Are you right or left brained?

Funny | Monday 15 October 2007 11:32 pm

Found this gem through Greg.

The Herald Sun, a newspaper in Australia, has a cool page up with an animated image that can tell you whether you are right- or left-brained. Here is the original page, with the details.

Look at the image below. Which way is the dancer model turning, clockwise or counterclockwise?

which-way
Most people see it turning counterclockwise, which is correlated to being left-brained. If you see it turning clockwise, you’re right-brained. Can you make it change directions? for some it can be difficult to impossible. I can get it to change briefly if I really try (I see it turning counterclockwise).Here’s what they say it all means:

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

Some people are able to see it change directions if you stare intently at it, or close your eyes and re-open then.I’m only able to see the woman turning clockwise. Looks like I’m strongly right-brained!

Good to know I’m not considered “safe”, “practical” or “reality based” :)

How does it look to you?

4 Comments »

  1. Comment by col — October 16, 2007 @ 12:40 am

    Wow, I can only see it turning clockwise. I’ve been sitting here and staring at it intently and can’t get it to look any other way!

  2. Comment by Tom — October 16, 2007 @ 9:44 am

    The really creepy part is that when you get her going clockwise, you are convinced that her right leg is off the ground, and when she’s going counter-clockwise, you’re convinced her left leg is off the ground.

    Because she’s a silhouette and you can’t tell which leg is in front, her body looks identical either way. It’s a cool effect.

  3. Comment by Erren — October 24, 2007 @ 11:36 am

    This is messing with my mind. First, it was going clockwise… and then I looked away for a second, turned back and it was going counterclockwise, and I couldn’t change it no matter how hard I concentrated. Then I looked away again and it was going clockwise. Freaky.

    -Erren

  4. Comment by Terry — November 8, 2007 @ 1:31 pm

    Wow! The picture keeps changing directions on me, even when I am looking right at it. It took a little practice but I can now make it change directions by blinking really fast a few times. I thought it was a trick at first, I thought the website was making it change directions.

    Terry

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