Left or right brained?

Posted in Commentary on October 12th, 2007 by Sacha Peter

Take a look at this picture (click on it). Do you see the figure spinning clockwise or counter-clockwise?

Clockwise or Counter-Clockwise?

If clockwise, apparently you are right-brained. Otherwise you are left-brained.

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe

RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses feeling
“big picture” oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can “get it” (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking

When I saw it, it was clockwise. What’s funny is that I would describe myself much more with the left-brained functions than the right, so that probably says something to the validity of this picture.

To get the figure to change rotations, I would suggest looking at the shadow on the very bottom. This worked for me.

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One Response to “Left or right brained?”

  1. Den says:
    October 12, 2007 at 2:27 pm

    I stared at this for 10 minutes and I can only still see it as going clockwise no matter what I do. I would 80% describe myself as a left-brained person, but the test says I’m right-brained? If the object was rotating clockwise the shadow where her legs cross would go up (from ankle to hip), not the other way in the animation.

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