> I don't know if making her switch means shifting > sides of the brain, or if it's just something > the left brain figures out how to do. Be interesting > to have an MRI or something done, see if the side > of the brain actually does switch. > > It doesn't really feel like "focusing." It's almost > more kinesthetic, as if I were the one swinging the > leg.
Now I can. I played a gig last night so I am still in a kind of spacey state. It takes a bit of effort to be verbal. I would like to check this after a bunch of reading to see if right brain is always my default. Sometimes I think it shifted in response to me noticing my own internal dialog about it. Sometimes it was more of a felt sense like you describe. I think I am close to getting her phone number if I keep staring... --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], cardemaister <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,22492511- > 5005375,00.html > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > I saw her turning counter-clockwise to start with, > > > but it was easy to reverse the direction. > > > > This is really interesting. When I first looked at it, it was > > clockwise. Then after I had read the writing on the left and looked > > back, it switched. This happened a few times. First clockwise then > > after reading, the switch. I guess reading kicks in the left brain. > > That *is* interesting. You'd see it clockwise > first, I'd guess, because you're a musician and > use your right brain more. > > Can you make it switch at will, without looking > away? I can, but only at certain points, when > the lifted leg is parallel to the plane of the > screen. I can make her go back and forth in > half-circles without ever swinging the leg > behind her. > > I don't know if making her switch means shifting > sides of the brain, or if it's just something > the left brain figures out how to do. Be interesting > to have an MRI or something done, see if the side > of the brain actually does switch. > > It doesn't really feel like "focusing." It's almost > more kinesthetic, as if I were the one swinging the > leg. >
