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Thread: Right Brain vs Left Brain

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    Right Brain vs Left Brain

    Does your right side of your brain rule or the left? Watch the girlie and see. So which are you?

    The Right Brain vs Left Brain test ... do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?

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

    Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.



    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

    http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...-1111114577583
    Last edited by Candy Girl; 10-22-2009 at 08:35 PM. Reason: because this looks better

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    right brained.
    and it's hard to see her spinning in the other direction
    but it is possible

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    Quote Originally Posted by chan_bkny View Post
    If you concentrate on the foot that hits the ground, you can see the dancer spinning in either direction. What does this mean, though, that we are mentally ambidextrous?
    I was just about to say the same thing. I've seen her going both directions.

    Probably has a lot to do with why I can't sleep worth a shit - the two sides of my brain are always arguing with each other.
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    I can see both at will. But I've already tested as using both equally.
    I've got the cure you're thinkin' of.

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    I don't know...does it just switch after a bit...or do we really see both.

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    Watched it, thought one way......went and got a brew and it's the other way, too.....
    Quote Originally Posted by vandeleur View Post
    E- Jesus . Playing both sides because he didnt understand the argument in the first place

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    Quote Originally Posted by kwame k View Post
    Watched it, thought one way......went and got a brew and it's the other way, too.....
    Keep drinking while your watching it. At least then when you start killing brain cells, you'll know which side they're coming from :bottle:

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    I'm going with predominantly right brained since it always starts out that way when I refer back to it after a few minutes, but I can switch it at will.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chan_bkny View Post
    If you concentrate on the foot that hits the ground, you can see the dancer spinning in either direction. What does this mean, though, that we are mentally ambidextrous?
    No it just means you are bi-curious...

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    When I look at her, she's going one way, but if I look away quickly and look back, she' s goin' the other.

    Someone once told me I have a busy mind.
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    What the hell are you guys talking about? There's no way she turns around. She's always going clockwise.

    Then again, I'm drunk. I'll try this when I'm sober.

    Cheers! :bottle:

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    Hah

    This is all very strange.

    I looked at this thread earlier twice and she was going clockwise and now I'm a little refreshed she is going anti clockwise.

    That would mean that booze makes me more analytical and logical?

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    She's going clockwise and can't fuckall see how it could look any different. Perhaps I'm very right brained and slightly psychotic...

    Although, I do not tend to believe in an absolute dichotomy of the brain as one can be both creative and logical....
    Last edited by Nickdfresh; 10-23-2009 at 08:57 PM.

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    Your brain is definitely split in half.

    You only need to move your right foot in little circles clockwise and then try and move your right hand the other way.

    It's obviously complete and utter bullshit that the way you see a silhouette turn is in any way connected to that though. It's because of the way the brain processes this optical illusion randomly. Just a bit of fun.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Love View Post
    I can see both at will. But I've already tested as using both equally.
    I can change the direction as I stare at it. I haven't been tested as such, though.

    However, I am left-handed and I've noticed that as I get older I'm able to do more and more with my right hand, including writing. There's been a lot of studies of lefties becoming less left-handed as they get older. Something about increased/matured nerve connections between the hemispheres...
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    Yeah. I can change the direction by watching it as well. You just have to think about it differently to see each direction. Once I set it to appear to be turning one way it will stay until I think about it going the other way ... then it's stuck that way. I can get it to look like it never turns around, either, either with her front to me and her right leg swinging back and forth or her back to me with her left leg swing back and forth

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    She naturally spins clockwise for me but if I really concentrate I can spin her counterclockwise and once she gets going that way it's easier to get her spinning back clockwise.

    When I do left brained tasks I do notice I have to concentate and get into a zone. I can't multitask right and left very well. I have to shift gears to do mathmetical stuff and then shift gears to be creative. Doing both at the same time is a mind fuck. I can do one or the other.

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    She has a nice body shape. Bathe here and send her to my tent.

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    This test proves nothing if it leads NickD to make the claim that he is right brained.

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    I guess I'm a right-brainer, since she keeps spinning clockwise...

    No matter how much I stare.
    Why settle for something you have, if it's not as good as something you're out to get?

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    Started right brained... then played with it for couple of minutes and could change directions at will.

    Once I got to that I could control it and change it at 180 degree intervals preventing it from making a full circle in either direction. The key is focusing on the bottom foot and the shadow reflection, then alternating the focus up or down...

    Next test??
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    clockwise only

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    What is with this spinning you all are talking about, your all NUTZ ?

    It is just a cut out of the female shape like on my mudflaps on my truck.

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    Some see the dancer clockwise... some see her counter-clockwise. "Nabakov" sees her as a naked 12 year old.

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    oh my, I just returned and she was spinning counter clockwise.
    I started staring at her nipple shadow and she started spinning clockwise.
    My right testicle took over

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    Quote Originally Posted by FORD View Post
    Some see the dancer clockwise... some see her counter-clockwise. "Nabakov" sees her as a naked 12 year old.

    I honestly hadn't. Something on your mind, Ford?

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    Quote Originally Posted by FORD View Post
    Keep drinking while your watching it. At least then when you start killing brain cells, you'll know which side they're coming from :bottle:
    HAHAHHAHAHA


    Great way to start the morning!



    Anyways - I saw it both directions too. First it was counter clockwise. But now it's only clockwise. Pretty trippy, huh?

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    Quote Originally Posted by lesfunk View Post
    oh my, I just returned and she was spinning counter clockwise.
    I started staring at her nipple shadow and she started spinning clockwise.
    My right testicle took over
    LMAO

    Typical Les...

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    Still clockwise, and I haven't had a drop today.

    Can't change it.

    You guys are psychos.

    Cheers! :bottle:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nabakov View Post
    This test proves nothing if it leads NickD to make the claim that he is right brained.
    I made no such claim, dickhead. In fact, I think I was one of the ones saying what little it proved...

    Besides, I now can see it going counterclockwise as well...
    Last edited by Nickdfresh; 10-26-2009 at 07:48 PM.

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    I predominately saw it go clockwise, then concentrated on her foot and then it started to spin counter clockwise.

    I try like hell to keep things all fluffy bunnies and pink daisies. But brutal truth smacks me in the ass all the time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by chan_bkny View Post
    What do you mean? I'm straight edge, yet I saw the dancer spinning in both directions.
    I mean, you guys are staring at a shadow spinning around and make it change direction in your minds.

    Now, read that again.

    Puts everything in perspective, doesn't it?

    And no, I am NOT pissed off just because I'm the only one who can't make it change direction. Well, I may be, a little bit, but that's beside the point.

    Cheers! :bottle:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Imapus_Sylicker View Post
    I mean, you guys are staring at a shadow spinning around and make it change direction in your minds.

    Now, read that again.

    Puts everything in perspective, doesn't it?

    And no, I am NOT pissed off just because I'm the only one who can't make it change direction. Well, I may be, a little bit, but that's beside the point.

    Cheers! :bottle:
    Not any big deal... who can do what and who can't... but the human brain has a lot of untapped abilities most people never even consider.

    You can actually do more than just manipulate your visual perception if you work at it and try. You can adjust and control your respiriatory, heart rate, blood pressure and immune systems to a certain degree.

    Point is... excersize your brain. Try it.

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    I can make it go whichever direction I want, and get her doing the swinging foot thing. Pretty interesting, and yes, exercising the brain is very important! I just finished directing a play with a cast of seniors and it wasn't hard to tell which ones exercised their brains and which didn't - I had one actor who was off script the second rehearsal (which is unbelievable - even for young actors!). Another never made it off, and I had to have her wired for the performance. The one who knew his lines had gone through some serious health issues and on bed rest for almost a year. He occupied his time doing various puzzles. "The proof is in the pudding", I say.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ZahZoo View Post
    Not any big deal... who can do what and who can't... but the human brain has a lot of untapped abilities most people never even consider.

    You can actually do more than just manipulate your visual perception if you work at it and try. You can adjust and control your respiriatory, heart rate, blood pressure and immune systems to a certain degree.

    Point is... excersize your brain. Try it.
    Agreed with the untapped abilities. We're stupid so we can remain sane, or something like that.

    Anyways, what I have learned to do is stretch time by falling into a semi-conscious state, which helps me alot whenever I feel like getting up early.

    I wake up, and then slip into that state where I am awake, but not fully conscious.

    I can get something from 20-60 minutes of lying in bed lazily in under 10 minutes, depending on how deep it is. It's really cool.

    Anyways, regarding the dancer, whenever I'm tipsy - like now - I see her spinning to the right, as always, but apparently faster.

    Cheers! :bottle:

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    This test doesn't have anything to do with being right brained or left brained... Fuck, this is stupid.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Love View Post
    I can see both at will. But I've already tested as using both equally.
    You've been tested for MUCH more than that!!!!

    Oh dear.

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