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chasethestars
09 October 2007 @ 02:42 pm
left-brained or right-brained?
via [info]naptimefriend

Which direction is she spinning?


Poll #1068699 left brain vs. right brain
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

according to this test, which are you?

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left-brained (image is going counter-clockwise)
9 (14.5%)

right-brained (image is going clockwise)
33 (53.2%)

both!
20 (32.3%)



When I looked at it this morning, it was going counter-clockwise for me. After I glanced over at the description, it started going clockwise, and I haven't been able to get it to flip again until just now. I'm seeing it both ways depending on what/how I'm thinking?

[info]janinedog and I broke it down frame by frame. It started going counter-clockwise for me again after that =p
update: ok, I've been staring at this image too long. I can pinpoint the frame where she switches now, and force her to go in the other direction... I b0rked the experiment.
update2: placed them side by side in separate windows and eventually got them going in opposite directions o.O

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


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Prissi[info]prissi on October 9th, 2007 10:37 pm (UTC)
yup, upon first glance, I saw her going clockwise.
then I stared at it more and then I could see both, and yea, I could see the transition.

but I always knew I was right-brained. I'm right-brained in a left-brained world... :x I'm often textbook something; I'm textbook F (scoring a perfect 20 on MBTI) and textbook NF, as well as textbook right-brained -- down to the "gets it" and the "big picture" -- which is really poking me in the behind in all my classes...

I wonder if it would help me to spend more time forcing her to go counter-clockwise, hmm.
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Abe Hassan[info]burr86 on October 9th, 2007 11:11 pm (UTC)
I am totally unable to see her going counter-clockwise.
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she dreams with stars in her eyes[info]chasethestars on October 9th, 2007 11:15 pm (UTC)
when i'm looking at the poll results, i can see her going counterclockwise (left/logical), and when i look over at what i'm working on, then back, i see her going clockwise (right/creative).

based on that, i told janine to look at some math problems, then back at the image again. but if you have a right-brained approach to math, that probably wouldn't work...
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Maybe magic is just love.: rebel[info]spun_sugar on October 10th, 2007 12:10 am (UTC)
I can't see it going clockwise. :(
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she dreams with stars in her eyes[info]chasethestars on October 10th, 2007 12:44 am (UTC)
I think it just takes a while. You should be able to see it clockwise eventually; I know y're creative :)
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r.[info]paperstar on October 10th, 2007 12:30 am (UTC)
When I first saw it, it was going clockwise. Then, after I stared at her feet for a while, it switched. And after staring at it some more, I got it to switch again. Is the image actually changing or is it just a trick of the mind?
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she dreams with stars in her eyes[info]chasethestars on October 10th, 2007 12:43 am (UTC)
The image is normal afaik. [info]janinedog and I looked at it frame by frame.

From what I can tell personally, I think it has to do with what or how you're thinking. When I'm looking at the poll results or thinking about how it works, I see her going counter-clockwise (left/logical). When I look over at the Photoshop documents I have open, then back at the image, she's going clockwise (right/creative). But others aren't getting the same results by doing the same thing, so maybe it's just me tricking my mind?

I also got it two of them going in opposite directions when I had them open in two windows, side by side. That was trippy.
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r.[info]paperstar on October 10th, 2007 12:45 am (UTC)
Weird!

It's kind of strange though, because usually I score as a left-brained person when I take these kinds of tests. Really neat though!
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(Anonymous) on October 12th, 2007 02:58 am (UTC)
BOTH
You have to look at it for a while. At first it was only going to the right, so I thought it was going to the right only. After I watched it for a while, it switched to the left and then back to the right. So it's a trick. She actually turns both, but again, you have to watch it a while until she will start switching.
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shiny happy glowy[info]afuna on October 10th, 2007 09:12 am (UTC)
I'm not sure if I should change my answer. I mostly see her spinning clockwise, but I did manage to force her to go counterclockwise briefly, by counting in my head.

Cannot reproduce it now, though :/
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shiny happy glowy[info]afuna on October 12th, 2007 06:02 am (UTC)
I can make her spin in either direction at will by concentrating on the shadow of her foot *g*
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All You Wanted.[info]devilsangel04 on October 10th, 2007 07:44 pm (UTC)
hmm...
after staring, i actually made it switch back and forth, but it did take a couple seconds.... odd.
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true love graffiti in the streets[info]urban_ballerina on October 11th, 2007 08:38 am (UTC)
cant see anything but right. but thats not unusual as i have had diff tests many times for this sort of thing and my left brain stuff is like dead. i struggle in reality with such a lazy left brain. i dont think it ever works.

im a dreamer.
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