Right or Left Brain?

[Mark]

To be crystal clear, this means when her feet are facing you, they move right to left?

Correct.

Doesn't surprise me that I see only this: I'm a creative type and therefore very much a right-side-of-the-brain user.

[George]

Correct.

Doesn't surprise me that I see only this: I'm a creative type and therefore very much a right-side-of-the-brain user.

It shouldn't surprise me that I see it the other way, actually.

However, somehow I think that I can use my intellect to se it the other way. I guess not. 

[Cato]

I used to drive a Math teacher/school treasurer crazy during faculty meetings with my contradictory word-plays.  He wanted his world to be a neat little mathematically precise box - with no decorations - and anybody reveling in gray areas and making 4 = 5 drove him almonds, pecans, and cashews...Gesundheit!  (That's an example of something he could not understand.)

He was a priest    0:)    who quite rightly had no contact with duties at a parish, where life was not neat.  He stayed in his office and played with his calculator.  Most probably he was an adult with Asperger's.

[Kullervo]

I see both.

[Anne]

"Take the test for yourself. Then, if you have time for a 50-question survey, compare these instant results to a more thorough diagnosis."

Those words were imbedded in the initial post on this thread.  Did anyone take the 50-question quiz?  My results were 70% left brain, 30% Right brain.  That does agree with the way I see the lady dancing.

I had hoped the link would transfer to here but it didn't.

[Wendell_E]

Did anyone take the 50-question quiz? 

I probably would have, if they hadn't been so honest about the number of questions.   

[Anne]

I probably would have, if they hadn't been so honest about the number of questions.   

The questions are multiple guess and are very fast to answer.

[Wendell_E]

I did go ahead and take it.  Got the same 70% left, 30% right result you did.  But I see her spinning clockwise, which it says means I'm using the right side.

[greg]

I used to drive a Math teacher/school treasurer crazy during faculty meetings with my contradictory word-plays.  He wanted his world to be a neat little mathematically precise box - with no decorations - and anybody reveling in gray areas and making 4 = 5 drove him almonds, pecans, and cashews...Gesundheit!  (That's an example of something he could not understand.)

He was a priest    0:)    who quite rightly had no contact with duties at a parish, where life was not neat.  He stayed in his office and played with his calculator.  Most probably he was an adult with Asperger's.

if he ended up really getting to you, you could have a pulled an April Fool's joke by putting a bunch of Escher paintings in his office 

[Mark]

I took the test:

Your percentage score for the right brain is 59%.
Your percentage score for the left brain is 41%.

You are more right-brained than left-brained. The right side of your brain controls the left side of your body. In addition to being known as right-brained, you are also known as a creative thinker who uses feeling and intuition to gather information. You retain this information through the use of images and patterns. You are able to visualize the "whole" picture first, and then work backwards to put the pieces together to create the "whole" picture. Your thought process can appear quite illogical and meandering. The problem-solving techniques that you use involve free association, which is often very innovative and creative. The routes taken to arrive at your conclusions are completely opposite to what a left-brained person would be accustomed. You probably find it easy to express yourself using art, dance, or music. Some occupations usually held by a right-brained person are forest ranger, athlete, beautician, actor/actress, craftsman, and artist.

[Renfield]

"Take the test for yourself. Then, if you have time for a 50-question survey, compare these instant results to a more thorough diagnosis."

Those words were imbedded in the initial post on this thread.  Did anyone take the 50-question quiz?  My results were 70% left brain, 30% Right brain.  That does agree with the way I see the lady dancing.

I had hoped the link would transfer to here but it didn't.

I did take it, actually. 54/46, Left/Right Hemisphere "use", apparently (though not sure about the exact percentages). But really, even the initial assumption of hemisphere use deciding which way an optical (i.e. pertaining to visual perception) "illusion" spins is a tough sell.

(Or at least in my opinion, and past a certain point.

Still, it was fun enough: and the 50 questions did have relevance enough to hemisphere use to have a certain merit, that I'll grant.

[Anne]

I did take it, actually. 54/46, Left/Right Hemisphere "use", apparently (though not sure about the exact percentages). But really, even the initial assumption of hemisphere use deciding which way an optical (i.e. pertaining to visual perception) "illusion" spins is a tough sell.

(Or at least in my opinion, and past a certain point.

Still, it was fun enough: and the 50 questions did have relevance enough to hemisphere use to have a certain merit, that I'll grant.

Thanks, Renfield, for weighing in with your opinion.  Glad you enjoyed it.  I also agree about the "tough sell."

[sidoze]

Your percentage score for the right brain is 64%.
Your percentage score for the left brain is 36%.

[Gurn Blanston]

For me, the dancer only spins clockwise. However, I took the test and I came out 50-50. 



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[Mozart]

For me, the dancer only spins clockwise. However, I took the test and I came out 50-50. 



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Don't listen to music when you look at it. And try thinking about physics or something and you will probably see her dance for you in the other direction. As soon as i listen to music she goes cw, but if i think about stuff she will go the other way.

[Gurn Blanston]

Don't listen to music when you look at it. And try thinking about physics or something and you will probably see her dance for you in the other direction. As soon as i listen to music she goes cw, but if i think about stuff she will go the other way.

Interesting and logical. I'll try it.



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[Mozart]

I have noticed if you scroll down on the webpage, and just look at the shadow, it usually will look like she is turning right ccw. Try it and let me know, scroll down so you can only see the shadow.

[Drasko]

For me, the dancer only spins clockwise. However, I took the test and I came out 50-50. 

Same here, clockwise whatever I do

Your percentage score for the right brain is 51%.
Your percentage score for the left brain is 50%.

[Mozart]

Same here, clockwise whatever I do

Your percentage score for the right brain is 51%.
Your percentage score for the left brain is 50%.

hmmm...

[Symphonien]

I can make her go whichever way I want. I can make her alternate each spin if I want to.

71 dB is right. It's a 2D illusion that works because her pivot leg is ambiguous, it can be either her left leg or right leg and because it's a solid black silhouette in 2D it's impossible to tell whether the other leg passes behind or in front of the pivot leg. The fact that it moves up and down creates the illusion that it is spinning, which depending on which way you focus can be either clockwise or anticlockwise.

The easiest way is to just concentrate on her pivot leg and think of it as being either the right leg or left leg. Or else, think of her other leg as passing behind or in front of the pivot leg each turn.