A Right Brain vs Left Brain test

by nick on October 31, 2007

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

If you see her turning clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain. If you see her turning anti clockwise the you favour your left brain.

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

It can also depend on your state of mind when you look at 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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{ 13 comments… read them below or add one }

John V November 5, 2007 at 11:51 am

I get the rotation to change,but is it me or is it the image doing it?

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samuel November 5, 2007 at 10:45 pm

I don’t understand how anyone could see this as anything other than clockwise. she is moving left to right? is it some sort of magic eye thing where if you focus your eyes in a different way it changes? would it work with monocular vision?

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Greg Markow November 6, 2007 at 7:18 am

That’s bizarre. First she moves counterclockwise and aftet watching suddenly she’s going clockwise!

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Bixuan December 3, 2007 at 12:36 am

Yeah I agree. I see it moving counter clockwise then clockwise. How to explain that?

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Azteca December 5, 2007 at 3:31 pm

Well,.. she is actuelly mooving in both directions if you keep exercising your perspective, left and right, left and right, after a wile you can also see how she stop turning and just swinging

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Durgesh December 8, 2007 at 3:40 am

i find that when i am casual the girl was moving anti clock wise and when i am being con centered in some reading then it starts to move clockwise. some time i found very sudden fluctuations in clock and anti clock wise.

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selfscienz December 13, 2007 at 2:37 am

First it moves clockwise, then i can make it move counter clockwise by looking at shadow of her feet. I can make it go both ways instantly.

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Kaylynn January 19, 2008 at 7:28 am

when looking at the picture straight on she goes clockwise the entire time but when i skroll down and i could only see her feet i could see her changing directions? Most of the time it is going clockwise though??? this is trippy!!!

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LOL May 21, 2008 at 8:54 pm

Hmm… piece of crap it changes direction by itself. I noticed this after staring at it for 10 min intervals. It changes manually 10 mins counter 10 clockwise

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Swarovski Binoculars July 1, 2008 at 12:24 am

It only goes counter clockwise for me, I don’t know why but I can’t get it to change directions no matter how long I look at it.

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mossavari July 29, 2008 at 12:04 am

it goes counter clockwise and sometimes anticlockwise. what does mean?

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deep brain stimulation August 8, 2008 at 1:33 pm

“I noticed this after staring at it for 10 min intervals. It changes manually 10 mins counter 10 clockwise”

I think your right about that. It would be a neat illusion if you could actually get it to change directions but it really does it on its own. If you look a the figure its a 3-d model, so there is no possible way for it to magically change directions by just thinking about it. The whole right brain left brain thing that goes along with it may be a bit of a simplification too.

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Jonathan September 12, 2008 at 12:23 pm

I see her move CLOCKWISE. I tried to see her move the other direction but can’t!!

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