Which Animal Do You See First?

This is another item on the famous "Hidden Figures" test in cognitive psychology that is used to evaluate people's dependency on the field of information around them and their prevalent type of intelligence - Crystalline (vertical thinking, associated with traditional step-by-step problem solving) or Fluid (lateral thinking, associated with creative, out-of-the-box problem solving).

If you see a monkey first, this is indicative that you have vertical thinking as more dominant. If you see the tiger's profile first, it's an indicator of your lateral thinking abilities. If you figured them both out almost at the same time, you are good in both types of thinking.

While this image should be used with caution for assessing Fluid vs Crystalline Intelligence (in a lab, the Hidden Figures test includes over 30 images and is equipped with eye-tracking software to measure how fast and where you move your eyes while evaluating the images), it's nearly a perfect illustration, simply thanks to the depiction of animals (the monkey is vertical and the tiger is horizontal) of the vertical vs. horizontal thinking.

Take it with a grain of salt. I've found solace in the fact that I saw both almost at the same time.

My other story from the same series: