mind blower...

[Smiling JOe]

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...If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.


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

[jessifunn]

i really don't see how anyone could think it is spinning counter clockwise.

[Smiling JOe]

I kept thinking the computer was changing it making me question myself. Then, I began to change my perception of it, and control which way I wanted to see her spin. Rather cool. From some Right Brain, Left Brain test which I used to take, I usually was about 50:50, give or take one or two. From what I understand, the vast majority of people are very much one side or the other. I was just fascinated with the computer generated aspects of the movement, being either or.

[NoHall]

SJ, that's awesome. I wish you had sent that before I finished writing my paper on hemisphericity...

Jessifunn, you really really have to want it to go the other way. How I did it was by watching her outstretched hand or foot. When it is on your right, imagine it going behind her instead of in front. It's 2-D image, so she really isn't spinning either direction. The hand, foot, and ponytail all just go back and forth.

But even with that, I usually end up seeing her going back and forth with her back to me. (Sometimes I even see her top go one way and the bottom another. That's just weird.)

[Mango]

I keep seeing it change too. I think its messing with us.

[Smiling JOe]

Try this. Close your eyes for a few seconds. Now visualize her spinning clockwise for a few seconds. Really see her spinning clockwise. Now open your eyes.

Close your eyes again, and for a few seconds visualize her spinning counter-clockwise. Hold that image for a few seconds, then open your eyes.

Did that help you see the change in direction. I find it amazing how much our mind can influence what we think we actually see.

[seacrestkristi]

For a second she was going R, then she just turned and I can only see it goin' L now, even when I try what you said, NoHall. Hubba can only see her goin' R. She switched again for me but then switched back L. Very illusion, SJ.

[Smiling JOe]

Any comments from you peeps who see her spinning only one way, regarding the characteristics cited for R or L - Brained people? Do those characteristics fit your own description of yourself?

[Carol G]

I think my left brain must have fallen out of my head... seriously. I've tried all of the tricks and just cant see it...

[Mango]

I can do it without closing my eyes too now. I just focused on looking at the center of her body and switched gears. Interesting.

Uh, now she's gone. Maybe she went to have a late night snack.

[aggieb]

Any comments from you peeps who see her spinning only one way, regarding the characteristics cited for R or L - Brained people? Do those characteristics fit your own description of yourself?

I have tried everything to get her to go counter clockwise, not working. I am right brain all the way evidently. is that bad? good? what? or does it just mean i'm right brained.

[Carol G]

Any comments from you peeps who see her spinning only one way, regarding the characteristics cited for R or L - Brained people? Do those characteristics fit your own description of yourself?

I would say that I am naturally very right brained. I do possess some left brained skills, but they were acquired over time, learned and honed with practice. All of the right brained traits describe me innately.

Very interesting...

[Smiling JOe]

I have tried everything to get her to go counter clockwise, not working. I am right brain all the way evidently. is that bad? good? what? or does it just mean i'm right brained.

You guys are so focused on the spinning girl that you didn't see the right brain, left brain characteristics described below the girl. Go read them, and tell us if those fit you.

[NoHall]

That's the crazy part. I'm usually very left-brained.

[Smiling JOe]

It is also interesting that which ever way she appears to spin, that same arm is held up higher. If she spins to counter clockwise, the left hand is raised, and if she spins clockwise, the right hand is raised.

[TooFarTampa]

Wow ... I've tried and tried and can only see her spinning counterclockwise. I have tried to get my "logic" to make me see her going the other way and no luck. In fact, I can't even imagine how she could be going clockwise! Probably because I lack imagination, being completely left brained and all.

These kinds of things are fascinating to me, because the older I get the more I believe that almost everything we are and do relates to how our brains are wired ... even the subtle way we react to things or how see different aspects of a situation. I think that environment (ie learned behavior) plays a part in who we become and how we live, but "wiring" explains SO much. If more people understood this I think we would all get along a lot better.

[dunelover]

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

All the above seem like me w/ the exception of math and science. I was always too analytical and still am. Math and science were above average until college. Pretty interesting -----I have tried closing my eyes, visualizing, and I still cant see her going clockwise.

[Hop]

it is changing...i'm gonna call it....when she spins counter clockwise, she leads (pointed toe) with her left...when she spins clockwise...she leads with the right toe pointed...

[pgurney]

It is also interesting that which ever way she appears to spin, that same arm is held up higher. If she spins to counter clockwise, the left hand is raised, and if she spins clockwise, the right hand is raised.

Same thing with the straightened leg....right leg is straight if going CCW, left if CW. Interesting...it keeps switching on me and I have no control over it.

[Miss Kitty]

You have confirmed one thing for me...the left side of my brain is still missing.

[seacrestkristi]

Any comments from you peeps who see her spinning only one way, regarding the characteristics cited for R or L - Brained people? Do those characteristics fit your own description of yourself?

This morning she's stills spinnin' L. I always thought I listened to my feelongs but it's kind of thinking I might be more logical. Wonder if a person's brain and ways of thinking change with age and different life experiences?

[kathydwells]

Any comments from you peeps who see her spinning only one way, regarding the characteristics cited for R or L - Brained people? Do those characteristics fit your own description of yourself?

Counter-clockwise for me. And no, none of the characteristics fit me.

AND, I get sick at my stomach watching her. I never was able to spin around without getting sick.....

[TooFarTampa]

OK this is so freaky! I stared at it long enough that it did switch directions for me, but I can't figure out how to will it to make a change. I look at it and I ONLY see 3D, because my brain is really good with patterns, but then I read in another blog about someone saying when they read text it goes counter-clockwise. So when I was seeing it go clockwise, I started reading something, and it shifted counter-clockwise.

Then I started thinking about my powder room decorating project (right brain-creativity) and IMMEDIATELY the dancer started spinning the other way. Freaky! I can't get it to change simply by staring at the foot. I have to change what I am thinking about.

[Miss Kitty]

TFT...okay, I am freaked out now, too. I just looked at her again and she is going counter clockwise....everytime I have ever seen this test she only went clockwise for me. This is a trick!

P.S. Before I looked again, I had just folded clothes and matched socks...maybe I used that left side!

P.P.S. Disregard this post...I am so confused.

[Mango]

Don't feel bad Kitty. I am trying to figure out what part of the brain I am using when I see her fall.

[KISH7374]

I can only see it spinning to the right clockwise. The description kind of fits me.

[Cheering472]

I see her going in both directions and now I'm dizzy.
Thank you very much.

[Miss Kitty]

Don't feel bad Kitty. I am trying to figure out what part of the brain I am using when I see her fall.

...maybe a lobotomy would help us.

[scooterbug44]

OMG! It does change if you visualize it spinning the other way, but I had to try REALLY hard - that is TOO freaky!

[Will B]

Who cares which way she's spinning. She's nekkid!

[kathydwells]

Who cares which way she's spinning. She's nekkid!

MEN.

[Mermaid]

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

I cannot get her to go any way but counter-clockwise. So this means I use my Left Brain? My whole perception of myself for my whole life has been based on fantasy if this is true! Say it ain't so, Joe...

[rdelong43065]

Holy cow!! She was spinning clockwise and then all of a sudden she was spinning the other way. Don't know how I did it. Wow!

[rdelong43065]

Oh man this is freaky. I can make it go back and forth at will. The trick is to follow her leg around.

[Smiling JOe]

Oh man this is freaky. I can make it go back and forth at will. The trick is to follow her leg around.

That's funny, because she changes legs.

[dbuck]

I can't see her go any way but clockwise.

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


The right side of my brain definitely rules, and I have been accused way to often of living in a fantasy world.

[seacrestkristi]

Look at the shadow of the extended foot. It really switches then.

[aggieb]

my boyfriend always asks me "where's your brain?" I'm beginning to believe I don't have one half.

[seacrestkristi]

aggieb You passed 100 posts!!!

[aggieb]

aggieb You passed 100 posts!!!

that means I can be in the ornament exchange next year. yes.

[TooFarTampa]

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

I cannot get her to go any way but counter-clockwise. So this means I use my Left Brain? My whole perception of myself for my whole life has been based on fantasy if this is true! Say it ain't so, Joe...

Mermy think about paint colors and room design for a few moments, look again and see what happens.

[seacrestkristi]

You were close enough this year, gull, no?!

[DuneAHH]

Look at the shadow of the extended foot. It really switches then.

YES-YES!!
Focusing first on The SHADOW is how I'm able to turn her counter-clockwise!

COOL BEANS SJ!!! What a great exercise in perspective development!

[T Cline]

I can't see it either...she only goes clockwise.

I think my left brain must have fallen out of my head... seriously. I've tried all of the tricks and just cant see it...

[Jdarg]

You have confirmed one thing for me...the left side of my brain is still missing.

Mine too. That's OK- I realized a long time ago that I only have half a brain.

[Smiling JOe]

I can't see it either...she only goes clockwise.

I wonder if it would change if you stared at some geometrical shapes or graph paper for a few seconds before looking at it?

[scooterbug44]

I can't see it either...she only goes clockwise.

You have to try REALLY hard and visualize in your head, then as soon as you stop she goes back to turning clockwise again.

[Smiling JOe]

You have to try REALLY hard and visualize in your head, then as soon as you stop she goes back to turning clockwise again.

Wouldn't it be interesting if we tried as hard to understand people with whom we disagree? In this battle above, we are just trying to battle with our own mind, to see the other perspective.

[Camp Creek Kid]

The right-brained characteristics describe me pretty well and I defintely see her spinning clockwise. However, h I was finally able to get her to spin counterclockwise by focusing on her standing foot.

I can't wait to share this with my family. It is really interesting.

[Paula]

I can only see her going clockwise no matter how long I stare at her or where I stare (I tried staring at the foot and the shadow). But then again I only stared for a minute so maybe it takes longer. Anyhooo, where did you find her, SJ? Is there an Internet link? I'd like to show this to some people and see what they do with it.

I am right brained based on the description, which describes me well.