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The Right Brain vs. Left Brain test

3:37 PM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |

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The Right Brain vs Left Brain test at PerthNow.

A dancer twirls. I see her moving in a clockwise circle. This means, says the page, that I'm right-brained. "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."

No way. Suddenly, she's turning counterclockwise. Then clockwise. I can't consciously control this, but I'd swear it's the image that's changing direction, not my brain perceiving it differently.

Can neurons change gears?

Very, very weird.

Later... Interesting discussion of this at Doc Searls' blog (Dancing on the pin of a head). I add this:

Okay, weirder: This page (http://ofb.net/~whuang/imgs/spin/) has three of these whirling women that you can click on and off. I've tried clicking the outer two on, all three -- they all change together, even if I'm only focusing on one. (I can't see one going ccw and two cw, for instance.)

My brain is running off without me. Disconcerting.