October 09, 2007 12:00am
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
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This is clearly a silhouette of a 3D model of a woman spinning clockwise (from a top-down perspective). All you have to do is measure the lengths of the legs and arms at different points in the animation to prove this. The shadow of her feet also proves this (notice how the shadow of her foot is moving to the left, and appears *below* her other spinning foot (meaning that it's in the air and is closer to you, not further away). Nonetheless, for what it's worth, I can trick my brain at will into thinking she's spinning either right or left. The way I do it is by focusing on her foot's shadow and thinking right or left, then looking up.
Posted by: Tom Chapin of Phoenix, AZ 7:06am today
creepy.. when i'm just looking at it.. it definitely goes clockwise.. which means i'm right brained.. but as soon as i start "thinking', it goes anti clockwise.. then i close my eyes and open them, it goes clockwise again.. so i guess i'm capable of using my left brain, although most of the time, i'm using my right brain
Posted by: jess of 3:39pm November 20, 2008
I COULD NEVER MAKE IT GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION THAN CLOCKWISE.
Posted by: JEREMY W., STONE of LAB 12:56pm November 18, 2008
Read all 2363 commentsWHAT THE HELL?? howww can people see it turn anti clockwise?? You guys are awesome. Take your coolness a step further and explain how you can turn it both ways. Thanks people!! ^^ LOve yaa
Posted by: Jackie of 8:01pm November 17, 2008
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