The Dancer

If you see this lady turning in clockwise you are using your right brain.

If you see it the other way, you are using left-brain.

Some people do see both ways, but most people see it only one way.

See if you can make her go one way and then the other by shifting the brain's current.

BOTH DIRECTIONS CAN BE SEEN


	What, you may ask, does this have to do with magic? Everything!

		Experimentation has shown that the two different sides, or hemispheres, of the brain are responsible for different manners of thinking. The table below illustrates the differences between left-brain and right-brain thinking:

Left Brain:

Right Brain:

Uses Logic

Uses Feeling

Detail Oriented

“Big Picture” Oriented

Facts Rule

Imagination Rules

Words & Language

Symbols & Images

Can Comprehend

Can “Get It (i.e. meaning)

Past & Present

Present & Future

Math & Science

Philosophy & Religion

Knowing

Believes

Acknowledges

Appreciates

Order/Pattern Perception

Spatial Perception

Knows Object Name

Knows Object Function

Reality Based

Fantasy Based

Forms Strategies

Presents Possibilities

Practical

Impetuous

Safe

Risk Taking

Some People, however, are more whole-brained and equally adept at both modes.

In general, schools tend to favor left-brain modes of thinking, while downplaying the right-brain ones. Left-brain scholastic subjects focus on logical thinking, analysis, and accuracy. Right-brained.