--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 discovered that what would make it shift > for me every time was to close one eye, and > then open both. Right eye keyed to left brain, > left eye to right brain, that sorta thing. > > I wonder whether which direction you see it > spinning in when you first see it has anything > to do with which of your eyes is dominant? One > of them always is. My left eye is way dominant, > so I saw her spinning to the right? Who knows?
My right eye is dominant, but if I close that eye before I click the link, I still see her turning counterclockwise initially. So I think it has more to do with which brain hemisphere is dominant than with which eye is dominant; the former overrides the latter, in other words, at least in this instance. I'm *very* left-brained, so it's not surprising I'd see her turning counterclockwise to start with. But it's nice to know I can make her switch at will. I can almost feel something happening in my brain when I switch.
