Brain Teasers!

RellikLaerec · 10-14-2007, 10:41 AM

I figured there needs to be a thread for brain teasers, so I'll start things off with this one.

Is she spinning clockwise or counter-clockwise?

I've looked at it for a while and at first I saw her spinning counter-clockwise, but then after a bit she went clockwise!
So what do you think? Depending on which way you see her tells which side of the brain you use more of!

She spins counter-clockwise
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

She spins clockwise
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

ZenGum · 10-14-2007, 11:04 AM

It's an interesting and fun optical trick, but according to new scientist ( http://www.newscientist.com/blog/sho...cing-girl.html ) the direction of rotation you perceive has nothing to do with which side of your brain is dominant.

Further, this whole left brain = verbal/logical, right brain = emotional/artistic business has long since been thrown out by actual neuroscientists. See http://www.newscientist.com/article/...ght-brain.html .

I guess this gives me away as a left brainer, doesn't it?

Oh well, she's got nice boobs, and that's what really matters.

grazzers · 10-14-2007, 11:15 AM

I have to say my first thought was she's spinning clockwise, and I had to really focus to see her spinning anti-clockwise, but I'm a Physics student and pride myself on being very logical, so I would have thought I would be strongly "left-brained," so I have to side with ZenGum, I don't think this trick gives much insight into mental function.

SteveDallas · 10-14-2007, 12:46 PM

Hey, nice wrinkles! Were they all out of the good colors and you had to take gray?

RellikLaerec · 10-14-2007, 03:50 PM

Still neat on how your brain perceives it. Anyone else have any teasers?

monster · 10-14-2007, 03:56 PM

Clockwise. I can't even make myself see it anticlockwise.

But....

I am a figure skater and I spin clockwise, so there may be an element of expectation/comfort level in there. Also, left-handers usually sping clockwise. Most right-handers and so therefore most skaters spin anticlockwise. So I'm sure handedness will play a small part in perception too.

monster · 10-14-2007, 03:56 PM

Oh funny, I went back to it and now she's clearly spinning the other way!

monster · 10-14-2007, 03:58 PM

and now back to clockwise

Undertoad · 10-14-2007, 04:03 PM

I couldn't make her go clockwise until I blocked out everything but her lower foot and told myself to look at it clockwise, and then when I raised my hand to look at the rest of her, she stayed that way.

elSicomoro · 10-14-2007, 04:13 PM

I see her clockwise. I tried to see her counter-clockwise, but it only made my head hurt again.

Cloud · 10-14-2007, 04:35 PM

she switches from one rotation to another and back.

Elspode · 10-14-2007, 06:03 PM

I can't make her change direction unless I look at the reflection of the foot.

Still quite the mind fuck.

jinx · 10-14-2007, 07:25 PM

Counter - until I tried UT's trick... only works for a few seconds though, then she goes back.

lumberjim · 10-14-2007, 07:27 PM

mostly, i notice that her nipples are hard. then....its clockwise....if i try and come up from the bottom, i can make her go counter.

monster · 10-15-2007, 12:22 AM

tis still clockwise....

so what handedness do you all have? is there a correlation?

just tried is easy for me to dsee it clockwaise, but to see it anticw, I have to first see it mentally. then open my eyes and watch the animation

10-14-2007, 10:41 AM	#1
RellikLaerec Faithful Companion Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Buckeye City Posts: 185	Brain Teasers! I figured there needs to be a thread for brain teasers, so I'll start things off with this one. Is she spinning clockwise or counter-clockwise? I've looked at it for a while and at first I saw her spinning counter-clockwise, but then after a bit she went clockwise! So what do you think? Depending on which way you see her tells which side of the brain you use more of! She spins counter-clockwise 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 She spins clockwise 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

10-14-2007, 11:15 AM	#3
grazzers Aim for the Best Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 134	I have to say my first thought was she's spinning clockwise, and I had to really focus to see her spinning anti-clockwise, but I'm a Physics student and pride myself on being very logical, so I would have thought I would be strongly "left-brained," so I have to side with ZenGum, I don't think this trick gives much insight into mental function. __________________ "Only a person who risks all that he cannot keep, to gain that which he can never lose, is truly free." Anonymous Poet

10-14-2007, 03:56 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Clockwise. I can't even make myself see it anticlockwise. But.... I am a figure skater and I spin clockwise, so there may be an element of expectation/comfort level in there. Also, left-handers usually sping clockwise. Most right-handers and so therefore most skaters spin anticlockwise. So I'm sure handedness will play a small part in perception too. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-14-2007, 03:56 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Oh funny, I went back to it and now she's clearly spinning the other way! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-14-2007, 03:58 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	and now back to clockwise __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-14-2007, 11:04 AM	#2
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	It's an interesting and fun optical trick, but according to new scientist ( http://www.newscientist.com/blog/sho...cing-girl.html ) the direction of rotation you perceive has nothing to do with which side of your brain is dominant. Further, this whole left brain = verbal/logical, right brain = emotional/artistic business has long since been thrown out by actual neuroscientists. See http://www.newscientist.com/article/...ght-brain.html . I guess this gives me away as a left brainer, doesn't it? Oh well, she's got nice boobs, and that's what really matters.

10-14-2007, 12:46 PM	#4
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Hey, nice wrinkles! Were they all out of the good colors and you had to take gray?

10-14-2007, 03:50 PM	#5
RellikLaerec Faithful Companion Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Buckeye City Posts: 185	Still neat on how your brain perceives it. Anyone else have any teasers?

10-14-2007, 04:03 PM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I couldn't make her go clockwise until I blocked out everything but her lower foot and told myself to look at it clockwise, and then when I raised my hand to look at the rest of her, she stayed that way.

10-14-2007, 04:13 PM	#10
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I see her clockwise. I tried to see her counter-clockwise, but it only made my head hurt again.

10-14-2007, 04:35 PM	#11
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	she switches from one rotation to another and back. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-14-2007, 06:03 PM	#12
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I can't make her change direction unless I look at the reflection of the foot. Still quite the mind fuck. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

10-14-2007, 07:25 PM	#13
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Counter - until I tried UT's trick... only works for a few seconds though, then she goes back. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

10-14-2007, 07:27 PM	#14
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	mostly, i notice that her nipples are hard. then....its clockwise....if i try and come up from the bottom, i can make her go counter. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-15-2007, 12:22 AM	#15
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	tis still clockwise.... so what handedness do you all have? is there a correlation? just tried is easy for me to dsee it clockwaise, but to see it anticw, I have to first see it mentally. then open my eyes and watch the animation __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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