Trader Psychological Test: The Left Brain vs Right Brain

Which way do you see the dancer moving?

  • Counterclockwise (left brain dominant)

    Votes: 13 23.6%

  • Clockwise (right brain dominant)

    Votes: 42 76.4%
  • Total voters
    55
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jinxu

I'm interested in knowing the psychological makeup of trader. Or at the very least the ones that are on Elitetrader. Here's a simple test for left/right brain dominant. There's no questions. All you got to do is look at a picture of a dancer spinning and it'll only take you a minute at most. Here's the link:

http://www.perthnow.com.au/fun-games/left-brain-vs-right-brain/story-e6frg46u-1111114517613

Here's also a list of the left brain and right brain functions.:

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe

RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking

Which side do you think is more useful to trading? And Why?
 
It started clockwise but then I realised that I change change the direction more or less at will. By looking away to the left and seeing it from the corner of my eye it changes to anti-clockwise and when I slowly move my focus back to it the anti-clockwise sticks. I can then do the same and change it back to clockwise. Cool.
 
I see her turn clockwise regardless of how I look at the image... unfortunately I'm not sure what conclusion we should take as I believe the silhouette illusion was never proven to be a true scientific test (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silhouette_Illusion).

But since you brought up visual illusions, I would look in a seasoned trader that uses charts to be more prone to them. The extensive use of the cognitive processes for pattern recognition trains the brain to be very efficient in the field of visual interpretation.
 
Quote from lurefo:

I see her turn clockwise regardless of how I look at the image... unfortunately I'm not sure what conclusion we should take as I believe the silhouette illusion was never proven to be a true scientific test (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silhouette_Illusion).

But since you brought up visual illusions, I would look in a seasoned trader that uses charts to be more prone to them. The extensive use of the cognitive processes for pattern recognition trains the brain to be very efficient in the field of visual interpretation.
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To eliminate optics in charts, use indicators and know the maths behind them. As they say, numbers do not lie, unless we make them:D
 
Quote from RCG Trader:

To eliminate optics in charts, use indicators and know the maths behind them.
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Interesting point but some aspects in trading- think crowd behaviors like the DOM & tape - are complex to code and the visual human pattern recognition system seems to be a very efficient tool to use the information.
 
Quote from RCG Trader:

To eliminate optics in charts, use indicators and know the maths behind them. As they say, numbers do not lie, unless we make them:D
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Most indicators are visual...
 
Hi Jinxu,

I'm afraid this image is not enough to let u decide whether you're left or right brained. Some people will be able to see it spinning both ways too.

If you're interested to know this fact about your brain, I recommend you to take the test in the link below.

http://www.rcw.bc.ca/test/personality.html

It's a free software that will ask you 20 questions and it will show you a detailed results about how your brains works..

Cheers..
 
Quote from jinxu:

I'm interested in knowing the psychological makeup of trader. Or at the very least the ones that are on Elitetrader. Here's a simple test for left/right brain dominant. There's no questions. All you got to do is look at a picture of a dancer spinning and it'll only take you a minute at most. Here's the link:

http://www.perthnow.com.au/fun-games/left-brain-vs-right-brain/story-e6frg46u-1111114517613

Here's also a list of the left brain and right brain functions.:

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe

RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking

Which side do you think is more useful to trading? And Why?
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Yer fergot elle ebout ze theerd brayne... zat iz... ze gut brayne. Zere iz eh whoul komblex nervoze shystem zere.
 
Quote from Moudi:


If you're interested to know this fact about your brain, I recommend you to take the test in the link below.

http://www.rcw.bc.ca/test/personality.html

It's a free software that will ask you 20 questions and it will show you a detailed results about how your brains works..
More...
I suspect that test has a virus, so I'm not gonna download it. I've taken online tests before and none has ever ask that you download something. So I'm not sure why this would unless it has a virus.
 
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