are you a lefty or a righty?

THE Right Brain vs Left Brain test … do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise? If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa. Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it. If this is right, I am a ‘righty’ myself, but I can also see the anti-clockwise if I try, and so I must be a swinger.

Left brain functions

Right brain functions

January 5, 2008 | Filed Under fun |  

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21 Responses to “are you a lefty or a righty?”

  1. Janet on January 5th, 2008 5:16 pm

    Clockwise for me… I can’t see it any other way. How weird!

    All the adjectives sum me up pretty well too.

  2. james petticrew on January 5th, 2008 8:29 pm

    “I must be a swinger.” … Allan what a confession! This may be taking incarnational mission to far!

  3. Ben on January 5th, 2008 8:49 pm

    I’ve always known I was ‘Righty’ (or at least match up most strongly with right brain lists like the one above) but it’s a cool animation. Now if they could just come up with a similar test to see if someone is an ‘inny’ or an ‘outy’ we could rally save some time on that area of curial research. Seriously though - this has me wondering if there is any good information out there on how right and left brain orientation effects ministry, church preference and all that jazz. I’m off to Goggle…

  4. steve mcalpine on January 5th, 2008 10:36 pm

    Definitely a right-sider for me (makes up for this “sinister” left-handedness I was cursed with!)

  5. josh on January 6th, 2008 4:15 am

    its fun trying to convince people who only see it one way. they think you’re crazy.

  6. Alan Hirsch on January 6th, 2008 4:49 am

    Not that kind of swinger James! Naughty.

  7. james petticrew on January 6th, 2008 4:57 am

    So glad to hear it, just all that talk from you about entering every sub-culture had me worried!

  8. Erik on January 6th, 2008 6:03 am

    O.K., O.K. I am kind of feeling like the odd man out here! I seem to only be able to see the dancer moving counter-clockwise (a lefty). Oddly, I am left handed also. However prior to being an incomplete quadriplegic I was right handed (more or less as I tended to be a little of both).

    Ben, that idea of how this affects ministry/life intrigued me also in thought. I would love to hear what you found out!

  9. Alan Hirsch on January 6th, 2008 6:16 am

    Erik, I would guess that most of our, overly modernistic, approaches to training and ministry would be left-brained–not that there is anything wrong with that! :-)

  10. Rick Meigs on January 6th, 2008 7:13 am

    When I first looked at her she was moving counter-clockwise. I looked away to read the text and when I looked back she was moving clockwise. I had no problem switching her back to counter-clockwise, but it didn’t take long for my brain switch her back to clockwise. Always knew I was a little schizo.

  11. Justin Mayfield on January 6th, 2008 10:55 am

    Clockwise - which surprised me - then counter and back again. That thing’s a trip.

  12. rocky on January 6th, 2008 1:46 pm

    Wow. Not sure what you thought about the wildly popular book Blue Like Jazz, but as I read through your website/blog I have to believe you and your readers/students would enjoy the new book: Brown Like Coffee. I found it at brownlikecoffee.com
    I would love for you to read it and review/critique here on your site. Thanks

  13. Ben on January 6th, 2008 2:13 pm

    Erik -

    short answer - Not a lot specifically about how this affects ministry/life. Some that did not reference church but looked at culture, education, and marketing/sales were interesting.

    Long Answer - I found one article re:church that gave me more that a few moments thought. I wrote about it on my blog (there are links to the original article there as well) http://holisticliberalchristian.blogspot.com/2008/01/heading-in-right-direction.html

  14. Vinnie on January 7th, 2008 6:08 am

    Alan,

    I am reading your book now. I heard about you from a guy named Tom Ward Jr. in Delaware. I went to school with him years ago.

    I can only see the dancer clockwise, though my wife doesn’t want me taking a further look.

    Vinnie C.

  15. Peggy on January 7th, 2008 1:26 pm

    Eric…I’m with you, bro…counter-clockwise dancer for me. I couldn’t get her to change direction, but that may be because I have a headache at the moment 8)

    Interestingly enough, I am a bit ambidextrous … well, you all know that I just don’t fit into any “normal” model anywhere, so it shouldn’t surprise you that I resonate with many of the right brained descriptions…

  16. Alan Hirsch on January 7th, 2008 2:16 pm

    Now Pegs, we know that you are not normal. but we still love you. And Vinnie, yes, the dancer is a bit riske. But its only a silhouette. Tell your wife to chill out. :-)

  17. Deebs on January 7th, 2008 6:59 pm

    this is strange… i see it going anti-clockwise and can’t shake it… but, early in 2007 i did a hermann brain dominance indicator (HBDI) test which placed in me majorly the yellow quandrant which supposedly means my thinking preference is creative/big picture etc… weird. The HBDI is a good one to check out as it is fairly simple and give a bit more definition than left vs. right idea. the HBDI points out that everyone can actually (and should aim to) function well in each quandrant - it just takes a training ourselves and practice.

    erik - don’t worry about being a lefty; everyone on here probably thinks it cool to be a righty - they’re really just sheep who want to conform! :)

  18. Patrick on January 8th, 2008 12:16 pm

    Rick, I’m the exact same as you. First off, counterclockwise. I couldn’t force myself to see it another way and got suspicious, then I started reading the right brained description and she started going clockwise.

    I start reading the comments and she started going counterclockwise.

    Now, I’m curious how a picture of a man would affect the perceived turning.

    Or is the picture different for each person too? :-D

  19. Peggy on January 10th, 2008 6:37 am

    Thanks for the luv, Al! 8) TFW Tribe rocks!

  20. don woolley on January 10th, 2008 9:24 am

    I need to see a shrink. I can see it both ways but it seems to switch directions while I’m watching.

  21. Bryan Riley on January 13th, 2008 3:24 pm

    Ok, so you really can see her going other ways? I see clockwise only. Amazing.

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