[Grovenet] Left Brain, Right Brain, Any Brain?

[David Morelli]

Anyone else is welcome to see if they can repeat my results.

BTW, My default direction was counter clockwise.

However.

When I would focus on the head area of the figure and then cover it  
with my finger, when I would uncover the head my mind would presume  
that I was looking at the face, so which ever side the pony tail  
appeared would determine which direction the body was spinning.

If I covered everything except for the extended foot on the left side  
the foot appeared to be moving towards me, which set the direction  
when I uncovered the figure.  If I covered everything except for the  
extended foot on the right side the foot appeared to be moving  
towards me, which set the opposite direction.

If I covered the body from the elbows down, and covered the head, the  
body appeared to always face me.  It appeared to move like a washer  
agitator even after I uncovered the head.  If I uncovered any part of  
the forearm this motion was hard to keep.  I could retain the  
agitator motion down to the waist sometimes, but it would break into  
a spin if the hips were visible.

I presume that the mind tries to find a rational interpretation of  
the visual clues and a smooth motion like a spin is easier to imagine  
than the jerky motion of back and forth agitation.  Especially if the  
movement involves a leg motion that cannot be produced by the  
agitation motion.

I tried tilting the screen to see if looking up at the figure or down  
at the figure had an effect, it did but it was weak for me.  A blink  
could reset the rotation based upon the location of the ponytail.

I would suppose that this particular test may be more interesting to  
men than women.

David

On Oct 13, 2007, at 3:52 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> Here's a fun little brain exercise.
>
> http://info.break.com/static/live/v1/pages/brain/brain.html
>
> She keeps changing directions as I watch.
>
> Always new I was easily confused...
>
> Ron D'Eau Claire
>
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