Left Brain v. Right Brain

[Warrior74]

Take this little test to see if you are more left brain vs. right brain.

Maybe you might need to start developing your right brain skills, they will help out in this whole becoming a better person than your left brain. I can make the dancer turn either way at will.

Try doing math equations then blink your eyes to make it switch to the left brain rotation.

Try concentrating on a happy emotion, or feeling your entire body from head to toe and then blink your eyes to switch to your right brain.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22556281-661,00.html

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

 

[ThunderMaverick]

Not only did I see her turning clockwise...

...I couldn't stop staring at her nipples, ass and hips. Seriously.:crackup:

 

[The Bat]

You do realize that popular psychology tends to over exaggerates the lateralization of brain function? There is some truth to "right vs left" brain functions though.

With that being said, I couldn't get her to turn clockwise. ****. That means I got to go crunch some numbers now. I was planning on reading Aristotle.

 

[MotownMack]

You do realize that popular psychology tends to over exaggerates the lateralization of brain function? There is some truth to "right vs left" brain functions though.

This is true. In fact, in the last 10 years, neuroscience has been leaning towards more of a "up brain/down brain" theory that's gaining popularity, and many are abandoning the left/right which is 40 years or so old (ancient in terms of science, but probably still has some truth to it)

 

[MotownMack]

bah, double post!

 

[MotownMack]

triple post!

Blast!

 

[Warrior74]

You do realize that popular psychology tends to over exaggerates the lateralization of brain function? There is some truth to "right vs left" brain functions though.

With that being said, I couldn't get her to turn clockwise. ****. That means I got to go crunch some numbers now. I was planning on reading Aristotle.

if it helps some of these nerds here de-nerdify and try to move beyond logic , thats all that really matters.

 

[havoc]

Author of the article does not explain how or why this means left or right brained (dubious in itself) -- but at least one person thinks he or she has it backwards:

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.c...brain-what-does-the-spinning-dancer-teach-us/

 

[betterthandead]

nice quick test to determine right or left, thanks.

 

[StevenR]

I took one of those online tests once that was supposed to determine if I was "right brained" or "left brained". It came out that I was "balanced brained" i.e. the test cannot decide which side I was dominant in.

 

[Avn_0903]

It's interesting, I can see both left and right, it usually take me like 10 second to change my perspective of the figure, sometimes longer, lol am I balanced??

 

[wjh]

how the heck do you get it to go anti-clockwise????

 

[collalife]

i can switch the way i look at it, after a couple second.
quick question: right brain equal right hand? or its the opposite way.

 

[Phyzzle]

Some one put in some outline creases to help you out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Left_spinning_dancer.gif
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Right_spinning_dancer.gif

I can see why the counter-clockwise is rarely easy to see. She looks like she's constantly about to fall over. The clockwise one just looks like spinning on a pedastool.

 

[Phyzzle]

Ah, the right-spinning dancer has a left leg that stretches and contracts like silly-putty. That's why it's instinctively so hard to see.