18 October 2007, 00:19 in

Left brain right brain

I recently saw this article on News.com.au which has an animation of a silhouette of a spinning girl. Apparently, depending on whether you are left brain or right brain dominant, you will see the girl as spinning clockwise or counter-clockwise.

When I look at it, I see her spinning clockwise, which apparently suggests that I am right brain dominant. I found this interesting because, looking at the left/right brain functions listed in the article, you would expect the opposite from a computer programmer. If I concentrate I can see her spinning counter-clockwise too, but definitely clockwise most of the time.

I would be interested to know whether other people are left or right brain dominant according to this test. Post a comment if you try it, and maybe also include your profession or area of study.

More info here and here.

  1. I see it going clockwise usually. Though, on some hide/show tests I can get it on anti-clockwise, and I can switch with a little bit of effort.


    — PC    Oct 18, 05:48 pm    #

  2. Look at where her extended foot crosses her other leg. It crosses at her ankle as it goes right to left, but going left to right it crosses halfway up her calf.

    Assuming our viewpoint is from above her feet, that means she’s going clockwise. Right?

    Like you guys I can fool my brain into seeing it anticlockwise, but it doesn’t do it naturally.


    — Greg    Oct 18, 11:36 pm    #

  3. Clockwise for me too. I can change the direction – find it interesting to see how long it takes to revert to the original view, once you look away and are preoccupied with another task.


    — Kz    Oct 23, 11:24 am    #
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