Comments | vain_chan: Left or right dominant?

vain_chan

Left or right dominant?

Oct 11, 2007 21:11

neuroscience clued me in to this and I thought it was too interesting not to share.

Look at the dancer.Do you see her spinning clockwise, or counterclockwise ( Read more... )

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flyby311 October 12 2007, 01:34:19 UTC

That is... I can't stop looking and making her spin clockwise and then counter and then back again. *___*

vain_chan October 12 2007, 13:36:58 UTC

The first time I tried to make her switch, I nearly made myself nauseous. XD;;

flyby311 October 12 2007, 14:01:18 UTC

^^; It was relatively easy for me? I dunno. I make it switch by focusing on the legs and going, "No, other way." and trying to imagine it the other way XD; When I read the text, too, it keeps shifting out of the corner of my eye (and that is so distracting).

apapazukamori October 12 2007, 01:37:02 UTC

>.> I saw her moving clockwise, too. But if you watch it long enough, she changes direction.

vain_chan October 12 2007, 13:38:12 UTC

It actually depends on how you're viewing her. I edited the post with a brief explanation after seeing that a few people put it up on their LJs too and reading the comments there. ^^

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quix October 12 2007, 12:40:30 UTC

Ditto. I can't get her to spin counter-clockwise to save my life. My wife first saw her spinning clockwise then when I exclaimed disbelief and showed her clockwise, she couldn't UNsee clockwise and now sees counter-clockwise sporadically and I still can't see it at all... AND IT'S DRIVING ME NUTS!!

quix October 12 2007, 12:44:56 UTC

I can track each piece of her body with my finger moving from right to left when she's facing forward and then right to left when she's facing backwards. How is she moving counter????

quix October 12 2007, 12:45:30 UTC

er, that is left to right when she's facing backwards

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mashiroikaze October 12 2007, 02:22:44 UTC

Every time I see that, I see her spinning counterclockwise. In fact, it was only this past time that I could figure out how to get her to spin clockwise...and then I couldn't get her to spin counterclockwise again until I glanced away.

vain_chan October 12 2007, 13:53:08 UTC

lol. I posted a possible explanation in the entry. And it links to research articles! *flexes for doing psych research before 9 AM!*

slytherinblack October 12 2007, 02:26:58 UTC

Counterclockwise, which is weird because I'm lefthanded, and therefore should be right brained. But as you said, not scientific.