Comments on: It’s true — I’ve moved to the right

By: doctorvee » That spinning woman again

doctorvee » That spinning woman again — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:28:20 +0000

[...] few weeks ago I blogged about a test that purported to tell you whether you are “right brained” or “left [...]

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:01:48 +0000

I can only see clockwise but my wife see’s both ways?

By: Redemption Blues » BritBlog Roundup 139

Redemption Blues » BritBlog Roundup 139 — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:45:53 +0000

[...] Vee in It’s true – I’ve moved to the right voices exasperation at the results of a test ostensibly informing you which side of your brain you [...]

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:44:26 +0000

nope, try as I might I could not get her to turn anti-clockwise.

By: jameshigham

jameshigham — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:33:52 +0000

I have no problem with left side/ right side in my brain. My brain is hollow.

By: Sara C

Sara C — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 08:19:38 +0000

Isn’t it connected to the hand you write with as to what side of the brain you use more?
Left handed=right hand side of the brain, meaning lots of witty “Only left handers are in their right mind” T-shirts and frivolities.

By: doctorvee

doctorvee — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 01:10:20 +0000

Okay, I have gone to sad lengths here, but I opened up the gif file in The Gimp and looked at it frame-by-frame. The gif is only 30-odd frames long, so it doesn’t just start going the other way after a certain amount of time.

What happens is that she starts turning clockwise until her extended leg is perpendicular to your perspective, pointing to the right. Then she starts turning anti-clockwise until once again the extended leg is perpendicular, this time pointing to the left. She only ever moves in these 180 degrees, swinging back and forward like a horizontal pendulum.

I suppose the trick is that the brain fills in the other 180 degrees, so that you are tricked into believing that she is spinning the full 360 degrees when she actually isn’t.

By: Clive

Clive — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:46:29 +0000

Let’s face it, Doc, you just feel that you’re logical…

By: Will P

Will P — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:56:43 +0000

Well, all I know is when I looked, she was spinning clockwise. I looked through the list of right-brained attributes and found myself going, ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’, ‘No’, ‘Sometimes’, ‘Maybe’, ‘Probably’, ‘You are joking!’ and so on.

Which actually disproves part of what they’re saying about right-brainers, so I’m going to ignore this.

Though strangely, I do meet the stereotype of your average Aquarius.

By: jack stephen

jack stephen — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:59:45 +0000

It’s a con, isn’t it? If you wait long enough she changes direction pure and simple. The spinning must be programmed that way.