Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Analysis: Do you use more of the right or left side of your brain?

For those of you that didn't read the previous posts, this is a continuation of my posts from Friday and Saturday. Look at the following image and determine if it turns clockwise or counter-clockwise:


As you should already know, if it turns clockwise, you think with the right side of your brain. If it turns counter-clockwise, than you think with the left side of your brain.

If you want to see what each of them means, see the post from Saturday.

Here's what happened to me:

The first time I looked at the dancer, I only saw her turning counter-clockwise. My friend told me to stare only at the feet of the dancer, and see if I could get the dancer to move in the other direction. The first two times I couldn't get the legs to do more than go back and forth, and when I looked at the whole dancer nothing had changed.

However, while writing the post on Friday, the dancer kept switching directions whenever I would look away or blink. By Saturday, I could control which way I saw the dancer turning. Now however, I only see the dancer turning clockwise.

Therefore, I have concluded that I think with both parts of my brain at a similar level, and the dominance simply shifts based on different situations. I guess this is a good thing, unless of course I were thinking with the wrong side of my brain (since that would obviously really really suck).

The one thing I find interesting is that no matter which way the dancer turns, I alwas see her turning backwards. Does anyone see otherwise?

Anyways, post your comments and thoughts, and what you saw in the posts. Hope you like your results!

Saturday, July 4, 2009

YOUR RESULTS: Do you use more of the right or left side of your brain?

For those of you that didn't read the previous post, this is a continuation of my post from yesterday. Look at the following image and determine if it turns clockwise or counter-clockwise:


So here's the results:
If you saw the dancer turning clockwise, you think with the right side of your brain, which means (supposedly) the following about 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
If you saw the dancer turning counter-clockwise, you think with the right side of your brain, which means (supposedly) the following about you:
  • 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
So what were your results? Write them in the comments! Posts your responses and analysis or whatever there too!

I'll post mine and my analysis of this tomorrow as I gotta run now.

Friday, July 3, 2009

Do you use more of the right or left side of your brain?

I'ld like to thank Matt Udomphol who I'm interning with for this image (and the analysis to follow). It's hella interesting.

So there's a handy little test to see if you think more with the right side, or left side of your brain. Look at the following image and note if you see the nude figure turning clockwise or counter-clockwise:


Now that you've figured it out, check back tomorrow for an analysis of what each side means (supposedly), what I got, and my analysis of all those results.
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