Left brain vs. right brain - instant test
An instant, elegant test to see if you are a left brain thinker or a right brain thinker
Forget naff multiple choice questions, this little animation on news.com.au’s Perth Now site is immediate, fascinating and doubtless driving lots of traffic as friends and colleagues share the link (thanks Nina!).
Look at the dancer first, then read the explanation and you’ll know what side of the brain you favour.
I’m more of a visual thinker, so no surprise to see the dancer turning clockwise. That is, until I noticed the article had a list of qualities for each side.
Some of the items listed are not that clear. Out of habit, I started to edit the list in my head and think about how it might have been better expressed, and as slipped into ‘editor mode’ I noticed the dancer now appeared to be turning anti-clockwise.
Hello left brain, so you exist after all!. Well, nice to meet you.
VBtheDog AKA David H wrote:
Same here. Initially it was clockwise and try as I might, couldn’t ‘reverse it”. However on reading the “left side” list, the dancer started to go the other way. So is it merely an optical illusion?
Posted 09 Oct 2007 at 10:30 am ¶
Billy wrote:
The first time i saw this test it was on the TV news and it spun counterclockwise for a few seconds then switching as i blinked. I thought that the news show was playing a trick. I could not stop the switching. I looked it up on the several different internet sites and concluded that my brain is doing the switching automatically. I wonder if this is a bad sign. I’m not exactly the type of person that most people would refer to as stable. But I’m not too crazy either. I always have thought that i don’t need anyone to drive me crazy; i’m within walking distance.
Posted 06 Feb 2008 at 7:50 am ¶
John wrote:
Is this site going to be updated soon?
Posted 17 Apr 2008 at 1:54 pm ¶
Fran Lefroy wrote:
Hi Nic,
Another way of thinking about it.
http://www.redbubble.com/people/onetonshadow/journal/1047271-right-sided-thinking
:-)
fran
Posted 02 May 2008 at 10:57 am ¶
Fran Lefroy wrote:
it only goes clockwise for me…
Posted 02 May 2008 at 10:59 am ¶