Comments on The Unlikely Salsero - Don Baarns: Left or Right Brain? Should I Care?

I think it means you are going to be a great spinn...

2008-06-28T22:05:00.000-07:00

I think it means you are going to be a great spinner over time. (lol)

I'm finishing two more articles as follow-ups and I expect them live over the next week.

I forgot to ask - if you first see her turning one...

2008-06-28T18:51:00.000-07:00

I forgot to ask - if you first see her turning one way (say counterclockwise) but your body's balance in your own turning mechanism is best clockwise (turning to the outside), what does that mean?

When I first started reading she was spinning coun...

2008-06-28T18:48:00.000-07:00

When I first started reading she was spinning counterclockwise. Then I read more of the article and I looked up and she was spinning clockwise.

Don, you know I'm a fan of your blog, but that's just spooky.

I've done some additional research, and there is s...

2008-06-22T18:32:00.000-07:00

I've done some additional research, and there is some controversy about it's value to always identify left/right dominance correctly.

That said, most people are more dominate with one side of their body, even if this exercise gets it wrong for a small set of people.

More in an upcoming article.

She turns strongly clockwise for me. With a lot of...

2008-06-20T07:19:00.000-07:00

She turns strongly clockwise for me. With a lot of effort and looking out of the corner of my eye I can get her to change direction for a moment only.

I'm surprised, as this makes me a right-brainer - I'd have expected to be strongly left.

I prefer to spin clockwise when I dance - but is this because I am in the Northern Hemisphere :-)

Oh. Not that it's particularly important... but af...

2008-05-26T08:27:00.000-07:00

Oh. Not that it's particularly important... but after returning to check a couple of days later, now I can make her alternate directions. But clockwise is still dominant. I am tired now though. Intriguing... Thanks Don! :)

Hmm... I can only see her spinning clockwise (to...

2008-05-25T07:15:00.000-07:00

Hmm... I can *only* see her spinning clockwise (to her right).

I've stared at different parts of the picture, squinted, turned my head sideways, but to no avail...

Oh... and I usually spin to my left (anti-clockwise) as I find it much more comfortable (and as I get lazier with my dancing!) :)

I've done this before, and it has always been CCW ...

2008-05-03T04:13:00.000-07:00

I've done this before, and it has always been CCW - a left brainer, and I haven't been able to switch the direction at all. Frustrating.

Tried it again yesterday, a little drunk - and behold.., now she was turning CW, and I couldn't make her change to CCW. Suddenly a left brainer.

Today, sober again, I can make her turn any direction at will by looking at her shadow and concentrating. So.., what am I?

Also.., almost everybody spins easier CCW, and have a general preference for turning CCW in ALL situations actually.

I don't know if there's any correlation with being left- or righthanded, or a left or right brainer. Do you have any info on this?

I saw counterclockwise rotation. After a minute(?...

2008-05-02T05:09:00.000-07:00

I saw counterclockwise rotation. After a minute(?) it skipped to CW. After reading the article and going back to see if I could force a change in my preception of rotation, I found focusing on the raised foot allow me to reverse the spin. So, what does it all mean?

She keeps turning clockwise for me and I'm ambidex...

2008-04-30T17:02:00.000-07:00

She keeps turning clockwise for me and I'm ambidexterous. Looked at her awhile. I'll check back in a couple of days...

Kinda reminds me of an addicted2salsa.com post I r...

2008-04-29T17:23:00.000-07:00

Kinda reminds me of an addicted2salsa.com post I read about on2 and on1 and ability to change between them -
a similar thing, in that they're two different states. A drummer might be able to play them independently, but for most of us, we see or hear one or the other...

The first time she started clockwise, than half a ...

2008-04-29T00:16:00.000-07:00

The first time she started clockwise, than half a minute later she changed direction and when I look to the feet or beside the picture, I see her jumping from left to right to left and so on.

For me, the nasty trap is that I can switch her fr...

2008-04-28T16:34:00.000-07:00

For me, the nasty trap is that I can switch her from turning, to not turning at all (just kicking a leg back and forth toward the screen).

When the legs start rotating in opposite directions (kicking leg turning right, standing leg turning left), that's when I have to stop....

She started cw for me too, first. Then I concentr...

2008-04-28T13:58:00.000-07:00

She started cw for me too, first. Then I concentrated on her grounded foot, and was able to see her spin ccw.

I think she's sexier spinning ccw :).

She started clockwise for me, and changed directio...

2008-04-28T08:06:00.000-07:00

She started clockwise for me, and changed directions very often while I was reading. Sometime she only did a halfturn in one direction.

The first time I saw this graphic she only turned ...

2008-04-28T02:06:00.000-07:00

The first time I saw this graphic she only turned to one side (can't remember which). However, reading your article she keeps changing direction as I read, every three or four rotations.