I'm going to continue the rest of this post in white text so as not to unduly influence the experiment.
According to this article, the spinning image should come out as looking like she's going anti-clockwise if you're left-brain-oriented and clockwise if you're right-brain-oriented. And looking at the list of characteristics they give for the two, I'd be heavily a left-brain person. But I see it going clockwise. And here's the thing - I've tried reversing it in my head, to interpret it so that she's spinning anti-clockwise, but I can't do it. So is this test bugged? Does anyone see it as her spinning anti-clockwise?
I can see it spinning both ways. Just looking away and looking back can make it reverse.
ReplyDeleteMy brain started seeing her spin anti-clockwise, then flipped to clockwise. I can switch it back and forth by spinning my finger in front of the screen.
ReplyDeleteRappo simply says "The bitch can't make up her mind" (he can't deliberately flip it, but it does switch for him).
Looking at the list of traits from the article, we both said "sometimes" to all of them (both sides of the brain).
I tried the spinning-finger-trick and can get that to work also.
ReplyDeleteLooking at the list of traits: sometimes to all.
All I can see if the bird rotating clockwise.
ReplyDeleteSupposedly if you see it spinning clockwise, then you use more of your right brain function. Right brain functions include means you:
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.
Me? These? I say bollocks to that.
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598%20,22492511-5005375,00.html?from=mostpop
I have a feeling that perhaps James's and my inability to see her going anti-clockwise might be linked to us both being left-handed. It might be that influences the test to a greater extent than our personality/cognitive traits.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, even spinning my finger in front of the screen doesn't do squat. Clockwise all the time. Bugs the crap out of me I can't switch it.
Bugs me that it keeps switching and I can't "make" it switch... it just does it by itself...constantly
ReplyDeleteJust so we're clear....this test does not disprove that any of us are not freaks.
ReplyDeleteSo this would now possibly be the most commented on posting ever?
ReplyDeleteYou may try to look straight at the dancer, and then look out of the corner of your eyes.
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