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The evolution of handedness
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The evolution of handedness
May 4, 2010 at 5:22 pm
I read this today and found it quite interesting, check it out Smile

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20...dness.html
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RE: The evolution of handedness
May 5, 2010 at 11:30 am
Quite a long article but interesting.
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RE: The evolution of handedness
May 7, 2010 at 11:14 am (This post was last modified: May 7, 2010 at 11:18 am by ib.me.ub.)
Very interseting indeed. If you like things to do with the brain check this out.

Left Brain v's Right Brain Test:

http://www.perthnow.com.au/fun-games/lef...1114517613

Can you make it change direction?
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RE: The evolution of handedness
May 7, 2010 at 11:57 am
(May 7, 2010 at 11:14 am)ib.me.ub Wrote: Very interseting indeed. If you like things to do with the brain check this out.

Left Brain v's Right Brain Test:

http://www.perthnow.com.au/fun-games/lef...1114517613

Can you make it change direction?

That's pretty interesting Big Grin
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RE: The evolution of handedness
May 7, 2010 at 12:10 pm
Same here. Not sure how it goes around the other way :S
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RE: The evolution of handedness
May 7, 2010 at 2:55 pm
I can make it change direction at will, but it starts clockwise for me.
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RE: The evolution of handedness
May 7, 2010 at 3:18 pm
OH MY F*CK*ING MANY GODS!!!

That's amazing. At first I was going to call Leo a liar Wink but then, and all of a sudden, she started going around the other way :S

I did it by focusing on a position about an inch below the picture and then slowly looking back up.. And then, I couldn't get her to turn clockwise again..
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RE: The evolution of handedness
May 7, 2010 at 4:59 pm
I am completely right brained (and left handed). I have seen that test before. You can make it change directions by looking at it peripherally, thereby forcing one side of your brain to focus on it more than the other. Looking at it straight on indicates which side is stronger by the direction in which it spins. Pretty interesting stuff.
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RE: The evolution of handedness
May 7, 2010 at 5:48 pm
(May 7, 2010 at 11:14 am)ib.me.ub Wrote: Very interseting indeed. If you like things to do with the brain check this out.

Left Brain v's Right Brain Test:

http://www.perthnow.com.au/fun-games/lef...1114517613

Can you make it change direction?


Hm, I saw the dancer turning counter clockwise, and for the life of me could not get it to change direction.

I tried looking at her peripherally from different sides, looking away and back, and focusing on different parts of the page. Very interesting.... how do they set that dancer thing up anyway? Thinking

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