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  Phil Voice January 16, 2010 at 12:34pm

  Interesting question Duncan - it's a similar questions I asked many moons ago - what side of the brain does a gardener use?
  
  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.
  
  

  

  
  LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
  uses logic, detail oriented, facts rule, words and language, present and past, math and science, can comprehend, knowing, acknowledges, order/pattern perception, knows object name, reality based, forms, strategies, practical, safe
  
  RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
  uses feeling, big picture" oriented, imagination rules, symbols and images, present and future, philosophy & religion, can "get it" (i.e. meaning), believes, appreciates, spatial perception, knows object function, fantasy based, presents possibilities, impetuous, risk taking.
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    Neil Petrie BSc Landscape Mgt > Phil Voice November 30, 2010 at 11:11pm

    This is crazy!!! My left side of my brain has just taken over the right side. I swear she was anticlockwise to begin with. Now everytime I look she's clockwise!!
    
    Philip Voice said:

    Interesting question Duncan - it's a similar questions I asked many moons ago - what side of the brain does a gardener use?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.
    
    

    

    
    LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
    uses logic, detail oriented, facts rule, words and language, present and past, math and science, can comprehend, knowing, acknowledges, order/pattern perception, knows object name, reality based, forms, strategies, practical, safe
    
    RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
    uses feeling, big picture" oriented, imagination rules, symbols and images, present and future, philosophy & religion, can "get it" (i.e. meaning), believes, appreciates, spatial perception, knows object function, fantasy based, presents possibilities, impetuous, risk taking.
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  Duncan Heather January 16, 2010 at 2:06pm

  Fascinating animation Philip
  
  Don't know what this say about me but everytime i look away then back at the screen she is turning in a different direction!
  
  
  Philip Voice said:

  Interesting question Duncan - it's a similar questions I asked many moons ago - what side of the brain does a gardener use?
  
  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.
  
  

  

  
  LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
  uses logic, detail oriented, facts rule, words and language, present and past, math and science, can comprehend, knowing, acknowledges, order/pattern perception, knows object name, reality based, forms, strategies, practical, safe
  
  RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
  uses feeling, big picture" oriented, imagination rules, symbols and images, present and future, philosophy & religion, can "get it" (i.e. meaning), believes, appreciates, spatial perception, knows object function, fantasy based, presents possibilities, impetuous, risk taking.
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  Richard@www.seasons-garden.co.uk January 16, 2010 at 3:14pm

  Apparently you can: 'Dyscalculia'
  The dancer's going anti clockwise for me. Does this mean I'm a clever s*d or a nitwit?
  
  Paul Williams said:

  I don't understand (doh). She is turning clockwise isn't she?
  
  Personally I have always struggled with numbers & calculations even from a primary school age. I don't know if you can be numerically dyslexic but I'm sure I am. It still affects my confidence now when working out areas & calibrating.
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  Robert Mcmillan January 16, 2010 at 6:02pm

  she spinning mostly clock wise some times anti clock wise. all was been strong on logic maths & art.
  right left handed but mostly right handed for most other things.
  
  I can walk into the garden and very easily get the design into my head ( was going to use another word but could't find the correct spelling)
  
  I walk you round the garden wont remember the plant name but will know we to plant how to prune.
  I struggle with doing plant list so tend not to offer a full garden design service but give me a budget I know in my head what I want see the plant not the name.
  
  I tend not to blog to often as spell checking sort out the spelling mistakes but I also mix words up or miss them out and cant see the problem. I will have to reread this several times to check.
  interestingly I can read upside down and backwards with out a problem.
  
  I am dyslexic and find that quiet a a though landscapers and trades people are
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  Julius Bell January 17, 2010 at 1:39am

  Interesting insight into this subject .
  She describes the effect of a stroke on her left hemisphere. Worth watching
  
  
  http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_ins...
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  chris nangle January 17, 2010 at 11:36am

  im super dyslexic i can read very well,but my hand righting is shocking and i need a calculater for even basic maths,thats crap and frustrating, however i make most of my work straight from my head i dont do workshop plans draw as i dont need to i see the stuff in 3d and make it
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  Gary Hedges November 30, 2010 at 8:31pm

  Same as Rowly.
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  Elspeth Briscoe November 30, 2010 at 8:38pm

  I can only see clockwise however hard I try :/
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  Phil Voice November 30, 2010 at 8:44pm

  I can change her direction; almost at will (although when I first start watching, she seems to be clock-wise)
  
  Little tip, scroll down until you can just see the foot and the shadow of the foot - I'm almost getting here to change direction after every rotation.