Left Brain or Right Brain?

[Shadow Wolf]

Not entirely. While the regions of the brain can be activated evenly and for most people do, there are regions of the brain that do control certain functions of the body.

While in the general since that seems true, it's being discovered the neural networks go from "left to right" and outside of the areas that "control" those functions, and when those areas of the brain are destroyed the brain compensates for this and "rewires" itself. And then there is also psilocybin, which opens up all sorts of new paths and networks in the brain.

 

[Revoltingest]

I see her going counterclockwise and then a specific point where she switches to clockwise. I am using my iPhone. I should try again at home.

Perhaps she goes counter-clockwise for you because you're in the southern hemisphere?

 

[George-ananda]

Perhaps she goes counter-clockwise for you because you're in the southern hemisphere?

Er...I'm from Michigan too. But funny anyway. Or I missed something??

 

[Revoltingest]

Er...I'm from Michigan too. But funny anyway. Or I missed something??

Nothing gets past you.
But I thought a koala would be in Australiastan.
Curse my marsupial prejudice!

 

[Scott C.]

Watch this video and then honestly reply (via the poll) with the direction the dancer was spinning. Focus on her feet.

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If you saw her spinning counter-clockwise, you are like most people. It means you subconsciously access the logic (left) portion of your brain primarily, and see things that are fact based, organized and detail oriented.

If you saw her spinning clockwise, then you are accessing the imaginative (right) side of your brain, and tend to focus on creativity, the bigger picture and spatial perception.

If you can see her spinning both ways just by changing your focal point (move from her feet to her hips) then you are unique and in the top 10% of the world's population as far as mental prowess.

At first she spun clockwise and that was all I could see. Then she randomly started going the other way for a while and then back to clockwise. It was a little hard for me to force her to change directions. But after a while, something happened which is not one of the options. She would do a half turn in one direction and then a half turn back the other way. She kept doing that back and forth without doing a full rotation. The most entertaining was when I got one leg to move one direction while the other leg rotated in the opposite direction. What does that say about me?

 

[George-ananda]

Nothing gets past you.
But I thought a koala would be in Australiastan.
Curse my marsupial prejudice!

Our best marsupial is the opossum. One of those is burrowed under my porch. Cursed creature.

 

[Revoltingest]

Our best marsupial is the opossum. One of those is burrowed under my porch. Cursed creature.

It might be my fault.
I leave food scraps out for them.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

I just want to know whether she's naked or not. How do I get a light to shine on her?

 

[crossfire]

Clockwise seems to be the default for me, but I can change the perspective to counter clockwise at will if I concentrate. The moment I stop concentrating, it goes back to clockwise.

 

[Neo Deist]

Seems a lot of people are wanting to be in that 10% club!

Just remember that if you can't make it spin the other way instantly just by shifting your gaze from her feet to her hips, you're not actually a 10%er. Not that it really means anything if you are a 10%er.

 

[Revoltingest]

Seems a lot of people are wanting to be in that 10% club!

Just remember that if you can't make it spin the other way instantly just by shifting your gaze from her feet to her hips, you're not actually a 10%er. Not that it really means anything if you are a 10%er.

I can't do it instantly.
And I use a different method.
So I'm still right brained.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I must go find a safe space without triggers & have a good cry.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

I can't do it instantly.
And I use a different method.
So I'm still right brained.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I must go find a safe space without triggers & have a good cry.

Like you don't have enough privileges already? Don't culturally appropriate safe spaces. That would be racist. Or something.

 

[Revoltingest]

Like you don't have enough privileges already? Don't culturally appropriate safe spaces. That would be racist. Or something.

Stop gaslighting me, Mister Mannnnnn!

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Stop gaslighting me, Mister Mannnnnn!

I can't help it. I've been programmed by the patriarchy. I just hope we eventually find where they're hiding out so we can get some answers out of them, and get them to stop oppressing us all.

 

[Curious George]

The spinning dancer illusion and spontaneous brain fluctuations: an fMRI study. - PubMed - NCBI


This might be an interesting for you.