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Post by everso on Feb 2, 2009 0:55:50 GMT
I've googled this and it seems there are a lot of people that actually believe the right v left brain thing and that they are really taking part in an experiment. After studying this quite a bit, and frankly I DO have better things to do, it's pretty obvious to me that this is a trick. Focus on the girl's head and you'll see her change. Sometimes on my computer screen it seems to slightly hesitate before changing. I haven't worked out how long she stays turning to the right as opposed turning to the left - it seems pretty random to me so far - but she seems to go for quite a long period before changing and then for several short periods. If you look at the non-moving images than it becomes apparent that our decision as to which of the dancer's arms and legs belong to her right side and which to the left side will determine our impression of clockwise or counter-clockwise movement! As we clearly see from picture we can only guess which arm is her right arm and which is her left arm! This pic was composed by someone who sees the counterclockwise motion! If you focus purely on the head you can clearly see the change. It's a trick.
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Post by everso on Feb 2, 2009 1:27:43 GMT
However, now I'm confused. Having said above that it's a trick, I've been googling further and have come up with this: That should settle it I'd imagine. Seems I was wrong.
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Post by ♫anna♫ on Feb 2, 2009 2:27:09 GMT
If you look at the non-moving images than it becomes apparent that our decision as to which of the dancer's arms and legs belong to her right side and which to the left side will determine our impression of clockwise or counter-clockwise movement! As we clearly see from picture we can only guess which arm is her right arm and which is her left arm! This pic was composed by someone who sees the counterclockwise motion! If you focus purely on the head you can clearly see the change. It's a trick. Apparently it is a trick that our brain plays on us in our attempt to recognize our surroundings! We tend to "fill in the blanks" so to speak as the original picture vs the picture we may think we see shows!
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Feb 2, 2009 13:20:04 GMT
She started out anti-clockwise, but then seemed to be turning clockwise...but I am a "sinstral", I believe that my brain operates on a different set of rules from "dexters" (or is that just a myth?).
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Post by everso on Feb 2, 2009 16:26:50 GMT
If you focus purely on the head you can clearly see the change. It's a trick. Apparently it is a trick that our brain plays on us in our attempt to recognize our surroundings! We tend to "fill in the blanks" so to speak as the original picture vs the picture we may think we see shows! Yes. See the post above yours.
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Post by ♫anna♫ on Feb 5, 2009 12:55:44 GMT
Yes. See the post above yours. Hi Everso! I'm not sure i understand your point! To make sense out the dancer image we have to imagine we see more than what the original black shadow of the dancer presents!
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Post by everso on Feb 12, 2009 0:18:03 GMT
Yes. See the post above yours. Hi Everso! I'm not sure i understand your point! To make sense out the dancer image we have to imagine we see more than what the original black shadow of the dancer presents! The point I was making was that originally I was convinced that this image was a trick. However, after much googling I discover that I was WRONG! See my reply number 21.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2009 17:40:55 GMT
Was there a link in that Everso? Nothing happened when I clicked on the picture.
Are you saying that the dancer doesn't change direction? I can see when it happens - she clearly does.
As for not knowing which way she is facing - well, that is true when you look at the still sillhouette. But once she gets going, unless she has a couple of large lumps on her back it seems obvious to me.
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Post by everso on Feb 13, 2009 18:07:45 GMT
Was there a link in that Everso? Nothing happened when I clicked on the picture. Are you saying that the dancer doesn't change direction? I can see when it happens - she clearly does. As for not knowing which way she is facing - well, that is true when you look at the still sillhouette. But once she gets going, unless she has a couple of large lumps on her back it seems obvious to me. Skylark, when I first saw this thread and looked at the spinning woman I clearly saw her change direction and thought that the whole thing was a trick. I thought that this Right Brain Left Brain thing was a scam and that this gif just changed direction. However, after much googling I came up with this: gallery.krunk4ever.com/d/15705-1/all-spinning-dancer.gifand now realise I was wrong and that it really is to do with the brain. Everso will always admit when she's in the wrong. ;D
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Post by ♫anna♫ on Jul 21, 2015 9:07:16 GMT
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Post by DAS (formerly BushAdmirer) on Jul 21, 2015 19:21:56 GMT
Both
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Post by kronks on Jul 21, 2015 22:11:12 GMT
I got all B's apart from one, I forget which one lol.
It was the third one cross legs.
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Post by Scottish Lassie on Jul 23, 2015 14:31:54 GMT
I saw the dancer turning clockwise first, then she turned anticlockwise. And she kept changing direction for as long as I kept looking. Very entertaining!!!
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Post by Scottish Lassie on Jul 23, 2015 15:09:33 GMT
Does anyone else see the figure changing directions back and forth? or am I just brain-warped in some way? When I first entered the link, the direction appeared clock-wise, but as I watched - not trying to "focus" particularly - the direction changed and then changed back again. Now, I must add that I have one eye significantly weaker than the other and am not wearing glasses this a.m.. Would that impact on my perception? (thinking yes) Hi Beth, the same thing happened to me.
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Post by kronks on Jul 23, 2015 22:26:55 GMT
Does anyone else see the figure changing directions back and forth? or am I just brain-warped in some way? When I first entered the link, the direction appeared clock-wise, but as I watched - not trying to "focus" particularly - the direction changed and then changed back again. Now, I must add that I have one eye significantly weaker than the other and am not wearing glasses this a.m.. Would that impact on my perception? (thinking yes) Hi Beth, the same thing happened to me. Yes if you look at it several times of for long enough it does change direction, so it does not really say if you are A or B.
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Post by Scottish Lassie on Jul 24, 2015 17:23:12 GMT
Hi Beth, the same thing happened to me. Yes if you look at it several times of for long enough it does change direction, so it does not really say if you are A or B. Hi Kronks, But it did turn clockwise first off, surely that must mean something. Perhaps both sides of my brain are pretty equal. Even as a child I was always analysing, which ofcourse means that you are using your logic and therefore using the left side. I also consider myself creative, as I write poetry, and have written hymns and put them to music. When at school I was told that I was a born actress.These would all be classed as creative, therefore using the right side of the brain.
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Post by kronks on Jul 25, 2015 15:33:24 GMT
This is a good one I think everyone sees the dancer chance direction so it can't really be a test for left brain or right brain. The test seems to have gone now it is not on the original link.
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Post by kronks on Jul 25, 2015 15:45:26 GMT
Yes if you look at it several times of for long enough it does change direction, so it does not really say if you are A or B. Hi Kronks, But it did turn clockwise first off, surely that must mean something. Perhaps both sides of my brain are pretty equal. Even as a child I was always analysing, which ofcourse means that you are using your logic and therefore using the left side. I also consider myself creative, as I write poetry, and have written hymns and put them to music. When at school I was told that I was a born actress.These would all be classed as creative, therefore using the right side of the brain. There is another left right think about giving directions here www.ucmas.ca/our-programs/whole-brain-development/left-brain-vs-right-brain/
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Post by ♫anna♫ on Jul 26, 2015 4:45:07 GMT
Yes if you look at it several times of for long enough it does change direction, so it does not really say if you are A or B. Hi Kronks, But it did turn clockwise first off, surely that must mean something. Perhaps both sides of my brain are pretty equal. Even as a child I was always analysing, which ofcourse means that you are using your logic and therefore using the left side. I also consider myself creative, as I write poetry, and have written hymns and put them to music. When at school I was told that I was a born actress.These would all be classed as creative, therefore using the right side of the brain. The dancer mostly spins clockwise for me. I did read instructions for how to get it to turn counterclockwise and did that for a while. I can sense how to communicate best with certain people and may appear very logical, if that's how to best reach someone. I really feel inwardly that logic is something very limited, flimsy and mechanical that can block out inspiration and enlightenment, if you let it get too big.
I get an uneasy feeling too when I get the dancer to move counterclockwise, but maybe I'm just silly.
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Post by Scottish Lassie on Jul 26, 2015 9:13:59 GMT
Hi Kronks, But it did turn clockwise first off, surely that must mean something. Perhaps both sides of my brain are pretty equal. Even as a child I was always analysing, which ofcourse means that you are using your logic and therefore using the left side. I also consider myself creative, as I write poetry, and have written hymns and put them to music. When at school I was told that I was a born actress.These would all be classed as creative, therefore using the right side of the brain. The dancer mostly spins clockwise for me. I did read instructions for how to get it to turn counterclockwise and did that for a while. I can sense how to communicate best with certain people and may appear very logical, if that's how to best reach someone. I really feel inwardly that logic is something very limited, flimsy and mechanical that can block out inspiration and enlightenment, if you let it get too big.
I get an uneasy feeling too when I get the dancer to move counterclockwise, but maybe I'm just silly. Hi Anna, I tend to take life as it presents itself. Looking back, I have been in some tight spots but have never come to any harm. When you look around you and see the predicament of some people it does make you feel very fortunate and therefore very grateful. I feel empathy for all people and hate to know that anyone is suffering, but as I also believe that we are each responsible for the way that we behave, sometimes it is not always possible to help that person, you just have to wait until they learn to make wiser choices. I too, sense things, years ago I once saw a complete stranger for the first time, and the hair on the back of my neck stood on end, it wasn't a nice feeling, that's for sure. As for the dancing figure, at first as I was looking at it, without moving, my eyes were focussed first on the right leg then the focus jumped to the left leg, It was very unusual as I wasn't doing anything but gazing at the figure. And there it was jumping back and forth. My brother in Scotland has something similar on his forum and when you first look at it, it seems to be just a jumbled mass, but as you keep looking at it you begin to see a small group of penguins standing in the snow, with one diving into the water. It really is amazing.
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