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Don't worry, I found this in a Nurological Blog linked to a Nurological website.


" 'Doctors have concluded that, if you find the man in 3 seconds, then the Right half of your brain is better developed than most people.

If you find the man between 3 seconds and one minute, then your right Half of the brain is developed normally.

If you find the man between one minute and 3 minutes, then the right Half of your brain is functioning slowly and you need to Eat more protein.
If you have not found the man after 3 minutes, the right half of your Brain is a mess, and the only advice is to look for more of these types of exercises to make that part of the brain stronger. The man is really there. Keep looking!' "

The text is almost complete nonsense. The idea of using tests of visual-spacial ability is legitimate and is part of certain standardized tests, but not this picture. Tasks such as constructing complex figures, drawing a clock, bisecting lines, etc. are used. Such tasks are designed to, as much as possible, isolate the ability – and therefore the corresponding brain structure – of interest.

This task would not be a good candidate for visual-spacial ability because it is ambiguous. One might think that they are looking for the face or figure of a man emerging from the pattern of the coffee beans – a phenomenon called pareidolia. So this task may be difficult for someone, not because they lack visual-spacial ability, but because they interpreted the instructions in such a way as to apply the wrong strategy.

Further – no one simple test can ever give you a reliable measure of ability. You need to do a battery of tests and look for patterns of strengths and weaknesses. Someone could get lucky on one test, or get stuck on a single test, and therefore it says very little about their overall ability. Also, any test, in order to be usable, must be validated. That means the test must be applied to known quantities to see if it is actually measuring something, and if it is reliable. Will the same person score similarly at different times, for example? The scoring must also be calibrated – what does it really mean if it takes you > 1 minute to find the man?

The idea of eating protein to help your right brain comes out of left field and is just pure silliness.

Visual-spacial skills do localize to the right parietal lobe in most people, but some people are the opposite. But having good visual-spacial skills does not mean that one’s entire right hemisphere is dominant or functions better. Each ability, whether it localizes to the right or left hemisphere, can vary independently.

While it is fun to look for hidden pictures, this amounts to little more than a game and is not a valid test for anything. To be clear, this kind of task may be a useful part of a battery of tests designed to assess aspects of cognitive function, but would only be useful if they were designed properly and validated, which this test has not."


http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/left-brain-right-brain-and-the-spinning-girl/

and there you have it, lol!
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is it like these 3D things that were so popular in the 90's? Like, I have to look at it cross-eyed to see it? Because I am not seeing a face on any of the single beans.
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Quote:
Don't worry, I found this in a Nurological Blog linked to a Nurological website.


" 'Doctors have concluded that, if you find the man in 3 seconds, then the Right half of your brain is better developed than most people.

If you find the man between 3 seconds and one minute, then your right Half of the brain is developed normally.

If you find the man between one minute and 3 minutes, then the right Half of your brain is functioning slowly and you need to Eat more protein.
If you have not found the man after 3 minutes, the right half of your Brain is a mess, and the only advice is to look for more of these types of exercises to make that part of the brain stronger. The man is really there. Keep looking!' "

The text is almost complete nonsense. The idea of using tests of visual-spacial ability is legitimate and is part of certain standardized tests, but not this picture. Tasks such as constructing complex figures, drawing a clock, bisecting lines, etc. are used. Such tasks are designed to, as much as possible, isolate the ability – and therefore the corresponding brain structure – of interest.

This task would not be a good candidate for visual-spacial ability because it is ambiguous. One might think that they are looking for the face or figure of a man emerging from the pattern of the coffee beans – a phenomenon called pareidolia. So this task may be difficult for someone, not because they lack visual-spacial ability, but because they interpreted the instructions in such a way as to apply the wrong strategy.

Further – no one simple test can ever give you a reliable measure of ability. You need to do a battery of tests and look for patterns of strengths and weaknesses. Someone could get lucky on one test, or get stuck on a single test, and therefore it says very little about their overall ability. Also, any test, in order to be usable, must be validated. That means the test must be applied to known quantities to see if it is actually measuring something, and if it is reliable. Will the same person score similarly at different times, for example? The scoring must also be calibrated – what does it really mean if it takes you > 1 minute to find the man?

The idea of eating protein to help your right brain comes out of left field and is just pure silliness.

Visual-spacial skills do localize to the right parietal lobe in most people, but some people are the opposite. But having good visual-spacial skills does not mean that one’s entire right hemisphere is dominant or functions better. Each ability, whether it localizes to the right or left hemisphere, can vary independently.

While it is fun to look for hidden pictures, this amounts to little more than a game and is not a valid test for anything. To be clear, this kind of task may be a useful part of a battery of tests designed to assess aspects of cognitive function, but would only be useful if they were designed properly and validated, which this test has not."


http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/left-brain-right-brain-and-the-spinning-girl/

and there you have it, lol!
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sorry
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Not trying to be a know it all.... I just have this thing about looking anything up that I run across and I know nothing about.
 
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and there you have it, lol!
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sorry
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Not trying to be a know it all.... I just have this thing about looking anything up that I run across and I know nothing about.

Don't be sorry. Some practical and frustrated farmer folk here in Michigan were getting all worried about their mental capacities over this one. You made me feel better. I surely can't be the only one that doesn't find it
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sorry
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Not trying to be a know it all.... I just have this thing about looking anything up that I run across and I know nothing about.

Don't be sorry. Some practical and frustrated farmer folk here in Michigan were getting all worried about their mental capacities over this one. You made me feel better. I surely can't be the only one that doesn't find it
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Absolutely no worries!!! I'm the same way, lol. I don't usually put too much into stuff like that unless it shows refrences backing it up. I just like the pictures.
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Avalon1984: I promise, there is a face in there. I can pm you if you like?
 
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Don't be sorry. Some practical and frustrated farmer folk here in Michigan were getting all worried about their mental capacities over this one. You made me feel better. I surely can't be the only one that doesn't find it
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Absolutely no worries!!! I'm the same way, lol. I don't usually put too much into stuff like that unless it shows refrences backing it up. I just like the pictures.
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Avalon1984: I promise, there is a face in there. I can pm you if you like?

That would be wonderful, thank you so much! Me go to bed now so that I have a fresh mind to find it tomorrow, promise!
 
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Absolutely no worries!!! I'm the same way, lol. I don't usually put too much into stuff like that unless it shows refrences backing it up. I just like the pictures.
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Avalon1984: I promise, there is a face in there. I can pm you if you like?

That would be wonderful, thank you so much! Me go to bed now so that I have a fresh mind to find it tomorrow, promise!

I'm going to pm you telling you where it is, so that in case you want to try for yourself, you know what my pm is about and I don't spoil it for you. Does that make sense?, I'm really tired.
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