Right Brain v Left Brain

[Metroland]

THE Right Brain vs Left Brain test ... do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?

If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.

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.

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe

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

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

 

[Mojo]

Does it keep changing? The first time I looked it was Clockwise but I just went back now and she was going the other way. Looking again she's back going Clockwise.

 

[TheSlash]

Keeps turning clockwise for me. Where did i leave my horse?

 

[Aureol]

Clockwise for me too...how on Earth can that be turning anti-clockwise?

 

[Metroland]

clockwise for me, but I can make it go anti-clockwise thinking of maths problems, then looking back at it!

 

[Gizmogle]

Clockwise, but I got it to go anti clockwise after a minute of trying to figure out a couple of sums lol :???:

EDIT: Oh, I just read Facebook and sent a text, now I can't stop it going anti-clockwise!

 

[TheSlash]

I had a game of freecell and it still went clockwise
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I reckon it's a trick of the mind as the laws of programming must say it spins one or another, or alternates?

 

[me123]

I can see both simultaneously

 

[laseandre]

It's a trick.

 

[TheSlash]

That's put me into one now, i'm going to fume for the rest of the night until i decide what to take out my frustration on - it could well be the car as that's had an easy week!

 

[Metroland]

LOL Well I dunno whether it's scientific or not, need to test it out on a few geeks, make sure it goes anti-clockwise.

 

[Bayum]

It changes anyways... No matter what you do. I looked at it once, blinked and it had turned the other way... Watched it again and it just turned anti-clockwise

 

[GWRtom]

to make it change direction dont focus on the entire thing only part of it
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or try not to look directly ati t

 

[Ascot]

Goes Anti Clockwise here.

 

[Death]

I just get a red X when I go there. Serves me right for using Internet Exploiter, I suppose... hock:



Only kidding - It's a constant clockwise here. If I find myself at a loose end tonight, I may well disassemble all of the individual frames from the image and post them individually to try and see how the illusion works.

 

[yorkie]

Clockwise here.

Some interesting links:-

http://scienceline.org/2007/10/29/ask-hsu-spinning-girl-right-left-brain-hemispheres/

http://ofb.net/~whuang/imgs/spin/

 

[Gizmogle]

Ah, cheers for that! I finally feel content with my life knowing that I can get her to spin both ways!

It was honestly bugging the hell outta me!