Are you left or right brained?

Richard

Here's a fun animation:

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22556281-661,00.html

The claim is that if you see the dancer moving clockwise, you are right brained. Counter-clockwise means left brained. It looked clockwise to me at first, but after staring at it a bit, I can now make it flip back and forth.

Cheers,

schmoo

Richard,

Very funny that you posted this because I contemplated discussing it so for a few days but never got around to it.

I found it creepy that when I am work I can only see her spinning clockwise no matter how hard I try, but at home (when I do a lot of photo editing in my free time) she keeps switching back and forth.

SloYerRoll

Same thing here.

Clockwise at first, then counter.. Indeed, kinda creepy...

-Jon

wholenewlight

clockwise only for me

I sent it to my kids and wife - curious what the results will be. I believe I know whether they are right or left brained - I'll see if my guesses are correct based on this test.

z_28

Very interesting

Clockwise initially, but later it switched randomly !
Looks as my brain have some illegal activities there

Phyxius

I'm not sure how it can appear to go in different directions...

But that said it started anti-clockwise and switched to clockwise for me.

StevenV

Anti-clockwise at first, and it stays that way while I look at it.

But when I look away and read the text, she changes direction in my peripheral vision.

Awais Yaqub

1st tell me Pros and Cons of both sides then i will see it

Awais Yaqub

I am right brain. My eye sight of right eye is weaker then left may be this is the reason ? as right eye has more work load

Phyxius

I made people at work look at this and we were looking at the same screen at the same time and seeing her turn in a different direction. I understand that it's an optical illusion I just have no idea how it works.

But, mine flip-flops.

digismile

Definitely starts clockwise, but changed after several rotations. I can't do it on command, but I seem able to change directions with a bit of concentration.

Reminds me of when the 3d images first came out. I had no problem seeing the image, yet some people could stare for ever and never see the hidden image.

petepics

By concentrating on the shadows of the feet at the bottom of the picture, I can make her change direction at will, (most of the time).

BigAl

Anticlockwise - can't do anything to make her go clockwise...

saurora

StevenV wrote:

Anti-clockwise at first, and it stays that way while I look at it.

But when I look away and read the text, she changes direction in my peripheral vision.

She switched for me that way, too. If I just stare at her, she doesn't change. But when I look away and think the opposite direction, she switches. Very interesting! So what have we learned from this???

wxwax

For the life of me, I can't get her to change. Always, always clockwise.



RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking

wxwax

petepics wrote:

By concentrating on the shadows of the feet at the bottom of the picture, I can make her change direction at will, (most of the time).

She has feet?

Oh yes, so she does.

Angelo

her directional switch is caused by Hemispheric Dominance Synchronization.

In most people the two halves of the brain switch off periodically through the day to balance mental functions. this occurs approximately every 90 seconds.

Google "left brain-right brain tests." there are a lot of fun things to do.

Most people will test dominant on one side in the neighborhood of 65/35 (left or right)

I've done these tests for years and I always test about 52/48 LBD

Nikolai

Funny,
Clockwise no matter how hard I tried...
That's pretty weird... I usually have no trouble doing abstract math, and always thought my left brain is a dominant one..

Nikolai

wxwax wrote:

She has feet?

Yeah it's like that waterfall picture :-)

ivar

rotating woman web page wrote:

Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.

petepics wrote:

By concentrating on the shadows of the feet at the bottom of the picture, I can make her change direction at will, (most of the time).

Angelo

http://scienceblogs.com/neurophilosophy/2007/10/the_left_brain_right_brain_myt.php

Richard

Angelo wrote:

http://scienceblogs.com/neurophilosophy/2007/10/the_left_brain_right_brain_myt.php

Thanks for the link, Angelo. While I enjoyed the illusion, I suspected that the interpretation was bogus.

Here's another fun one a friend sent me after I sent him the dancing figure. I think it is especially interesting for photographers:

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If you look at the above images from your seat in front of the computer, Mr Angry is on the left, and Ms.Calm is on the right.

Get up from your seat, and move back 12 feet, and PRESTO!! they switch places!!

Does this prove that we sometimes may not be seeing what's actually there?
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Cason

Clockwise for me. I could not get her to go counter-cw.

I tilted my head to the right and she finally switched.

I must have knocked something loose up there.

DougNorCal

RTP wrote:

Clockwise for me. I could not get her to go counter-cw.

I tilted my head to the right and she finally switched.

I must have knocked something loose up there.

That is INSANE. I've been doing this since the first post and she has always been clockwise. Just now I tilted my head to the left, realized you said right tried the correct right and sure enough she started spinning counter clockwise. Weirdness.

claudermilk

Clockwise no matter what tricks I try. But, like Nikolai, I tend to operate LBD mostly. Weird.

wxwax

Nikolai wrote:

Clockwise no matter how hard I tried...
That's pretty weird... I usually have no trouble doing abstract math, and always thought my left brain is a dominant one..

That's very weird.

Prolly means the test is :bigbs

claudermilk

I was kind of thinking the same thing. The left-brained stuff mostly comes naturally (ok, except math--never had that "aha!" moment where it all became clear); I have to work at the right-brain stuff more--otherwise my photography would be a lot better.

Ken Lapp

claudermilk wrote:

Clockwise no matter what tricks I try. But, like Nikolai, I tend to operate LBD mostly. Weird.

Try this, scroll the image up until you can just see the legs. You'll probably be able to see it turn both directions. It worked for me, and I was only able to see it clock-wise until then. As soon as I tried this I was able to see it turn counter clock-wise, and then I scrolled the image back down so all of it was in view and I was able to switch back and forth. But, then I looked away and back again and now it's only clock-wise again.

salazar

She went clockwise at first then counter clockwise. Now I'm watching her sweep her foot across the front, back and forth. I can get her to do either direction at will easily now by turning my head slightly in the direction I want her to go as she reaches the sides. Cool. I do have more trouble getting her to go anticlockwise though, its easier to get her to go that way if I look at her hands.

I showed my wife and she went counter, then clockwise, then she could get her to switch at will by tilting her head.

I'll have to email that one around.

Rockporters

We (Dh, Ds, Me) initially saw clockwise. Ds and I then clearly saw her switch to counter, and then back again. He and I saw the switch at the exact same time, every time. Oddly Dh was never able to see it, but he lacks detail skills . It's fair to say Ds and I are some of both, left and right. Dh on the other hand is definitely right brained.

jdryan3

Huh?
Brain?
Brain??
BRAIN???
:confused :confused :confused







Who said I had a brain? :twitch