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
>So after experimenting with this whenever I begin to read something it goes clockwise and whenever I look at the shadow of the extended foot it goes counter clockwise (default for me is counterclockwise though) If I only have the two legs (knee and down) on screen and I read soemthing (new) and then look up at the center foot then soemtimes the outer foot rotates the opposite way
I'm wondering what the switch from left to right brain-side takes to accomplish (easy transition or requires adjusting, energy, ect)
Crazy Rambles
Tue, 02/19/2008 - 8:57amErm not sure how to post the pic though, guess my attempt failed
Fap
Tue, 02/19/2008 - 10:33amD'oh!
You can upload it to photobucket then hotlink it here, that's what I do.
Qyn
Tue, 02/19/2008 - 10:59amSave the image to your computer then upload it via the attachment field at the bottom of your post.
Crazy Rambles
Tue, 02/19/2008 - 1:20pmI did save it then browsed for it in the attachment thing, then it just came up with that code stuff, maybe since i got the data from my Comp class' web page it messed up, but if you google left or right brained it should come up, there are actually a few pages that state this doesn't work, but we should see how our results fit into the equation
Tigue (not verified)
Wed, 02/20/2008 - 10:04amThe Facebook application for finding out if you're right or left brained uses the same test. Someone sent it to me last night, coincidentally.
Timmeh
Wed, 02/20/2008 - 11:40amhttp://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,22492511-5005375,00.html
The dancer starts out clockwise for me. Woo!
Fap
Wed, 02/20/2008 - 11:47ami can only see it moving clockwise. I couldn't even make it go counter-clockwise when i tried to focus on it. weird...
Timmeh
Wed, 02/20/2008 - 11:50amIf you concentrate on her ankle, you can make it look like she's spinning 180 degrees, back and forth. Then, you just stop concentrating when she's going the direction you want her to be going.
Magic!
Tigue (not verified)
Wed, 02/20/2008 - 11:51amI don't know if this is my computer loading it weird (and I have tried finding it from different places to counteract that) but all I see is her going a bit, sticking and then going a bit again...she never fully rotates...
Timmeh
Wed, 02/20/2008 - 11:53amYou have to let the .gif load...
Tigue (not verified)
Wed, 02/20/2008 - 11:53amYou have to read my entire post.
Timmeh
Wed, 02/20/2008 - 11:56amRight, you described exactly what I proposed to fix. However, you could try opening it with something that isn't your browser, in case it's your browser's fault.
Tigue (not verified)
Wed, 02/20/2008 - 11:59amClearly you need to reread my post.
Timmeh
Wed, 02/20/2008 - 12:04pmSince you admitted that loading might be the issue, and then described the behavior of a .gif that isn't fully loaded, I don't see what's wrong in my saying that it needs to load.
What you might be describing as well, though your wording is rather ambiguous, is that the .gif loops before the animation is complete. For this, I proposed the second solution: opening the .gif with something that might read .gifs better.
Tigue (not verified)
Wed, 02/20/2008 - 12:07pmI know how .gifs work, Tim. I also have tried opening it with different things and from difference sources and from different browsers and all sorts of things. I still always see it do what I said I saw it do. MAYBE it is a .gif problem, but I know to let a .gif load.
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Wed, 02/20/2008 - 1:02pmIt was spinning clockwise for about 15 seconds. Then I went heroes on it and it turned around, totally blowing my mind.
Qyn
Wed, 02/20/2008 - 1:37pmStarted out clockwise, then I reloaded and it reversed direction.
I was like "mmm, spinning....nice gradients" and then reloaded and was like "this gif could use better frame timing".
Sumul
Wed, 02/20/2008 - 1:57pmIt started out clockwise for me. I tried getting it to go counter-clockwise, but I couldn't do it for a few minutes. I got pretty frustrated, and then it switched over to counter-clockwise. Then I couldn't get it to go back for a couple minutes. Now I can switch it at will.
Crazy Rambles
Wed, 02/20/2008 - 7:19pmspending mroe time with it (20+ mins) allows for mroe control, although if it the switching between the different sides of the brain then I wonder what switching causes, lapses of a few miliseconds? or maybe it doesn't do anything except instantly switch thinking from logic to creative, if that
One thing that is creepy/fun is to get her going clockwise(for me) and then stare at her center foot's shadow and thin kthe opposite direction and soon enough the shadow goes the opposite way, and sometimes so do the
also an easy way to change it for me is also to look at it with your peripherals (spelling?) and let the bottom back of your brain get a sinking feeling (kinda when one zones out) and then she goes clockwise for me
Brian
Thu, 02/21/2008 - 9:11amI first saw it only go clockwise , and also getting frustrated I realized if I focused on the reflection I could shift it at my will. It's fun to make it go back and forth like she's crazy.
Bela
Fri, 02/22/2008 - 6:43amthis was so kewl....she first went counterclockwise....as i read the difference in the left and right brain functions......then i relooked at her and he was going clockwise.....so i did it again.....and again and again....each time she changed directions.....woot!! MY BRAIN IS WORKING!!!! (scarey) :)
Crazy Rambles
Fri, 02/22/2008 - 12:12pmlol
Ariwyn
Fri, 02/22/2008 - 1:40pmI can only see her go clockwise..it's the way her body is leaning..she has to go that way or she falls over.
Crazy Rambles
Fri, 02/22/2008 - 2:46pmwell when she is going counter clockwise he other leg is in the air and she is leaning the other way
as pictured by our brains
Fazil
Fri, 02/22/2008 - 2:58pmShe has nipples!
(as pictured by my brain)
Tigue (not verified)
Fri, 02/22/2008 - 3:01pmDoes your brain make her less of a funny shape too?
Vasya
Fri, 02/22/2008 - 3:17pmDefinitely clockwise for me. I can't really imagine how it could be the other way around.
Timmeh
Fri, 02/22/2008 - 3:20pmShe does for me too. Interesting.
Tigue (not verified)
Fri, 02/22/2008 - 3:24pmThis is the biggest group of right brained people I think I've ever seen...those of you who are right brained are right handed too? That's, from what I've read, pretty damn rare. O_o. Weird group!
Timmeh
Fri, 02/22/2008 - 3:26pmI just made her leg bend through the 4th dimension. I win!
Also, Tigue, I read somewhere that this is bull as a right brain/left brain test.
And I don't think I've ever seen anyone who sees this going counter-clockwise at first.
Tigue (not verified)
Fri, 02/22/2008 - 3:27pmThe amount I see her move is counterclockwise.
Qyn
Fri, 02/22/2008 - 4:02pmI read somewhere that Timosha pulls things out of his butt. XD
Timmeh
Fri, 02/22/2008 - 4:25pmAlso, I didn't notice Bela saw it going counter-clockwise. So, aside from Bela.
Bela
Fri, 02/22/2008 - 6:30pmhehe...yeah i did see it going counter-clockwise first time i saw it.....hmmm, so what does that mean? (oh now that is left wide open....be nice...lol)
Fap
Fri, 02/22/2008 - 6:31pmI saw your mom going counter-clockwise
Bela
Fri, 02/22/2008 - 6:36pmhahahahahaha
Timmeh
Fri, 02/22/2008 - 7:08pmI got curious, so I took a right/left brain test elsewhere, and it looks like I'm right brain dominant. And right handed!
So far, the spinning lady is 100% accurate. =O
Crazy Rambles
Fri, 02/22/2008 - 11:01pmThe first time I glance at it i see it counter clockwise
Timmeh
Fri, 02/22/2008 - 11:07pmhttp://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php?p=27
Aha. I guess it wasn't doubting the effectiveness of the dancer as a test, but the existence of hemispheric dominance in the first place.
Carry on >_>
Tigue (not verified)
Sat, 02/23/2008 - 9:32amWoah, That one, for whatever reason, works. And I see her going clockwise.
"We also do have hemispheric dominance, but that determines mostly your handedness and the probability of language being on the right or the left. There is also often asymmetry for memory, with some being right or left hemisphere dominant. But none of this means that your personality or abilities are more right brain or left brain. That much is nonsense."
So, I think they're more against the idea of personality or trait differences due to which side is dominant, not that a side is dominant.
Later they also explain that using one test, and this girl and the other one they provide are both not tests, doesn't work either.
Fazil
Sat, 02/23/2008 - 12:44pmI saw it going counter clockwise at first and it wouldn't change. I came back a day alter and it seemed to switch back and forth fairly randomly.
This could be because I was at work both times.