people and understand the reasons for their behavior

CLUSTER 34: Sound after-effects and synesthesia – weak inhibition

CLUSTER 35: Increased daily sleep duration

CLUSTER 36: Increased lactase activity in adulthood (presence of a 10,000-year-old European gene mutation that maintains lactase enzyme activity into adulthood)

MARKERS OF THE PROCESS POLE

CLUSTER 1: Cognitive complexity. Attention scattered across many details and minutiae, willingly getting bogged down in them.

AGREE:

1. I like proofreading texts and finding minor flaws and errors in them.
2. I often nitpick other people's work.
3. The world is built on particulars – so I am always very attentive to the small details of this world.
4. Any event always has many equally valid explanations.
5. In the course of any task, I notice many small details and involuntarily get distracted by them.
6. In the realm of facts, I always proceed from the particular to the general; I always start by exploring details and minutiae.
7. I am usually obsessively curious about insignificant details – both when I ask questions and when I listen to someone’s story.
8. I know I have a flaw – sometimes I get excessively fussy in matters, getting distracted by things that are insignificant in terms of the desired goal.
9. Which do you relate to more? (indicate the number of the option) – 1) Secondary details are often an obstacle to getting things done; one must be able to ignore them to work effectively. 5) Attention to secondary details is useful – they usually give rise to a fundamentally new and more holistic view of the structure and nature of what we are dealing with.

DISAGREE:

1. I believe it’s impossible for two different opinions about the same thing to be correct at the same time.
2. I’m not attracted to subtle details; I prefer anything outstanding, bright, grand, and striking to the imagination.
3. There are fields of knowledge and activity I fundamentally do not and never will take interest in.
4. In unpleasant situations, I focus more on grasping an overall emotional sense of everything happening rather than on analyzing.
5. In the realm of facts, I don't bother with details but immediately try to grasp the overall, global trend and pattern.
6. There are people and things I consciously do not and will not take interest in.
7. I usually perceive and understand a situation as a whole right away, without isolating its individual parts to understand them better—at first I don’t even think about them.
8. The thread of events in my imagination doesn’t branch into versions but flows as a single smooth stream.
9. True, I don't like to delve into details or particulars of anything.
10. I avoid minor and detailed classifications, usually preferring to divide objects into a few large groups.
11. I don’t remember phone numbers.
12. For a scientific theory to truly interest me, it must be almost all-encompassing.

CLUSTER 2: Enjoys sorting and systematizing. Analytical thought processes with careful sorting of details.

AGREE:

1. I enjoy finding and collecting all sorts of information.
2. I like sorting various objects, finding suitable classifications for them by type.
3. I enjoy going through and systematizing old facts and information.
4. I like revisiting old, well-known facts to review and delve into them more deeply.
5. Sometimes I find it hard to stop doing minor edits to prepared documents—as they say, "the process sucks you in."
6. Being a manuscript proofreader would suit me more than being a scent or beverage taster.

DISAGREE:

1. True, when elections happen, I’m not interested in comparing results across individual voting districts.

CLUSTER 3: Obsessive repetitive cyclic movements, mental and cognitive viscosity (slowly fading neural dominants), also indicated by a love for long compound and complex sentences.

AGREE:

1. When I work or play on the computer, I usually play a favorite song or melody on repeat as background music—it loops many, many times.
2. Sometimes I mechanically and for long periods do repetitive movements: nodding my head or body, doing something repetitive and monotonous with my fingers, or similar.
3. I have some habitual obsessive movements, automatic and rhythmically repeated, which are easier to give in to than to resist.
4. I often “freeze” on some activity, unable to stop or finish it.
5. It’s always hard for me to break the habitual cycle of daily pleasant routines and force myself to take on something important but less familiar and enjoyable.
6. I sometimes “get stuck” in a loop, rhythmically and monotonously repeating one movement many times in a row, almost unable to break the sequence.
7. I have a habit of fidgeting with something in my hands while talking.
8. Sometimes I mechanically count objects within my field of vision (e.g., buttons on someone’s clothing, etc.).
9. I often focus on tracking gradual changes in my internal state or observing ongoing thought processes within me.
10. I have a habit of mechanically tracking moving objects, watching them for long stretches.
11. I often recall in detail conversations and dialogues I had many weeks or even months ago.
12. When lost in thought, I habitually fidget with something using my fingers—the edge of a tablecloth, my earlobe, etc.
13. I enjoy playing solitaire and can do it many times in a row (on the computer or with real cards).
14. While sitting, I like rocking back on the rear legs of my chair.
15. If I’m into a task, I find it hard to tear myself away—even for something more urgent.
16. I have a habit of biting my nails or picking at hangnails.
17. Practically every time I turn on the computer for a long session, I end up playing some kind of solitaire (e.g., I like playing “Klondike”—aka “Solitaire”—or “Spider” for relaxation).
18. I easily get absorbed in something for a long time.
19. I like soft, calm music and long, detailed conversations—they invigorate and inspire me to action.
20. If I begin telling a child episodes from world history, I’m more likely to tell about one specific story, emphasizing causal links and the sequence of nearby events, rather than give similar examples from various times.

DISAGREE:

1. I find no appeal in relaxing by solving crosswords or playing solitaire.
2. If I fall in love with someone new, I almost certainly won’t maintain a friendship with my former partner.
3. I easily part with old, unnecessary things.
4. I instantly develop aversion to anything already experienced—even just recently—so I rarely repeat myself.
5. I remember failures the first time and don’t repeat such mistakes again.
6. What kind of games do you prefer on the computer for distraction and rest? 1) Solitaire games (e.g., “Klondike” or “Spider”, where reaction speed doesn’t matter) 5) Catching falling objects (e.g., “Tetris” with falling bricks or “Mars Attacks” with bombs falling, etc.)

CLUSTER 4: Predisposition to didacticism in communication. Including a tendency to teach, explain, and interpret.

AGREEMENT:

1. I can be annoyingly persistent when trying to comfort someone.
2. I tend to be clingy and intrusive when showing concern for someone else's affairs and actions.
3. People say I can be overly tedious and pushy when I want clarification about a situation.
4. I often tend toward moralizing conversations.
5. I like making remarks to familiar people and "educating" them.
6. I quite often interfere with well-meaning and helpful, but unsolicited advice.
7. Sometimes I grab a person by the hand or button, as if preventing them from walking away.
8. In correspondence with close ones – almost every letter or phone call – I show concern about their health, warn them, give advice to take care.
9. I like to educate and pacify.
10. I’ve been reproached for so-called "sanctimoniousness."
11. I find it easy to convey the meaning of long-past situations that I understand well.
12. Sometimes I enjoy looking after people from the position of a benefactor.
13. I like reconciling people (around my age).
14. In computer games, I prefer quests that require dialogue with characters.
15. When doing something in someone else’s presence, I internally observe myself from the side and therefore, with or without explanation, I emphasize or exaggerate certain moments in my actions – so the other person notices and understands what I’m doing and why.
16. I value objectivity and well-grounded personal judgments more than others (i.e., if you like or dislike something, be ready to explain why).

DISAGREEMENT:

1. I believe in success and get irritated by negative forecasts; I like when others share my faith and believe me without question, I dislike proving anything.
2. I get easily irritated when I have to explain something for a long time to someone who doesn't understand.
3. A reliable person should be able to believe devoutly, without doubting or reasoning.
4. It's easier and more pleasant for me to maintain a dialogue than to talk in a monologue for a long time.
5. I’m usually the one to end a conversation I started, summarizing what’s been said beforehand.

CLUSTER 5: Tachycardia (low adenosine tone?)

AGREEMENT:

1. My heart rate is usually fast (almost always more than 70 beats per minute).
2. I often experience rapid heartbeats.

DISAGREEMENT:

1. My pulse is usually slow, under 65 beats per minute.

CLUSTER 6: Migraines (epidemiological correlation with parasomnias, possibly due to weakened adenosine tone)

AGREEMENT:

1. I get headaches more than once a month.
2. Sometimes, in quiet surroundings, I hear a ringing in my ears.
3. I get headaches quite often – on average, no less than once a month.

DISAGREEMENT:

(no statements listed)

CLUSTER 7: Increased lipophilicity (obesity) and overeating, craving for high-calorie foods. Hence – a predisposition to angina pectoris.

AGREEMENT:

1. I have a certain tendency toward obesity.
2. My weight is above normal.
3. I overeat.
4. I have a tendency to accumulate fat under my skin.
5. I am bothered by problems related to excess weight.
6. I often experience shortness of breath during physical exertion.
7. Frankly, I prefer fatty foods.
8. I often eat lard (I love it).
9. I have a tendency to accumulate excess fat on my body.
10. Sometimes my heart feels heavy, and I feel short of breath.
11. I sometimes experience frequent yawning.
12. My scalp is very oily, so if I don’t wash my hair often, it quickly becomes greasy.
13. At the age of 8–11, I ate candy and sweets every day (probably more often than my peers) – they made up a significant part of my diet.
14. My scalp is overly oily.

DISAGREEMENT:

1. I tend to be more thin than overweight.
2. I don’t have any fat folds on my belly (in general, I have a lot of muscle and little subcutaneous fat, so you can pinch the skin on my stomach).
3. My weight is somewhat below the norm for my height and age.
4. I’m a lean person, and I have no excess fat in my body (if you’re over 45, assess this based on your younger years).
5. My body mass is lower than normal for my height.
6. I don’t consume oil and fats in food at all, or only in very small quantities.
7. I generally avoid fatty foods – I don’t like them.
8. I have a normal weight for my height – not above or below, neither overweight nor underweight.
9. I have an excellent body shape.

CLUSTER 8: Hot flashes to the head, hyperemia

AGREEMENT:

1. At least a couple of times a week, I feel a specific “heaviness” in my head, as if blood has rushed to it.
2. I quite often feel a sensation of heat in my head and face (or sudden "hot flashes"), and not due to infections (I notice this at least once every two weeks).
3. Some areas of my skin occasionally become red and warm.
4. I sometimes develop patches of redness on my skin.

DISAGREEMENT:

(no statements listed)

CLUSTER 9: Tendency to hypertension

AGREEMENT:

1. My blood pressure often rises.
2. I have a tendency toward hypertension (elevated blood pressure).
3. My blood pressure is usually high or slightly above normal.

DISAGREEMENT:

(no statements listed)

CLUSTER 10: Parasomnias (ESPECIALLY SLEEPWALKING), nighttime sleep disturbances (low adenosine tone?)

AGREEMENT:

1. It has happened that I sat up in bed, got up, or moved to another bed in my sleep, and then remembered nothing about it.
2. Close people have told me I sometimes get up at night and do things, but then have no memory of it.
3. I sometimes suffer from insomnia.

CLUSTER 11: Increased T-tactile sensitivity

AGREEMENT:

1. I love gentle caresses on my forearms with light, slow touches from another person's hand.
2. I enjoy it when someone gently runs their fingers through my hair.
3. I find it pleasantly thrilling, even to the point of light shivers, when someone slowly strokes my neck or forearm with a soft brush or gentle fingertip touch.
4. Sometimes, even without any sexual context, I experience pleasant sensations running across the skin of my hands and body, somewhat similar to sexual ones.
5. I greatly enjoy when someone slowly and almost weightlessly runs a hand over the skin of my scalp or neck.
6. I get pleasure from light, slow touches on the skin at the back of my head, neck, or forearm.

DISAGREEMENT:

1. Touching someone’s body or clothes is only appropriate during sex or when picking up a child — never in everyday life.

CLUSTER 12: Low suggestibility to others’ opinions, low emotional synchronization with surroundings

AGREEMENT:

1. I readily express my opinions about the world without considering what others think.
2. I often argue against other people's points with reasoned arguments.
3. I find it hard to refrain from correcting or objecting to other people's projects.
4. My mood often contrasts with that of the people around me.
5. My emotions rarely align with the emotions of others.
6. I sometimes internally disagree with the opinion of a high-ranking authority figure, even if I depend on them.

DISAGREEMENT:

1. I easily "catch" the mood of my friends.
2. When reading a book, I start viewing events and expectations through the eyes of the character.
3. When I’m in a bad mood, it immediately seems like the people close to me are in a bad mood too.
4. Sometimes I start noticing irritability or a bad mood in my loved ones, only to realize later that it's actually me who's in a bad mood.

CLUSTER 13: Increased sweating (possibly due to elevated VIP – vasoactive intestinal peptide)

AGREEMENT:

1. Even in winter, I often sweat.
2. My hands or forehead often become covered in cold sweat (I notice this at least once every two weeks).
3. My palms or soles often sweat heavily (again, at least once every two weeks).
4. Sometimes my whole body breaks out in sweat (no less than once a month, if not more often).
5. My palms often sweat when I’m nervous.
6. Sometimes I sweat excessively.
7. I regularly use deodorants to prevent underarm sweating.
8. Sometimes I suddenly start sweating, or feel a sudden rush of heat or cold.

DISAGREEMENT:

1. Compared to other people, I hardly sweat at all.
2. The skin on my hands and feet is almost always completely dry, without any sweat.

CLUSTER 14: Symptoms of increased histamine tone

AGREEMENT:

1. I often catch colds — my immunity to respiratory viruses is clearly reduced (i.e., I get frequent URIs with a runny nose or itching in the nose/throat).
2. Even when not ill, I sometimes get chills that make my body shiver as if from cold (this happens at least once a month).
3. I sometimes experience tremors in my limbs, like my hand shaking (again, at least once a month).
4. I often feel like drinking a bit or at least rinsing my mouth — it's dry.
5. I sometimes (at least a couple of times a month) have to take diphenhydramine, suprastin, or other antihistamines (and they help).
6. I’ve had asthma attacks when I struggled to breathe and couldn’t get enough air.
7. I like to always have drinking water nearby in my room so I can use it anytime.
8. I often have dry mouth or a cough (apparently just from dryness in the throat and bronchi, not illness-related).
9. I experience states of periodic body shivering accompanied by heavy sweating.
10. I usually need to drink something with food; otherwise, it’s too dry to eat.

DISAGREEMENT:

(no statements listed)

CLUSTER 15: Broad-boned physique

AGREEMENT:

1. Compared to peers of my gender, I have wider hips and pelvis.
2. I have a rather stocky, “broad-boned” build.
3. My neck is more thick than thin (compared to peers of my gender).

DISAGREEMENT:

1. Compared to the average person, my neck is more elongated than shortened.
2. Compared to others, the bridge of my nose between my eyes is noticeably thinner and narrower.

CLUSTER 16: Tendency toward envy

AGREEMENT:

1. I feel jealous and irritated when my pets snuggle up to other guests.
2. Sometimes I feel pangs of envy.
3. Other people's success annoys me, especially when fools get lucky.
4. At least once a week, I feel envious of someone’s luck.

DISAGREEMENT:

(no statements listed)

CLUSTER 17: Symptoms of elevated prolactin

AGREEMENT:

1. It’s true that I’m barely aroused by erotica or pornography.
2. I frequently get headaches or back pain.
3. I often experience pain in my back or head.
4. During sex, I’m often distracted by pain (in my head, lower back, chest, or muscles).
5. I have trouble achieving strong orgasms during sex (5 – if orgasms are absent or almost always weak, 4 – if you often feel they're not strong enough, 3 – no specific issues or unsure, 2 – if usually strong orgasms, 1 – if always strong orgasms).

DISAGREEMENT:

1. My sexual desire is very easily aroused.

CLUSTER 18: Love for discussion and debate

AGREEMENT:

1. Participating in discussions (debates) is a great way to intellectually engage with others.
2. I often spend several days in long scholastic online arguments about abstract topics.

DISAGREEMENT:

(no statements listed)

CLUSTER 19: Low self-esteem, tendency toward self-analysis and self-criticism

AGREEMENT:

1. I usually have low self-esteem regarding my appearance, and it gets worse unless I'm periodically complimented.
2. Compliments and praise often sound ironic or ambiguous to me — though sometimes that’s probably just my imagination.
3. Before a sporting race, the thought of losing and being embarrassed excites and motivates me more than the idea of victory.
4. I’m upset and bothered by some defects in my face.
5. I know how to be ironic about myself.
6. As my work progresses, the result often starts to seem worse to me.
7. Sometimes I feel like a complete pig.
8. I see nothing wrong or shameful in buying clothes I like at cheap second-hand stores — I’ve done it myself.
9. I often feel embarrassed.
10. Sometimes I hurl insults at myself.
11. I have a carefully hidden sense of inferiority and depression — due to thoughts that I don’t meet the high standards I set for my life.
12. There’s a lot of bad in me that could be considered flaws.
13. I often feel like I didn’t study or prepare enough, which makes me delay submitting work.
14. Lately I’ve been thinking about my problems and troubles more often than usual (rate this 5 or 4 if true, 1 or 2 if the opposite, 3 if neutral).
15. I have an obsessive habit of constantly evaluating and checking myself.
16. I often recall mistakes I made in the past.
17. I often fear that in close communication I may not come across as cheerful enough.

DISAGREEMENT:

1. I very rarely analyze myself or reflect on who I am.
2. Being like everyone else, living like everyone else, doing only what everyone else does — is utterly repulsive.
3. My ambitions are almost always much higher than what I actually have.
4. People always exaggerate their misfortunes.
5. I believe that anything is possible if there’s passion behind it.
6. I always believe I’m right.

CLUSTER 20: Tendency toward bruxism (jaw clenching, teeth grinding)

AGREEMENT:

1. I sometimes grind my teeth in my sleep.
2. I have a habit of tightly clenching my teeth when deep in thought.
3. While talking or chewing, my jaw sometimes “clicks” (an audible sound).
4. Sometimes my lips and mouth spasm — even biting the inside of my cheek.
5. When I’m deep in thought, I often unconsciously clench my teeth and shift my focus from one point of contact to another, gently tapping my upper teeth on the lower ones, as if mimicking “chewing” something.

DISAGREEMENT:

(no statements listed)

CLUSTER 21: Tolerance for swearing, for profanity

AGREEMENT:

1. I use swear words several times a day.

DISAGREEMENT:

1. I get very annoyed and embarrassed when people swear.

CLUSTER 22: Tolerance for external criticism

AGREEMENT:

1. Any objection automatically makes me usually rethink the problem with focus.
2. As a rule, I listen to critical remarks with interest and gratitude.

DISAGREEMENT:

1. Almost everyone who criticizes me is just jealous.
2. I’m most often dissatisfied or disappointed with how people around me treat me.
3. I won’t listen to the opinions and advice of someone if they present it in a disrespectful manner.
4. Sometimes I feel like people laugh at me behind my back.

CLUSTER 23: Negative attitude towards physical activity

AGREEMENT:

1. Lately, I’ve been feeling worse than before and get tired more than usual (if so, rate 5 or 4; if the opposite, then 1 or 2; if no difference – then 3).

DISAGREEMENT:

1. I have a lot of regular physical activity in my life, which leaves a pleasant feeling afterward.
2. I love long-distance running until fatigue – it brings a very pleasant feeling.
3. I only start feeling good after intense physical training.
4. Several times a year I make sure to spend a long time walking in the forest until I’m tired – whether foraging for mushrooms and berries or just for fun.

CLUSTER 24: Democratic attitude in communication

AGREEMENT:

1. I can show friendliness and goodwill to anyone.
2. I sometimes enjoy talking to unhappy, sick, or humiliated people.
3. I’m not embarrassed to shake hands with all kinds of people from common folk.
4. I have no problem communicating with people known for being mean to others.

DISAGREEMENT:

1. I despise homeless people.
2. I’m usually cautious toward people – I expect them to interfere with my actions and activities.
3. I always pity people I know more than those I don’t – I can’t treat everyone equally.
4. I feel an instinctive aversion to people with non-traditional sexual orientation.

CLUSTER 25: Erudition, being well-read, developed verbal sphere

AGREEMENT:

1. Since school, I was more well-read and erudite than others.
2. I’ve always been interested in general philosophical laws of dialectics, the laws of motion of matter.
3. At least once a month or more, I read a novel or story.
4. I love science fiction about social utopias or dystopias – different societal setups.
5. I love reading.
6. I’m interested in popular science stories about all sorts of worms and parasites.

DISAGREEMENT:

1. I have difficulty understanding long sentences with lots of clauses and commas.
2. I absorb information better visually than aurally.
3. I’m more often distracted from work by talk-radio with chatter and reasoning than by radio with music.

CLUSTER 26: Numbness and coldness of limbs

AGREEMENT:

1. I sometimes experience numbness or coldness in my limbs (at least once every two weeks).
2. My hands and feet often become cold, "like ice".

DISAGREEMENT:

(no statements listed)

CLUSTER 27: Accelerated puberty (genes inherited from Neanderthals)

AGREEMENT:

1. As far as I remember, my adult teeth grew earlier than my peers’.
2. In childhood, I was ahead of my peers in height and physical development, but I stopped growing and fully formed earlier than they did.
3. I developed secondary sexual characteristics earlier than my peers.

DISAGREEMENT:

(no statements listed)

CLUSTER 28: Smoking

AGREEMENT:

1. I still smoke, even though I’ve tried to quit.
2. I smoke often and more than other smokers.

DISAGREEMENT:

(no statements listed)

CLUSTER 29: Did not have mumps (presence of Denisovan genes enhancing immunity to mumps virus)

AGREEMENT:

1. I know for sure I didn’t have mumps as a child or adolescent (5 – if you know for sure you didn’t, 4 – if not sure but suspect you didn’t, 1 – if you did).

DISAGREEMENT:

1. I had mumps (infectious parotitis, viral inflammation of salivary glands with facial swelling) as a child or adolescent (5 – if yes, 1 – if no, or if not sure but probably not).

CLUSTER 30: Finger ratio – ring finger longer than index finger – high prenatal testosterone

AGREEMENT:

1. Place your LEFT hand flat on the table with fingers straight and together. Compare the tips of the index and ring fingers. If the index finger is ahead of the ring finger by 6–10 mm or more, rate it “1”. If it’s longer by 2–5 mm, rate it “2”. If there’s no noticeable difference, rate “3”. If the ring finger is longer by 2–5 mm, rate “4”. If it’s longer by 6–10 mm or more, rate “5”.
2. Place your RIGHT hand flat on the table (palm down), fingers together and straight. Which finger – second (index) or fourth (ring) – sticks out more? If the index finger is ahead of the ring finger by 6–10 mm or more, rate “1”. If only by 2–5 mm, rate “2”. If the tips are at the same level, rate “3”. If the ring finger is longer by 2–5 mm, rate “4”. If the ring finger is longer by 6–10 mm or more, rate “5”. It’s better to measure with a ruler than by eye.

DISAGREEMENT:

(no statements listed)

CLUSTER 31: Deep voice, dark eyes – high current testosterone

AGREEMENT:

1. Compared to others of my gender, I have a more “bass-like” voice (5 or 4 – if true, 3 – neutral, 1 or 2 – if higher-pitched).

DISAGREEMENT:

1. My voice is high-pitched and relatively closer to tenor or soprano than to bass or contralto for my gender (5 – yes, 3 – neutral, 1 – no, deeper than average).
2. My eye color is closer to blue than brown.

CLUSTER 32: Right-footedness, right-earedness, right-eyedness

AGREEMENT:

1. Jump near a chair. Which foot naturally wants to jump on it first? If it’s your right foot, rate “5”; if left – rate “1”.
2. When I listen to music with a portable player, I usually put the earbud in my right ear.
3. I bring a spyglass or scope to my right eye rather than my left.
4. If your right ear consistently hears better than your left, rate 5 (much better) or 4 (slightly better). If your left hears better, rate 1 or 2. If they hear the same, rate 3.

DISAGREEMENT:

1. I usually put the phone to my left ear.
2. When jumping in length or height, I almost always push off with my left foot.

CLUSTER 33: Likes to study people and understand the reasons for their behavior

AGREEMENT:

1. There’s always an explanation or justification for people who are widely condemned.
2. I easily see myself in others.
3. Sometimes, for fun or entertainment, I pretended to be someone with completely different beliefs than I actually have.
4. I’m interested in the thoughts and motivations of even the worst people.
5. When someone upsets or offends me, I usually try to mentally “put myself in their shoes” for a while.
6. I enjoy observing my acquaintances in different situations, guessing about their actions – why this, why that.

DISAGREEMENT:

1. To me, Russians, Germans, and Americans are more alike than different.
2. If someone did something bad to me, it means they are a bad person.
3. I believe that if someone is homosexual, they should at least live very quietly and hide it from others.
4. In my ideas and assumptions, I tend to be maximalist and sometimes stubbornly narrow-minded.

CLUSTER 34: Sound after-effects and synesthesia – weak inhibition

AGREEMENT:

1. Often even quiet sounds seem piercingly vivid, clear, and loud, as if filling my whole head, and even after they end, they keep echoing in my head.
2. Loud sounds I’ve just heard – even after they’ve stopped – still continue to sound in my head for a while.
3. Sounds are almost always associated in my mind with light and color, and vice versa – visual memories are always filled with sounds.
4. Sometimes sounds or melodies seem to be associated with tastes of foods – vanilla, dark chocolate, fresh cucumbers, orange, etc.

DISAGREEMENT:

(no statements listed)

CLUSTER 35: Increased daily sleep duration

AGREEMENT:

1. I can sleep many hours and still not feel rested.
2. I sleep too much.

DISAGREEMENT:

(no statements listed)

CLUSTER 36: Increased lactase activity in adulthood (presence of a 10,000-year-old European gene mutation that maintains lactase enzyme activity into adulthood)

AGREEMENT:

(no statements listed)

DISAGREEMENT:

1. My stomach doesn’t tolerate milk well – even fresh milk can upset my digestion.

What physiological factors could explain the differences between the process and result poles? There are quite a few candidates (some of which we listed when analyzing the factors). However, the main one seems to be the tone of the peptide neurohormone adenosine.

In the central nervous system, adenosine performs dual functions, but mainly inhibitory ones. In contrast, in the peripheral nervous system, it acts exclusively as an excitatory neurotransmitter—specifically, enhancing physical performance. Adenosine mutations (which cause a deficit in its normal functions) are associated with hypersomnia and parasomnias (including sleepwalking). It can be assumed that the process pole is more likely linked to a reduced adenosine tone in the central nervous system, while the result pole is associated with an increased tone.