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Critical Exponent » Blog Archive » Mental calisthenics — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 03:21:54 +0000

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By: Rhiannon

Rhiannon — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:04:09 +0000

Ha, what a funny joke. It’s even funnier when you move ur mouse to switch to another tab and then it goes the other direction. I had fun doing that on purpose. She goes left, she goes right, she goes left, and then right again. Ah, the simple things in life.

By: Kristen from MA

Kristen from MA — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:14:33 +0000

clockwise only, and i’m a lefty.

By: Justin Ellis

Justin Ellis — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 05:27:43 +0000

Wiki article for the skinny on brain lateralization

By: Casey

Casey — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 03:49:15 +0000

I also can only see it clockwise. i’ve tried hard to see it the other way, and i even understand the illusion and how it COULD be going both ways, but i can’t. but on all the other right/left brained tests I’ve gotten 50/50 or close to it. And i’m right handed!

who knows…

By: Phoebe Fay

Phoebe Fay — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:47:27 +0000

I saw it clockwise immediate, and then later could occasionally see it counter-clockwise by looking away or blinking. But mostly it was clockwise. Showed it to boyfriend, and he immediately saw clockwise, then finally got it switched to counter-clockwise and then was stuck there. It switched for me several times while he was insisting it was all one way.

I doubt it has much to do with right/left brain, but it sure was fun.

By: Isabel

Isabel — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:19:40 +0000

I saw her going counter-clockwise earlier, and totally couldn’t imagine how anyone else could see it clockwise. I finally got to see it clockwise by bringing my finger near the screen and tracing it in a clockwise circle, going from side to side at the same rate her foot did. Fun!

By: Ezzie

Ezzie — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:25:27 +0000

As far as legit science goes on brains and handedness, (almost all) right-handers and the majority of left-handers have language function lateralized in their left hemisphere. A small proportion of the left-handed population (15% is the figure I heard) have reverse-lateralized brains with language in the right hemisphere, and another 15% or so of lefties have bilateral distribution. The whole left-brained/right-brained personality dichotomy makes for a fun Blogthings quiz, but it doesn’t have much grounding in neuroscience.

For just a minute or so, I was able to blink and see the dancer going clockwise, then blink again and see it counter-clockwise, then blink it back to clockwise again. It felt like telekinesis! :) But now she’s back to all clockwise, all the time.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:14:53 +0000

I second DNA. Why does the dancer have unnaturally perky boobs?

By: DNA

DNA — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:42:45 +0000

And after looking at it for awhile, I think it just randomly changes directions.