Left Brain v. Right Brain
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Left Brain v. Right Brain
Look closely at this image:
Now quickly.... which way is it turning: clockwise or counter-clockwise?
According to the experts: if you see it turning clockwise your more left right brained, and more left brained if you see it turning counter-clockwise.
Apparently, most people see it turning counter-clockwise. It turns clockwise for me (and no... I can't reverse it in my head).
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
Now quickly.... which way is it turning: clockwise or counter-clockwise?
According to the experts: if you see it turning clockwise your more left right brained, and more left brained if you see it turning counter-clockwise.
Apparently, most people see it turning counter-clockwise. It turns clockwise for me (and no... I can't reverse it in my head).
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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I can only see it turning clock-wise. I stared at it for a few minutes and still no change.
On the other hand Lady J could only see it counter clock-wise. Don't know if it makes any difference but she is left handed.
On the other hand Lady J could only see it counter clock-wise. Don't know if it makes any difference but she is left handed.
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I can flip it at will too...I'm not seeing a real scientific measure here either. The same holds true for many illusions like this.miftah wrote:I can flip it around at will. I really don't think it has any basis in truth at all to say that it reflects your mental orientation. Near as I can see, it has about as much basis in science as horoscopes.
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Just to be a skeptic...
Are we sure that there isn't some sort of ActionScript (Flash programming language) creativity that reverses the frame order at random? I don't see a hiccup when the frames are reversed, however.
As for the rest, I see both at various times - either I am well-balanced (HAH!!) or this is as the others say - non scientific.
Are we sure that there isn't some sort of ActionScript (Flash programming language) creativity that reverses the frame order at random? I don't see a hiccup when the frames are reversed, however.
As for the rest, I see both at various times - either I am well-balanced (HAH!!) or this is as the others say - non scientific.
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Nah, I've watched it at length and its always doing the same thing. Its just a pure silhouette with no details to give you the option of determining a foreground or background. Given the lack of information, your brain will fill in the blanks. But its nothing to do with which side of the brain is dominant - it plays with this based on the fact that it moves horizontally, but you could do the same thing with a perfectly symmetrical version moving vertically. Whether your brain chooses to move her tilting backward into the field or forward into the field is, to the best of my perception, a random occurrence.
I wouldn't be surprised to see something like this on a psychology site with an explanation just like this, though. Psychologists love to base their work on stupid brain tricks like this.
I wouldn't be surprised to see something like this on a psychology site with an explanation just like this, though. Psychologists love to base their work on stupid brain tricks like this.
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Nope... it's an animated gif... I've torn the file apart and there is no trickery in there.bugfreezer wrote:Are we sure that there isn't some sort of ActionScript (Flash programming language) creativity that reverses the frame order at random?
I did find, however, that I can reverse it's direction if I squint for a moment.
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