Left Right Conflict
Name that color
Sam Ruby has posted a version of one of my favorite brain twisters. If you have a large whiteboard in your office and a set of colored dry-erase markers, this can be great fun to perpetrate on your co-workers (I do, and I have). It's amazing how...Excerpt from jclark.org at
It took a bit of practice but I can do it now, no problem. Well small problem. The rest of your site seems to say "black, black black" with just the occasional "white" or "blue." I think something is broken.
Posted by Ben Hyde at
left right conflict 日本語版。
"left right conflict" translated into Japanese hiragana. LEFT RIGHT CONFLICT：元ネタ。英語版。 面白かったので、ひらがなにしてみました。 英語でもわりと混乱しますが、ひらがなにすると威力倍増。 お試しあれ。;) つっかえはするけど色を言える人はバランス型。 色がどんどん言える人は右脳型。 ついつい字をそのまま言っちゃう人は左脳型。かな？...... [more]Trackback from anti.dmz-plus2004 at
Philippe Janvier : Left Right Conflict - What about grey on light-grey ?...
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It's not amazing in itself nor is it about a left-right conflict so much as it is as evidence of what a stunning self-optimizer the human brain is. Common tasks eventually become subconscious, effortless. Any adult or teenager has exercised their textual shape recognition so much for such a long time that it has become as smooth and reflexive as walking. You don't see letters arranged in words when you look at text any more than you think about which leg to put forward at which moment when you walk.
This is becomes clear if you give this teaser to any kids, up to maybe a few years into basic school. They will do it with very little trouble, since they haven't drilled their cognition to impulsively read yet.
I can easily get this twister right if I read like a kid, slowly and painstakingly consciously. Rattling it off would require enough training to undo some of the conditioned optimization.
Posted by Aristotle atI had no problem with it the first time, but bear in mind that I'm red/green color-blind, and thus don't have a terribly intimate relationship with color in general.
Posted by Roger Benningfield at
What amazed me about this little teaser was the speed I had to slow down to to "make" my brain say the correct color. The speed that we process information, based on instinct and subconscious programming can be frightening... and sometimes the quality of the decision is questionable.
Posted by Richard at
CogPsy spotting
Sam Ruby: Left Right Conflict showcases a concise demo of the stroop effect. This demo shows the power of automaticity, or highly overlearned processes. Rapidly accomplished, not interruptable, and without conscious volition are all prototypical...Excerpt from Surf*Mind*Musings at
Links-Rechts-Konflikt
… oder auch »Lass dein Hirn qualmen« [ via J-Walk ]...... [more]Trackback from hessis weblog at
Conflitto destra-sinistra
Guardate l’immagine e dite il colore, non la parola. E’ un conflitto tra la parte destra e la parte sinistra del cervello: La parte destra cerca di dire il colore, La parte sinistra insiste nel cercare di leggere la parola. [Da Sam Ruby]...Excerpt from Wikilab at
That's not nice! :-)
Kind of like having individuals answer as quickly as they can and you ask questions where the answer is repeatedly white.
Example:
What color is a cloud?
What color is a cotton ball?
What color is this paper (holding a white sheet of paper)?
What do cows drink?
You would be surprised how many will say milk. Some will then go on to argue the fact that calves drink their mother's milk, but you did say cow.
Automaticity - Oh of Course!
I've long been fascinated with optical illusions and word puzzles. And now I've found, through some very random trawling amonst cyberspace, an interesting post encompassing both (sort of) that has a neat visual-cognitive conflict demonstration. I...... [more]Trackback from clurrcache online at
Left/Right Brain Conflict
|link| "Your right brain tries to say the color but your left brain insists on reading the word." Give it a try. I'm wondering what it means since I could say the colors correctly. posted by: dugh (via jclark.org)...Excerpt from OOKEE.com: links, reviews and entertainment at
Saturday, 10/23/04 09:45 PM
Check out this phenomenal ad by Nike, for the Boston Red Sox; Fenway Park, 1919 - 2004. [ via Rogers Cadenhead ] Yeah, the Sox won tonight; hardly a stellar game, but fun anyway. Still, you have to figure the Cardinals have the...Excerpt from Critical Section at
Saturday, October 23, 2004 09:45 PM
Wired has an interesting story: All Bio Systems are Go. "If an influential group of researchers has its way, techniques used to analyze interconnected systems will provide a better understanding of the most complex network of all: the human body." ...... [more]Trackback from Critical Section at
If it weren't for the names of colors you would still read out the words first rather than reading out what color that word is written in.. because the strongest of the reflex action is reading the word rather than deciphering the color of the word it is written in..
Posted by Rekha Nair at
hi, we have to do a science project for our skool, and im doing it on this!, i would just like to no some more info...bye!
Posted by Kate at
When you read, both your left and right hemispheres of your brain are actively determining the words on the page. The right hemisphere identifies the colour, yet your left hemisphere identifies the word. Therefore when you read the word of a colour, but try to identify the name of the colour (not the word), the two hemispheres of your brain try to determine what the correct information is, this, therefore slows down the rate of you reading. hope that helps explain things! ^_^
Posted by Laura at
hi my name is dahlia and i go to Our Lady of the Assumption(OLOA) school.And we are having a science fair and my friend cassie and i are doing a project on RIGHT-LEFT CONFLICT,and we coulden’t seem to find too much info untill we came across some of your sites and now we are over flowing with info.Cassie and i really love your work and all the things you do.by the way me and cassie are both 11 years old and we are in grade 6.cassie and i would love to see you there at our school if you had the time.
well....
gotta go!!
xox live dahlia and cassie
Posted by Dahlia B at
I guess I'll just have to get used to BLUNGE, GRED, and PURLOW. Such is life.
Posted by Robert Sayre at