Are you a left or right brain person?

[Mowe]

How do you know if you are a right brain or a left brain person?

The answer is: watch Evangelion.

Remember the spinning Rei from the "Fly Me to the Moon" sequence? If you see Rei spinning clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain, and vice versa. Most of us would see Rei turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.

Linky to the "Fly Me to the Moon" Sequence":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj1ZpAaAKM4

Linky which explains the meaning of a right or left brain user:

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21...ml?from=mostpop

Now the question is, did Anno do that on purpose to play with our minds??? or just another Eva Urban Legend...

[the white drew carey]

How do you know if you are a right brain or a left brain person?

The answer is: watch Evangelion.

Remember the spinning Rei from the "Fly Me to the Moon" sequence? If you see Rei spinning clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain, and vice versa. Most of us would see Rei turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.

Linky to the "Fly Me to the Moon" Sequence":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj1ZpAaAKM4

Linky which explains the meaning of a right or left brain user:

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21...ml?from=mostpop

Now the question is, did Anno do that on purpose to play with our minds??? or just another Eva Urban Legend...

I see Rei going whichever way I think of. If I think clockwise before I look, she goes clockwise. If I think counterclockwise, she goes counterclockwise. And I can make her switch during. Does that mean I have the traits of both lists or, more likely, there's actually no actual scientific basis in this test?

[Beware of Blast]

For me, it's clockwise if you look from her feet. When you look from her head, it's anti-clockwise. Trick of angles?

[hal9000]

Crap Evangelion is hurting my head once again.

She spind clock wise for me.

[Ignacio Ocamica]

What BoB said! Whenever you look from her head she changes direction.

Good trick

[M'Kyuun]

counter-clockwise for me, no matter whether I look at her head or her feet.

[eugimon]

heh, awesome. I usually see it as clockwise but after I read something for a little bit, it looks counter clockwise.

[Shun]

hmmm aren't right-handed people using more of the left-brain? thats why we see it as anti-clockwise in your 2nd link

i'm right handed and i do see it spinning anti-clockwise but for Rei i see it clockwise most of the time...

the trick is to keep trying to see it spin CW then ACW and repeat (WARNING: may result in brain damage, do at own risk ) I think covering the left/right eye helps.

interesting topic

Edited May 3, 2008 by Shun

[Duke Togo]

Rei goes counter-clock for me, but the dancer goes clockwise. And I can't change either one.

[Beware of Blast]

On the Dancer, looking directly at her, she appears to go anti-clockwise. But you look at her from her head she's going clockwise.

The trick is to point your index finger outward and rotate anti-clockwise. Now without stopping the rotation, turn your index finger back at yourself - now your finger appears to rotate clockwise.

It's looking at the same movement but from different angles and you get a different result.

[Chronocidal]

I honestly can't even see enough of her head in that video to tell one way or another, but just looking at the feet, she seems to swap directions on her own regularly, without me even thinking about it.

I think it has to do with the perspective... With the natural focal point of the picture in the middle, the feet seem like they should be above you. So, whichever foot is higher looks closer. The problem is, there's not always one foot higher than the other.. and sometimes, the same foot stays above the other.

Eh.. I always screw these kinds of left brain/right brain tests up anyway.. I can write any combination of forwards or backwards simultaneously with both hands to begin with. Used to creep my friends out.

[Beware of Blast]

For guys only since both specimens from the tests are females - This can be a good test to find out whether you're the type who is only interested a woman's facial beauty or only her lady lumps, or both... for the dudes who are discerning enough to see both rotations in a single footage. If you look from the Dancer's feet up, you're a T&A lover. If you look at her face before gazing downwards, you're more interested in her looks. Now if you're gonna tell me that you're always looking for inner beauty, you're wasting your time with this test.

Edited May 3, 2008 by Beware of Blast

[Mr March]

I've done these tests before. I can actually see both directions of spin. I see counter clockwise at first glance but I can see clockwise if I concentrate for a few moments.

[grapetang]

Stupid psych tests. I guess I'm inflexible.

Rei's turning CCW for me no matter what, particularly looking at her feet, knees, and tush/pelvis.

The dancer is CCW only - look at the shadow (they should've removed it and the figure tilt).

So, which do you like better, chocolate or the color blue?

[Roy's Blues]

Clockwise

Us lefty's are the only ones in our "right" minds

[Beltane70]

Rei's spinning went in both directions for me, starting with clock-wise first. They actually seemed to alternate their directions every couple of seconds. I couldn't control the direction at all, regardless of my concentration.

The dancer does exactly the same, even starting in the same direction.

Does this mean my brain alternates between both right-brained and left-brained. Is this even possible?

[eugimon]

Rei's spinning went in both directions for me, starting with clock-wise first. They actually seemed to alternate their directions every couple of seconds. I couldn't control the direction at all, regardless of my concentration.

The dancer does exactly the same, even starting in the same direction.

Does this mean my brain alternates between both right-brained and left-brained. Is this even possible?

yup. Most people are dominant one hemisphere or another, but some people aren't. Women in particular are more likely to use both halves of their brain. Some people think this is due to a larger corpus callosum.

[Morpheus]

I can change her direction at will, however I failed to change her upside down....

[CoryHolmes]

How's this for a stupid question: what is clockwise and anti-clockwise when looking at a profile? When I'm looking at the top of something, it's easy. On the profile, not so much...

[Beltane70]

In profile clockwise would be spinning right to left. Counterclockwise would be spinning left to right.

[Beware of Blast]

Actually, the profile is the same no matter if it's spinning left (the Dancer) or right (Rei) - that's why you get different answers from people looking at the same thing. People who see it rotating one direction but see it change direction once they concentrate means that the dormant part of their brain taking control. This is a simple but effective test to find out whether you are right or left brain dominant by nature - It's by no means that you'll remain right or left brain dominant forever. With some training, you'll see them rotating both directions. It really depends on where you look first.

[Mowe]

Here's the bomeshell: Rei spins which ever way you want her to be. Sounds like a familiar theme?? Omedetō.

PS. After finished watching Gurren Lagann the other week, I thought I had found a series overtaking Evangelion, I got very nostalgic and re-watched the Eva TV episodes...so I made this very silly topic...but I just reconfirmed that EVA is still my all time fav...woo...whoo!!!!

Edited May 5, 2008 by Mowe

[badboy00z]

I can see the dancer going CCW and CW.

[Graham]

You guys have way too much free time.

Graham

[Beware of Blast]

What to do? Some of us are waiting for 1/60 YF21, some are waiting for their Konami Gurren Lagann... me, Minmay was suppose to come clean my gunpod but didn't turn up.