Interesting on several fronts: Right Brain v Left Brain | Herald Sun.
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.
- Yes, If I look away for a moment I can reverse the direction
- Why is the "dancer" a naked woman? What does this say about the experimenter, and the experiment? Why can't the editor correctly identify the figure?
- Checklist for me.
LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses logic (yes)
detail oriented (no)
facts rule (no)
words and language (yes)
present and past (yes)
math and science (no)
can comprehend (yes)
knowing (yes)
acknowledges order/pattern (no)
perception (yes)
knows object name (yes)
reality based (yes)
forms strategies (no)
practical safe (yes)RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses feeling (yes)
"big picture" oriented (yes)
imagination rules (no)
symbols and images (yes)
present and future (yes)
philosophy & religion (no)
can "get it" (i.e. meaning) (yes)
believes (no)
appreciates (yes)
spatial perception (yes)
knows object function (yes)
fantasy based (no)
presents possibilities (yes)
impetuous (sometimes)
risk taking (yes)
Wild stab - most of us are ambidextrous, anyone who doesn't have a fair representation in both lists should not be allowed near levers, buttons or sharp objects.
Anyone who accepts the characterisations probably also reads their horoscope every day.
Plus, I like getting somewhere on my own that smart people like Dave Snowden at Cognitive Edge live in. I wonder where on the list, and which side of the brain, "shameless self promotion" live.
Agreed, horoscope territory. That visual is quite riveting though. I found I could only get her to reverse direction by frequent blinking...
Posted by: Johnnie Moore | October 12, 2007 at 11:30 PM
Heh, twirling naked women have that effect on me as well.
Oh.... Wait.
Yes, the experiment.
Posted by: Earl Mardle | October 13, 2007 at 07:42 AM