Also called "Kinaesthetic Intelligence".
The ability to use one's body in highly differentiated and skilled ways,
for both goal-oriented and expressive purposes.
The capacity to exercise fine and gross motor control of one's body.
CHARACTERISTICS
Active.
Balance, grace and poise.
Dextrous.
Well co-ordinated.
Solves problems by experiment.
Tends to touch and fiddle with things.
Uses hands when talking.
May be an outdoor person.
May find it difficult to sit still.
May enjoy daredevil fairground rides and similar experiences.
HOBBIES
Dancing
Swimming
Sport & keeping fit.
Gymnastics.
Walking.
Cycling.
Golf.
Drama.
D-I-Y & practical activities.
Crafts (sewing, knitting, crochet, embroidery, marquetry, model-making, woodturning, toy-making).
Origami.
Juggling.
CAREERS
Professional sport.
Sports coaching & therapy.
Personal fitness trainer.
Leisure industry.
Physiotherapy.
Massage.
Dancing.
Choreography.
Entertainment.
Circus performer.
Travel.
Practical crafts.
Carpenter.
Sculptor.
Manufacturing.
Agriculture
(especially if also naturalist)Theatre.
Building & construction.
Forestry
(especially if also naturalist)Transport.
Touch-typing.
Archaeology
(if also Naturalist.)Engineering
(if also logical).EXAMPLES
Marcel Marceau (mime artist)
Charlie Chaplin
Michael Crawford (actor)
Michael Owen (footballer)
BRAIN STUFF
The part of the brain that controls the movement process is a strip across the top of the head roughly underneath where one would wear a set of headphones. The left-side strip governs movement of the body's right side and vice versa.
Surgical separation of the corpus callosum (the bundle of nerve fibres which enables cross-brain communication) can leave an individual literally "in two minds", creating co-ordination difficulties.
The brain's awareness and regulation of the position and status of the body's constituent parts is known as proprioception.
In (blind) Braille readers, the area of the brain that controls the reading finger becomes more active and enlarged.
DEVELOPING PHYSICAL INTELLIGENCE
Engage in sports and physical activities.
Practice mime.
Use your non-dominant hand (perhaps for an hour a day).
Notice the connection between your own body language and your feelings.
Learn how to actively use your own body language to influence others.
Take up a practical hobby (see list - above centre)
STUDY TIPS
Practice a skill.
Learn and use the "Body pegs" memory system.
Learn the sign-language alphabet and use this as a mnemonic aid.
SEE: "Let's get physical"