left brain - right brain... which one do you use?

[enfoldedblue]

Kikidoll

"Re: left brain - right brain... which one do you use?
unfortunately I think it randomly rotates in both directions :-("

Parent Post I don't think so. Because, if I remember correctly, a few years ago some friends and I were doing it to gether, and we were all seeing her go different directions at the same time. I am alone now so I can't test that, but I find if I look below the animation (outside the box) so that I see her my peripheral vision, it becomes increasingly easier to make her change directions. And I have noticed also what Whitecrowblackdeer said. If I just daydream and imagine clouds going by she goes counter and when I start thinking of to do lists she goes clockwise.

Edit:

Gee sorry I'm hopeless with quotes...I will master it eventually I promise

[TigaHawk]

She keeps changing for me. Not Rapidly, but i'll look at her for a while, then i'll refocus and she'll turn the other way.


I wonder if this has something to do with why i feel like im able to look at things and see both sides of the story.

[Wind]

I've seen this one years ago, it really tickles your brain. It goes clockwise in my case. If I really focus then it will eventually shift to counter-clockwise rotation.

[RunningDeer]

Posted by kikidoll (here)
unfortunately I think it randomly rotates in both directions :-(

FFT Kikidoll: Maybe you are open minded enough to go with the flow, so the perceived "randomly rotates" is fortuitous. If that's not a good enough explanation then I'd say check back tomorrow. See what you see.

[Hervé]

Well... individuals attracted to pointy, perky things haven't got a chance in hell or heaven to find out which way she actually rotates... those suffering from some sort of foot-fetich, on the other hand, may have a chance...

see this thread: Are you left brain or right brain dominant? Find out!

... where I posted this:

Posted by Amzer Zo (here)
That spinning beauty's got me into vertigo trying to determine which way she is going and gets me cross-eyed as she keeps switching from one to the other...

Yet, there is only one direction she factually spins...

Let you find that one out...

... and this:

Posted by Amzer Zo (here)
I find this little exercise in perception very interesting in that, first there is an actual rotation described graphically, not just an oscillation from one side to the other and, second, that there therefore is an illusion and a factuality... hence the actual direction of spinning is observation and the reverse direction is perception/illusion... 'let you find out which is which...

[olgraybear]

Posted by WanderingRogue (here)

Posted by kikidoll (here)
unfortunately I think it randomly rotates in both directions :-(

Ok, I'm sitting here practicing with this thing (instead of getting my laundry done) and it definitely doesn't change directions on its own...in fact, you can make it seem as if she is simply hopping to the left and right with her leg outstretched of you want, and seems to be the easiest way for me to get her to change direction. Maybe try the standing on your head for a few seconds, the change in perspective throws off your expectation of her movement while your brain calibrates for the change of visual imput. =)

Agreed,
besides spinning left and right,
she can not spin at all

[Carmen]

That was an interesting exercise. The lady switched periodically for me but for my five year old granddaughter watching at the same time the figure switched much more often!

[Tesseract]

Clockwise.

Getting it to go counter just by focusing on the animation and trying to get it to 'go' the other way worked eventually but it took some time. I found that by just sharpening up my thoughts, like you do when you have to focus on something to deal with it, the figure would just start going counter automatically.

By letting my mind wander, like you do when you take a sigh and stare off into the middle distance and not engage in problem-solving type thinking I could get it to go back to clockwise.

When I opened this thread I was very ho-hum about it, more new-age self-improvement chaff I thought, so my mind was in the vague unfocused mode. This may be why I first observed the figure going clockwise.

If you first saw it going counter, that could mean that your initial curiosity had a sharper, more earnest, more scientific quality. In other words, how you perceived the thread before opening the link probably determined how you saw the figure. Don't worry if you didn't get the initial result that maybe you wanted.

[Tane Mahuta]

Left Brain...Right Brain...makes no difference!

Strive for balance!!

Thought it would've been a "no brainer"
(no pun intended)

TM

[deridan]

if one googles, one finds many quizzes.
most sites say i'm a left brainer, another says 'balanced'
however from the quiz questions i've realizzed that the formalization of learning has got me to switch or integrate processes which are seen as originative from a separate hemisphere

[soleil]

Posted by greybeard (here)
The mobile is amazing and very pretty.
Im predominantly right brain but can see anti clockwise too

ditto. mostly going clockwise for me too.

[Axman]

Watch her foot and the shadow foot thats how I make it change direction.

The Axman

[13th Warrior]

I use both sides equally; most likely because i'm Gemini.

[Shamz]

Saw this sometime back and initially she was moving only clockwise - then I tried different ways to make her turn anti-clockwise ( it was mentioned that some people do make her go other way ) so I knew I have to do this.
Eventually staring at her for long time ( after making sure my wife is not near me ) I could make her swing either way.

Easiest way as someone above me mentioned is focus on her ankle which is spinning on the floor - and as the tows go behind her legs - imagine turning it other way in your brain... and after some tries you should be able to.

[genevieve]

I thought: Turn left, and she did. Turn right, and she did.

Over and over and over, with varied pauses in between.

Would the explanation for this be that I'm switching from
one hemisphere to the other as quickly as I please?

Peace Love Joy & Harmony,
Genevieve

[Sidney]

Ok so just out of curiosity, who here besides me is left handed. (for the life of me I cannot get her to change directions) My husband says I'm focusing on the wrong nipple. HAHA

edit: ok, so if I stare at the reflection of her feet way down at the bottom and get the grounded foot moving left to right I can get her to go counter-clockwise. And if I really focus, i can make her stay for a bit, but for the most part, I am officially right-brained.

[DeDukshyn]

It starts clockwise for me then switches to counter-clockwise after about 10 seconds. Then I can switch it mentally either way. cool! thanks!

[4evrneo]

Definitely right brained. Only way to change it is if I dont look at it directly. Interesting and fun stuff !

Thanks,

Now I am not going to get anything done.

[christian]

How strange.

I can't even see her turning counter-clockwise if I tried.

When a look at it, it seems abundantly clear to me that she is rotating clockwise. I mean that as a fact. I don't get how you could perceive that any other way, I mean I'm trying to, but I honestly don't get it. "Objectively" she is turning clockwise, isn't she? I mean, this is a silhoutte, but it's still a woman turning. And she cannot turn in both directions simultaneously, so only one observation can be "correct" there, I'd wager?

[TargeT]

Posted by christian (here)
How strange.

I can't even see her turning counter-clockwise if I tried.

When a look at it, it seems abundantly clear to me that she is rotating clockwise. I mean that as a fact. I don't get how you could perceive that any other way, I mean I'm trying to, but I honestly don't get it. "Objectively" she is turning clockwise, isn't she? I mean, this is a silhoutte, but it's still a woman turning. And she cannot turn in both directions simultaneously, so only one observation can be "correct" there, I'd wager?

since its a 2d image she's not really turning any direction, its all about perception & that is why this test "works"; I suppose it's not very surprising that the majority of people on this forum (I'd wager allmost all) are "right" brain dominant.

Try looking at it upside down like wonderingrogue did.. haha..