Comments on: Optical Illusion: Are you Right or Left Brained? http://cybernetnews.com/optical-illusion-are-you-right-or-left-brained/ Technology News Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:26:55 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Mitix http://cybernetnews.com/optical-illusion-are-you-right-or-left-brained/comment-page-1/#comment-147911 Mitix Sun, 24 May 2009 06:57:55 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/08/optical-illusion-are-you-right-or-left-brained/#comment-147911 Very interesting. I suppose there are two pictures one over the other moving simultaneously. If you'll focus to the floor where is the shadow of the foot, you'll see that the dancer can't even do a whole spin. It balances left to right and vice-versa. Only when you loose the focus to the floor and look even for one second to the top, the dancer will make a whole spin. Very tricky. Very interesting. I suppose there are two pictures one over the other moving simultaneously. If you’ll focus to the floor where is the shadow of the foot, you’ll see that the dancer can’t even do a whole spin. It balances left to right and vice-versa. Only when you loose the focus to the floor and look even for one second to the top, the dancer will make a whole spin. Very tricky.

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]]> By: Are you right or left brained? | hilpers http://cybernetnews.com/optical-illusion-are-you-right-or-left-brained/comment-page-1/#comment-146488 Are you right or left brained? | hilpers Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:30:40 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/08/optical-illusion-are-you-right-or-left-brained/#comment-146488 [...] After that I could change my focus and see her moving in either direction." http://cybernetnews.com/o...-left-brained/ When you've tried that, see here for more detail; http://ofb.net/~whuang/imgs/spin/ Enjoy! -- [...] [...] After that I could change my focus and see her moving in either direction." [cybernetnews.com] When you’ve tried that, see here for more detail; [ofb.net]~whuang/imgs/spin/ Enjoy! — [...]

]]> By: CarLiLu http://cybernetnews.com/optical-illusion-are-you-right-or-left-brained/comment-page-1/#comment-144080 CarLiLu Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:46:26 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/08/optical-illusion-are-you-right-or-left-brained/#comment-144080 While looking for images of the brain for my psychology class,I came upon this site. Prsesently studying history of Cognitive Psychology (and neuroscience), I find this is excellent site to have the entire class observe and discuss the dancer; right side and left side of brain activity--perception. I was fortunate to be able to see both directions and actually control which direction(after much concentration and distraction)I wanted to view. Reading the comments was very informative. some participants expressing paranoia,denial and plain old confusion---Very Wundt-like in describing what they observed. Thanks Cybernet, CarLiLu :D While looking for images of the brain for my psychology class,I came upon this site. Prsesently studying history of Cognitive Psychology (and neuroscience), I find this is excellent site to have the entire class observe and discuss the dancer; right side and left side of brain activity–perception. I was fortunate to be able to see both directions and actually control which direction(after much concentration and distraction)I wanted to view.
Reading the comments was very informative. some participants expressing paranoia,denial and plain old confusion—Very Wundt-like in describing what they observed.
Thanks Cybernet,
CarLiLu :D

]]> By: Tobey http://cybernetnews.com/optical-illusion-are-you-right-or-left-brained/comment-page-1/#comment-131562 Tobey Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:13:40 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/08/optical-illusion-are-you-right-or-left-brained/#comment-131562 :idea: Close your eyes every second or so when she's in the middle of the turn to see her switch direction all the time :idea: :idea:
Close your eyes every second or so when she’s in the middle of the turn to see her switch direction all the time
:idea:

]]> By: johnny http://cybernetnews.com/optical-illusion-are-you-right-or-left-brained/comment-page-1/#comment-131489 johnny Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:17:46 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/08/optical-illusion-are-you-right-or-left-brained/#comment-131489 hi, i can make her turn C or CC when i want to, i also noticed that when she is turning C, she is jumping on her left leg and when she is turning CC she is jumping on her right leg. i don't know how it works but i can tell you what i focus on when trying to change her 'direction'. well, to do it i just focus on the reflection of her foot and that way it's easier to make her change the direction. i think it can be a key(just looking at her feet) to learn to turn her at will. i wonder if this type of excercise, changing her direction, is a good training for a brain and if it enhances our abilities like ex. solve some problems easier or notice/get some things faster. hi,
i can make her turn C or CC when i want to,
i also noticed that when she is turning C, she is jumping on her left leg and when she is turning CC she is jumping on her right leg.

i don’t know how it works but i can tell you what i focus on when trying to change her ‘direction’.

well, to do it i just focus on the reflection of her foot and that way it’s easier to make her change the direction.
i think it can be a key(just looking at her feet) to learn to turn her at will.
i wonder if this type of excercise, changing her direction, is a good training for a brain and if it enhances our abilities like ex. solve some problems easier or notice/get some things faster.

]]> By: Clever One http://cybernetnews.com/optical-illusion-are-you-right-or-left-brained/comment-page-1/#comment-131475 Clever One Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:06:26 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/08/optical-illusion-are-you-right-or-left-brained/#comment-131475 Well, I opened up the gif using gif-construction-set, and there you see that she moves both directions ! 8) Well, I opened up the gif using gif-construction-set, and there you see that she moves both directions ! 8)

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/optical-illusion-are-you-right-or-left-brained/comment-page-1/#comment-131389 Ryan Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:12:48 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/08/optical-illusion-are-you-right-or-left-brained/#comment-131389 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-131342" rel="nofollow">Inferno_str1ke wrote:</a><blockquote>I’d expect there to be a placebo effect here once you’ve read the descriptions of the two directions - most people here will _want_ to think that it’s going counter because they like the “left side logical” thing. When it started for me it was going clockwise but after a while of watching it I found I could blink and it would change direction. For those that read the text first and want it to be going counter, it probably will.</blockquote></div> I don't know about that. I tried pretty darn hard to get it to go both ways, but there was no hope for me. Inferno_str1ke wrote:
I’d expect there to be a placebo effect here once you’ve read the descriptions of the two directions – most people here will _want_ to think that it’s going counter because they like the “left side logical” thing. When it started for me it was going clockwise but after a while of watching it I found I could blink and it would change direction. For those that read the text first and want it to be going counter, it probably will.

I don’t know about that. I tried pretty darn hard to get it to go both ways, but there was no hope for me.

]]> By: Inferno_str1ke http://cybernetnews.com/optical-illusion-are-you-right-or-left-brained/comment-page-1/#comment-131342 Inferno_str1ke Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:31:51 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/08/optical-illusion-are-you-right-or-left-brained/#comment-131342 I'd expect there to be a placebo effect here once you've read the descriptions of the two directions - most people here will _want_ to think that it's going counter because they like the "left side logical" thing. When it started for me it was going clockwise but after a while of watching it I found I could blink and it would change direction. For those that read the text first and want it to be going counter, it probably will. I’d expect there to be a placebo effect here once you’ve read the descriptions of the two directions – most people here will _want_ to think that it’s going counter because they like the “left side logical” thing. When it started for me it was going clockwise but after a while of watching it I found I could blink and it would change direction. For those that read the text first and want it to be going counter, it probably will.

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/optical-illusion-are-you-right-or-left-brained/comment-page-1/#comment-131259 Ryan Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:03:33 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/08/optical-illusion-are-you-right-or-left-brained/#comment-131259 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-131161" rel="nofollow">Smiff wrote:</a><blockquote>i don’t look at clocks from the side. i know which way the hands go on a clock, duh. but, which orientation are you using for this figure? i’m guessing you are imagining looking down on her from the top, so when the leg is coming towards the screen from the right side, that would be clockwise, yes? in which case, i see anticlockwise.</blockquote></div> I did it as if I was looking down on the figure. Smiff wrote:
i don’t look at clocks from the side. i know which way the hands go on a clock, duh. but, which orientation are you using for this figure? i’m guessing you are imagining looking down on her from the top, so when the leg is coming towards the screen from the right side, that would be clockwise, yes? in which case, i see anticlockwise.

I did it as if I was looking down on the figure.

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