Brain 'Shifts'

[Antares]

Recently, I've discovered some drastic changes to my brain dominance. On the premise that the dancer test is accurate, when I first took it, it always spun clockwise for me, but then it shifted and I could change it at will. Then I looked at it again, it would only spin counterclockwise for me and took a lot of effort to get it to change. And looking at it again, it goes BOTH ways, or none at all. This is the strangest. It would spin up to 180 degrees then my perception would be muddled and it would spin the other way for 180 degrees; it never goes a full cycle anymore. And I found that I'm slowly regaining my musical abilities; I can listen to symphonies once and play them as I'm in bed, picking out instrument after instrument (like the oboe that I didn't notice before when I listened to it), but can no longer reach the level of synthesis (as in creative and higher-level) I did before. Is there any explanations for this? I think my brain is going haywire.

[DeadSpace]

Same thing happened to me. Wrote it in the test topic. Didn't happen till after i viewed the link though, with the multiple images. Explanation? INTJ's use what works, easiest one ;) Always looking at something from all angles...not surprising the dancer would shift under that flexible scrutiny.

[Alpha Prime]

Recently, I've discovered some drastic changes to my brain dominance. On the premise that the dancer test is accurate, when I first took it, it always spun clockwise for me, but then it shifted and I could change it at will. Then I looked at it again, it would only spin counterclockwise for me and took a lot of effort to get it to change. And looking at it again, it goes BOTH ways, or none at all. This is the strangest. It would spin up to 180 degrees then my perception would be muddled and it would spin the other way for 180 degrees; it never goes a full cycle anymore. And I found that I'm slowly regaining my musical abilities; I can listen to symphonies once and play them as I'm in bed, picking out instrument after instrument (like the oboe that I didn't notice before when I listened to it), but can no longer reach the level of synthesis (as in creative and higher-level) I did before. Is there any explanations for this? I think my brain is going haywire.

Clearly, you have gone mad. Now, stop focusing on me, and get back to whatever you did before I, err.. you made this happen to yourself. :P

Hey, I know the guy who made your avatar.

[TheLastMohican]

Antares,
I would find all that rather disquieting. I see exactly the same thing in that dancer image; I started seeing it that way after being able to see it make series of full turns in either direction, and being able to change it with some effort. Now it takes considerable effort to see her make one full turn. I wondered why, since none of my family members saw it that way. I think DeadSpace's theory might be right, but still, most of the INTJ's had a strong dominance of one direction. Maybe the three of us are the "most INTJ-ish" on the forum?

Concerning your other signs, could you elaborate a bit more on the decline of your creativity? Specifics might reveal clues. What kind of creativity were you good at before? Are some kinds declining more than others?

I think some of it could be attributed to temporary hormonal fluctuations. Unfortunately they do affect your brain, and, as many parents like to mention, they are most prevalent in teenagers. It might reverse in a couple of weeks, leaving you in utter confusion.

[Jgib5328]

Recently, I've discovered some drastic changes to my brain dominance. On the premise that the dancer test is accurate, when I first took it, it always spun clockwise for me, but then it shifted and I could change it at will. Then I looked at it again, it would only spin counterclockwise for me and took a lot of effort to get it to change. And looking at it again, it goes BOTH ways, or none at all. This is the strangest. It would spin up to 180 degrees then my perception would be muddled and it would spin the other way for 180 degrees; it never goes a full cycle anymore. And I found that I'm slowly regaining my musical abilities; I can listen to symphonies once and play them as I'm in bed, picking out instrument after instrument (like the oboe that I didn't notice before when I listened to it), but can no longer reach the level of synthesis (as in creative and higher-level) I did before. Is there any explanations for this? I think my brain is going haywire.

I honestly wouldn't put too much weight into that spinner test. But I mean you could just be developing your right brain more, you are only 15, your brain still has a lot more to grow.

I'm a cross between being ambidextrous and cross dominate, so when I do that spinner test, I tend to get variation. If I'm writing with my right hand it turns CCW, if I write with my left hand it turns CW.

[Antares]

Clearly, you have gone mad. Now, stop focusing on me, and get back to whatever you did before I, err.. you made this happen to yourself. :P

Hey, I know the guy who made your avatar.


Really? He did a great job :) It was actually a wallpaper; I cropped it so it became an avatar.


Concerning your other signs, could you elaborate a bit more on the decline of your creativity? Specifics might reveal clues. What kind of creativity were you good at before? Are some kinds declining more than others?

I think some of it could be attributed to temporary hormonal fluctuations. Unfortunately they do affect your brain, and, as many parents like to mention, they are most prevalent in teenagers. It might reverse in a couple of weeks, leaving you in utter confusion.Well, I've always loved thinking; it was one of the reasons that I can sit in the same spot for hours with a vacant expression but never become bored. I've been doing this long before I discovered MBTI, and it continued a while afterwards too. Then I realized that I can't 'concentrate' on synthesis anymore. I could be thinking about some deep subjects, then suddenly I would remark to myself (the snide little voice in my head) "And here goes a butterfly!" Before, I would be totally engrossed in my own world, but now I have trouble 'getting in'. I would 'zone out' whenever I'm on the climax of my thoughts and it would just stop there; like that. The problem would remain buy my brain refused to 'budge'.

I usually think to solve boredom problems on the school bus, and last week, I forgot my iPod AND my books. I tried to resort to synthesis, but figured that I couldn't concentrate. I was very good at mental maths and logical puzzles before, but these days I've been better at doing visual puzzles and logical puzzles only serve to bring forth a 'halt'. It could be that I'm switching my dominance to my right brain, but my spatial skills haven't improved as significantly as my logical skills declined. Sometimes, words would suddenly look so 'strange'. Like the word 'about'. I never realized how weird it was and momentarily forgot how to spell it (and I started doing this with numbers, English words and Chinese words too). So was 'doing'. Many a times, I look at the analog clock on my computer, and I was put out because the hands were spinning clockwise and not CCW. Yes. I thought it was supposed to spin CCW! Which led me to doubt my perception, of course. I watched the TedTalk by the brain scientist, and that inspired me to create this thread. Of course, music can be a part of the right brain. Overall, I'm not pleased with the new development.

[Femme de Homme INTJ]

Can you please post a link for these tests?

[Antares]

Can you please post a link for these tests?

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Spin Clockwise = Right Brained Anti Clockwise = Left Brained

I don't know the accuracy, but the fact that it's doing weird things... It's disconcerting.

[Danneh]

What it's done is put your focus on the fact that you can change which side of the brain your using.

^^

Your brain hasn't gone haywire. I Can literally change the dancer mid spin at times, and others I stare at it for a while and it just goes and goes, but when I look down and look back up it's going the other direction.

It's completely accurate. At least, in the sense that it tells you what side of the brain you are using at the time.

As for a change in what your noticing, it was simply a trigger to make you pay attention to that. Probably hormones have a lot to do with it.

[Jgib5328]

Wow something weird just happened, I'm somewhat ambidextrous and regularly switch writing hands to increase efficiency. Well I was just taking book notes and I realized that I was having trouble writing with my left hand (I favor my left hand for writing), well I go to write with my right hand and it is easier than my left, which is somewhat unusual. Then I go to look at this spinner test and it is rotating CCW instead of CW.

[TheLastMohican]

Wow something weird just happened, I'm somewhat ambidextrous and regularly switch writing hands to increase efficiency. Well I was just taking book notes and I realized that I was having trouble writing with my left hand (I favor my left hand for writing), well I go to write with my right hand and it is easier than my left, which is somewhat unusual. Then I go to look at this spinner test and it is rotating CCW instead of CW.

Get to the hospital! The blood to your right brain has been cut off! ;)

[Jgib5328]

Get to the hospital! The blood to your right brain has been cut off! ;)

Oh no! I'll never be creative again.

[TheLastMohican]

Oh no! I'll never be creative again.

So if you and Antares have both experienced some level of this, I wonder if I have it coming...

[Jgib5328]

So if you and Antares have both experienced some level of this, I wonder if I have it coming...

I'm in between being ambidextrous and cross-dominant, so I have both hemispheres of my brain well developed, although I favor my right still.

[TheLastMohican]

I'm in between being ambidextrous and cross-dominant, so I have both hemispheres of my brain well developed, although I favor my right still.

My brain is pretty balanced, too, but I am most definitely right-handed. I think it mistaken to say that right-handedness indicates left brain preference, since that would make about 90% of the population strongly left-brained. Each hemisphere of the brain controls the motion of a half of the body, but I think the more complex thought processes should be considered separate.

[malefide]

I can change the direction at will.

I'm right-handed and mostly balanced-brained with some favoring of the left.

[Antares]

My brain is pretty balanced, too, but I am most definitely right-handed. I think it mistaken to say that right-handedness indicates left brain preference, since that would make about 90% of the population strongly left-brained. Each hemisphere of the brain controls the motion of a half of the body, but I think the more complex thought processes should be considered separate.

So, if I'm left-brained, then being right-handed would be more natural? I find it very difficule to use my left hand, but yet my dancer, if I focus my attention, now turns 180 and turns back. If I relax, then it turns CW. What's happening to me? :huh: My left hand hasn't gotten any better.

[Jgib5328]

So, if I'm left-brained, then being right-handed would be more natural? I find it very difficule to use my left hand, but yet my dancer, if I focus my attention, now turns 180 and turns back. If I relax, then it turns CW. What's happening to me? :huh: My left hand hasn't gotten any better.

Like Mohican said, using your hemisphere isn't all about what hand you are using, it is about how you are thinking. You said you play instruments right? That's using your right brain, mostly creative activities work your right brain. If you want to develop your right brain further though, I suggest trying things with your left hand as well, such as eating or writing.

[TheLastMohican]

So, if I'm left-brained, then being right-handed would be more natural? I find it very difficule to use my left hand, but yet my dancer, if I focus my attention, now turns 180 and turns back. If I relax, then it turns CW. What's happening to me? :huh: My left hand hasn't gotten any better.

I said that I think it is mistaken to equate right-handedness with left brain preference and left-handedness with right brain preference. The thought process cannot be accurately determined based on your hand preference. One is the higher thought process, and the other is the motor control portion of your brain.

I see the dancer spinning 180, but I apparently have no other directional preference, since I can make her go either direction once I break out of the 180 pattern.

I would find what you describe very perturbing. But I have not experienced it, so I have no ideas. I searched for information about the alternation of brain preference, but apparently your situation is very rare/unique.

[Jgib5328]

I bet this test is just a trick and it randomly switches directions just to fuck with people.

[TheLastMohican]

I bet this test is just a trick and it randomly switches directions just to f*** with people.

Nope. Some people took it apart frame by frame (I think there are 27 total frames) and made sure that there was no tricky stuff. It is simply ambiguous as to direction, because it is just a silhouette, without depth perception.

[More Tea]

O.K., here are some fun and educational links. I'd add more, but my tarot deck assures me that I can only utilize the left side of my mind today.

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