What’s Your Brain Type? And What Might It Tell You?
Non-member post. Unprompted and unsponsored. Published Sept 15, 2026. For educational purposes only. This is not medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider for all your health needs.
Seven million people have taken the Brain Health Assessment. And one statistic in particular caught our attention.
Since covid, the proportion of people taking the assessment who were identified as having a “healthy balanced brain” has reportedly fallen by around 70%.
Before covid, 44% of people taking the assessment were identified as having a balanced brain.
Afterwards? Just 13%.
Quite a statistic. But what does it actually tell us?
What might be behind the change?
Could some of it simply reflect a change in who is taking the assessment?
Absolutely.
Perhaps before covid, more people were taking it out of curiosity. Today, people may be more likely to seek out a brain health assessment because they’re already looking for answers around brain fog, stress, focus, mood, memory, sleep or simply not feeling quite like themselves.
So, it would be wrong to look at 44% versus 13% and conclude that covid caused the dramatic shift. The numbers don’t tell us that.
But they do raise an interesting question:
How well is your brain coping with the way you live today?
It’s not uncommon to hear people say that others seem different since covid — less patient, more irritable, more erratic, less tolerant or simply more overwhelmed.
There could be countless reasons for that, and one statistic certainly can’t explain them. But it does provide an interesting prompt to think more deeply about brain health.
What is a brain type?
The Brain Health Assessment from Amen Clinics and Daniel Amen, MD identifies 16 different brain types, based on patterns across areas such as focus, mood, anxiety, flexibility, impulsivity and sensitivity.
And this is where it gets interesting.
Understanding a brain type can create some surprisingly illuminating Aha! moments:
Aha, that could be why focusing comes so naturally.
Aha, that could help explain the worrying.
Aha, perhaps that’s why planning is such a strength.
Rather than looking only at the things that feel difficult, it can also highlight characteristics that may be strengths.
A brain type isn’t a label
This is perhaps the most important part.
Assessments like these aren’t absolutes. They don’t diagnose or treat, and a brain type shouldn’t become another label to attach to yourself.
Instead, think of it as another piece of information.
Every brain is different. Every body is different. Our histories, environments, lifestyles, stressors and needs are different too.
Understanding a little more about how your brain tends to operate can provide another lens through which to consider what may support it.
That might mean looking more closely at sleep, stress, movement, nutrition, relationships, environment, daily routines or the things that help regulate the nervous system.
Because information becomes most useful not when it gives us another label, but when it helps us make more personalized choices about our health.
Curious about your brain?
Take the Brain Health Assessment and discover your brain type.
Then comes the interesting part: understanding what that information might mean for you and the strategies that could help support a healthier, more balanced brain.
And if you take it, get in touch with Birch Cove and share your brain type. We’d love to hear what you discover.
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