From Pick the Brain and the Daily Telegraph,

Which rotational direction is the girl dancing? Clockwise or Anti-Clockwise?

The direction of the rotation, as perceived, is dependent on the side of the brain you use more. I was surprised to notice that as I see it as a clockwise rotation, I use the right side of the brain more. It is well known that the left side handles logic and science. The right side, on the other hand, works with images, philosophy and abstractions.

 The daily telegraph presents some of the functions of the left and right side of the brain:

I [ believe myself to] associate with : logic, details oriented, 50-50 on facts / imagination, 40-60 on words / images, 60-40 past / future, 40-60 math/philosophy, 90-10 on science / religion,  ?-? on comprehend/get it, ?-? knowing/believe, appreicates, 50-50 patter / sptial, fantasy, possibilities, impetous and 50-50 safe/risk.

Conclusion: a self-critical enumeration has led me to conlcude [believe] the image quite proves its claim. I reiterate that this is about the side of the brain used more as opposed to using "only" the left or right side of the brain.

I find it interesting that I was naturally inclined to punctuate many sentences with "belief/believe". I then noticed that one of the functions listed in the right brain is "possibilities" as opposed to stratergy. Indirectly, possibility is linked to belief as opposed to knowing. A mind map, for instance, lists probabilisitically ranked alternatives and hence one is naturally inclined to use "belief" (where there is a considerable chance one is wrong) as opposed to "know" (one possibility or none).

Further, I find it interesting that the right side of the brain handles belief and religion (+ fantasy).

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