It's the great 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 | RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS |
| uses logic | uses feeling |
| detail oriented | "big picture" oriented |
| facts rule | imagination rules |
| words and language | symbols and images |
| present and past | present and future |
| maths and science | philosophy & religion |
| can comprehend | can "get it" (i.e. meaning) |
| knowing | believes |
| acknowledges | appreciates |
| order/pattern perception | spatial perception |
| knows object name | knows object function |
| reality based | fantasy based |
| forms strategies | presents possibilities |
| practical | impetuous |
| safe | risk taking |
I tend to see her spinning clockwise.
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I saw her going both ways, clockwise, then anti-clockwise - a trick of letting the eyes go off kilter. Then I read your text and thought, well, huh! I once took a right brain/left brain "test" that showed I used both sides almost equally, a rare but not necessarily beneficial attribute as it tends to make decision making a difficult and prolonged process.
ReplyDeleteclockwise. i can't seem to change the direction. my husband sees it anti-clockwise. wierd but interesting.
ReplyDeleteClockwise but can force it the other way but not hold it for any length of timw
ReplyDeleteI see it clockwise. And that explains a lot of things about me! You..of all people sounds like the left brain person!
ReplyDeleteI cannot believe you have posted this. I found this earlier today, when looking up some stuff for my son's science project, we are wanting to make an optical illusion spinning top.
ReplyDeleteI see it clockwise.
Earlier when I was looking at it, I couldn't for the life of me get it to change direction, I stared at it for ages. Just now I saw it anti-clockwise, but when I traced the direction with my finger to make sure of the direction it changed back to clockwise. Oh wait, it is anti-clockwise now, I wonder why I couldn't make it change before?
OK, if I look away and back, I see it roughly equally both ways, but have trouble changing the direction if I keep staring, after reading Pauline's comment I wonder if this explains my difficulty in making decisions?
ReplyDeleteDuh! She started off, briefly, anti-clockwise but, to me, she goes clockwise. I saw this on the "Morning Show" on Channel 7 yesterday , and she was then, turning clockwise, to me...but then, I guess if I was sitting behind her, things might be different! ;)
ReplyDeleteShe was spinning clockwise first , but I can easily make her go anticlockwise too . -- I am left handed , -- As with some of your other observers I too have difficulty making decisions --
ReplyDeleteI'm with you Lee , Religion ???
She alternated quite regularly between clock and anti-clock without any conscious effort on my part - what does that make me?
ReplyDeleteClockwise! It takes real effort and a little time but I can see counter-clockwise as well. Thanks for a great little test!
ReplyDelete"Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise"..is that true??????
ReplyDeletei see it turning clockwise! i dont care! its turning clockwise, haha, i cant believe most of you see it anti-clockwise.
hmmmm...so the right side brain peope is unique and the minor folks..
Wow, I can ONLY see it clockwise. Trying to turn it differently in my mind without success.
ReplyDeleteIf most people see her turning counter-clockwise, then this is interesting to me!
And yes, I am an inuitive artistic person. Interesting...
I see it spinning both ways. She changes suddenly for no apparent reason.If I try to make the direction change I can't but if I just watch for awhile the direction changes naturally.
ReplyDeleteI saw clockwise first. Interesting, being an engineer by profession. Then she started spinning anti-clockwise.
ReplyDeleteOK THIS WAS STRANGE... I LOOKED AT HER AND SHE WAS SPINNING CLOCKWISE. I SCROLLED DOWN TO READ AND LOOKED BACK UP AND SHE WAS GOING COUNTERCLOCKWISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSO MY HUSBAND CAME IN AND I HAD HIM LOOK AT IT... HE SAID COUNTERCLOCKWISE THEN WE BOTH SAW HER DIRECTION CHANGE AT THE SAME TIME... IS THIS A TRICK? HOW COULD WE BOTH SEE HER CHANGE DIRECTION AT THE SAME TIME???
i can't belive u can really see her going counter. right brained here.
ReplyDeleteIt does not surprise me that most bloggers see her going clockwise, suggesting that most of us are "right brained". I think more often than not, bloggers tend to be more creative people (at least the bloggers that we like to actually read are creative, haha). The only way I could see her going counter clockwise was by focusing my eyes on the text below the picture and letting myself notice the picture in my peripheral vision without actually looking at it.
ReplyDeleteI looked at it for awhile and I saw it as anti-clockwise. I read a few of your other posts, came back and she was going clockwise.
ReplyDeleteStrange.
She is defininetly turning clockwise, I can't see anything else?
ReplyDeleteHowever, I know both name and function......and I am very practical, so what does that say?
i see anti-clockwise - i tried really hard to see it the other way but the brain refuses to cooperate - which is poo because i secreatly want to be more right than left - i'm such a square!
ReplyDeletehey, wait a minute...is this one of those things that goes one direction for a bit then goes the other cuz now i see it all going clockwise...are you from Nigeria or something?
ReplyDeleteShe actually does change direction. When she is spinning clockwise, her right leg is forward, her right arm is held out and her head is tilted to the right. When she is spinning counterclockwise, her left leg is forward, her left arm is held out and her head is tilted to the left.
ReplyDeleteNice jugs. What was the question again? :-)
ReplyDeleteTends to start off spinning in the counter-clockwise direction and holds that action for like a minute, then starts spinning in the clockwise direction, but for like a few seconds. I can see it turn in both directions rather easily. It's just that it spins in one direction longer than the other. Both sides must be balanced...
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