Right Brain, Left Brain...

[Rei]

My friend sent me this just now it seemed interesting.
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Though I'm pretty split through the middle on both lists. I see the dancer turning clockwise, which apparently means I'm right-brained. (but I'm right handed, so I don't know how this makes sense, but anyway...)

[vulcan]

I can't change it willingly, but I see it both ways. I tried doing math equations to change it and it did one time, but not others. Probably just coincidence. I figured math would be using that part of the brain.

[Rei]

At one point I thought it was a trick... that the video or whatever switches directions

"I noticed when I tried to see it the other way... The head tilts in different directions. They switch the picture from time to time..."
But then after a while I completely mastered turning it whichever way I wanted. And that the head switching was not true, you can tell if you judge by the head direction being the same every time the body is on the left of the center leg.
Turns out that there was a slight flinch in the picture, that distracted me enough to see it turn the opposite direction, and I saw it as a switch in the picture itself. Guess not...

Anyway... you guys have fun with this.
I hate how this thing is owning my certainty in my brain power, so I'm going to stop staring at it now.....

[thegnat]

I see it both ways. One time I did this it started out clockwise for me and this time it started out anti-clockwise.
And I can change the dancer's direction pretty willingly and relatively quickly.

I focus on the feet.

edit: I'm normally slightly left-brain dominant but not by too much. I'm right handed, too.

[Natrushka]

I saw this at MBTIcentral a while back. I can see it both ways and make it change at will - I'm left brained today. I was right brained last month. ::)

[Jennywocky]

I see it both ways. One time I did this it started out clockwise for me and this time it started out anti-clockwise.
And I can change the dancer's direction pretty willingly and relatively quickly.

I focus on the feet.

edit: I'm normally slightly left-brain dominant but not by too much. I'm right handed, too.


I saw her moving clockwise at first, then I could look at her feet and quickly change to see her moving counter-clockwise... and back and forth at will.

I am right-handed now, but I found out in adulthood that I had tried to write with my left hand when I was five and my parents kept forcing me to use my right until finally I gave up. :(

[rwyatt365]

I can only see her moving one way :'(

I never was good at this kind of stuff - can I still play with you guys? :-? :-[

[Natrushka]

I can only see her moving one way :'(



Try unfocussing your eyes when you look at her, almost look away a little.


can I still play with you guys?

Got any chocolate? How 'bout some Vernors?

[snoogit]

When I first saw this she was moving anti-clockwise but now she moves clockwise.



Got any chocolate? How 'bout some Vernors?

Are you from Michigan? I've been told only Michiganders such as myself (We need a new word for "Citizens of Michigan") drink Vernors.

[rwyatt365]

Got any chocolate? How 'bout some Vernors?
I've got chocolate chip cookies AND Vernors, wanna ride in my convertible little T-Rex 8-)

Are you from Michigan? I've been told only Michiganders such as myself (We need a new word for "Citizens of Michigan") drink Vernors.
Yes *sigh* I reside in Michigan. I've heard "Michiganian" offered as an alternative. I too dislike Michigander - I always think of geese (which crap all over everything when the migrate through here).

[Natrushka]

Got any chocolate? How 'bout some Vernors?

Are you from Michigan? I've been told only Michiganders such as myself (We need a new word for "Citizens of Michigan") drink Vernors.

Nyet, I was exposed to Vernors when I lived in Winnipeg in the late 80s.

[Natrushka]

Got any chocolate? How 'bout some Vernors?
I've got chocolate chip cookies AND Vernors, wanna ride in my convertible little T-Rex 8-)

Depends. What's the expected maximum gas output today? ;D

[rwyatt365]

Got any chocolate? How 'bout some Vernors?
I've got chocolate chip cookies AND Vernors, wanna ride in my convertible little T-Rex *8-)

Depends. *What's the expected maximum gas output today? *;D
No estimates yet, check my blog for updates;
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[thegnat]

I can only see her moving one way :'(

I never was good at this kind of stuff - can I still play with you guys? :-? :-[

I try focusing on her pivot foot. I try and will that I'm seeing it go the other direction. Or just take your eyes off as someone mentioned for a bit, she might change directions.

Of course you can still play :)

[Epicurus]

When I look at it the first few seconds it spins clockwise for a little while and then it keeps spinning anti-clockwise and I can't make it change. Actually I only think it spins clockwise when I don't focus on it, just before I really get a hold on the picture. I think I need a long timeout from looking at it in order to make it spin clockwise again.

What hand you use doesn't have that much of an impact on whether or not you are using either of these traits more or less or the other way around, as most people don't choose wich hand they are going to use completely on their own and are instead most often highly affected by the surroundings.

[rwyatt365]

I can only see her moving one way *:'(

Try unfocussing your eyes when you look at her, almost look away a little. *

Tried again, stared at it for several minutes. I can only see her go counter-clockwise. I even saw the "glitch" that Rei talked about but still...only one way!

[Firelie]

I'm afraid I can't get her to go in the other direction either.

I chose counter-clockwise, right handed.

[aude]

For some odd reason the first time i loaded the page there was no dancer, confused me for a second. Then reloaded the page and there it was. For me it spins both ways, although i think its a rigged picture.

[rwyatt365]

I'm afraid I can't get her to go in the other direction either.

I chose counter-clockwise, right handed.
Yo! Right-on sistah! :thumbsup:

[Rei]

I'm afraid I can't get her to go in the other direction either.

I chose counter-clockwise, right handed.
Yo! Right-on sistah! :thumbsup:

Try to just watch the the pivot foot... and concentrate on it creeping longer on one side and then the other rather than imagine it turning in a circle.
I can now make her change directions even before she finishes a full turn (like she was juts waving her leg at me). It's great practice for concentration if you just sit there and count how many times she waves until you get distracted and she's turning again. Then again, I'm guessing everyone has a life outside of staring at a black figure all day.

Still turning mainly clockwise for me when I'm not paying attention though.

[TeleportThis]

I'm getting it to be able to turn different directions. I guess I'm just too left brained.

I could never see those 3D fuzzy pictures either.

[deicruxified]

i see both... i was actually playing with it. i say in my mind, "left left...righ right" then played with the mouse as well continuously scrolling lol

:edit: was playing with it and i noticed there's a certain time when it really shift.

[Jezebel]

I'm afraid I can't get her to go in the other direction either.

I chose counter-clockwise, right handed.
Yo! Right-on sistah! :thumbsup:
Count me in the one direction club. Except I can only see her spin clockwise. I spent a while trying to see her spin the other direction using various methods but failed. In conclusion, I decided I don't really care and not to worry about it. ;)

[wolf]

It took me some time to see it anti-clockwise. It was only clockwise for me, and there's a definite preference for it. Switching took a lot of staring and re-syncing...

There's some kind of glitch that throws my mind to clockwise - it skips at one point and that indicates the location of the leg. It was pure noise at first - until I finally found the form it just looked like it was a weird moving blob. Took me a second or two to get past that.

[Jezebel]

Okay I got it. What works for me is "staring past it" like Natrushka suggested. It's the same way I look at those magic eye images to see the hidden 3d forms. As soon as I focus on her, she goes clockwise again. I still can't see her spin the other direction in focus at all, and don't see it every time I unfocus. Such a strange animation.

[Naokohiro]

Well, I can make it spin in either direction. There is such a thing as balanced brain, which means you use both right and left brain in different situations, so one is not used a lot more than the other.

[OneBadMother]

It rotated counter-clockwise at first, but then I thought about something, and when I looked back it was stuck on clockwise. Odd.

It seems that thinking the words "what the hell" causes it to break back into counterclockwisery. XD Weird. Also, singing song lyrics out loud seems to do that as well.

On the other hand, thinking something like, "Of course, for all we know it could just rotate clockwise or counterclockwise at random intervals and no one would be the wiser," causes it to rotate clockwise again. This is turning out really interesting.

[GOD]

Hmmm... I think most of you are trying too hard to be "special" and different...

It doesn't matter what it does or doesn't do at the start. Just see how it spins over an extended period of time.

Every constituent part of the woman’s body moves in a clockwise position.

I think you'll find the algorithm that runs the image will just be a consistent rotation. So, half of us will be wrong and some of us shouldn't be driving on the roads... and it isn't the clockwise camp. ;D

Anyway, I bet the newspaper liked the number of eyeballs it brought to its site.... nothing like psych fluff.


Hmmm... I think most of you are trying too hard to be "special" and different...

It doesn't matter what it does or doesn't do at the start. Just see how it spins over an extended period of time.

Every constituent part of the woman’s body moves in a clockwise position.

I think you'll find the algorithm that runs the image will just be a consistent rotation. So, half of us will be wrong and some of us shouldn't be driving on the roads... and it isn't the clockwise camp. ;D

Anyway, I bet the newspaper liked the number of eyeballs it brought to its site.... nothing like psych fluff.


Interestingly I was looking at the definition of the left and right brain and what they are good at. I then tried to attach the MBTI characters against the sides.

It seemed that N and T were used on both sides, which would tend to infer if you had good connections between both sides you could be a great NT. Maybe thats the NT, better connectivity between the sides.

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses logic uses feeling
detail oriented "big picture" oriented
facts rule imagination rules
words and language symbols and images
present and past present and future
math and science philosophy & religion
can comprehend can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
knowing believes
acknowledges appreciates
order/pattern perception spatial perception
knows object name knows object function
reality based fantasy based
forms strategies presents possibilities
practical impetuous
safe risk taking


S N
N F
J P
T T


Also, given that a childs neural paths attenuate and form distinctive paths up to the age of 7 then just perhaps there's the biological genetics coming into play with childhood environmental exposure.

Post age 7 etc then there's the environmental aspect coming into play. (I also believe that you can restructure your brain a bit as brain injury people have successfully done).

So, there’s probably an equation with weightings like this ;D 0.70G + 0.15C + 0.075E + 0.075R = INTJ.

Where G = Genetics, C= Childhood, E = Environment & R = Restructuring.

:P :P :P :P :P

[Rei]

At first I thought it was really impossible to see it both ways. Yes the woman is in constant rotation, but the blackness' of her makes it impossible to tell if she is facing forward or backward at any given time. As a result, you really so see it differently depending on your... 'state of mind'.

I was hoping someone would link the personalties with the list ot attribute (I was just too lazy to do it)

[GOD]

Well looking at her breasts they definitely go clockwise. Hell, just look at her foot.

Sorry, but people must being doing drugs if they truly see it spinning another way.

Ok, if you concentrate on the shadow at the base and then with you peripheral vision you can for a short period of time believe that the object is rotating in the opposite direction.

But that’s very trivial. If you look at the whole object then there’s on one clear rotation. Clockwise.

Unless some of you are being served a different image... which is a cunning idea... ;D

[OneBadMother]

Cunning indeed, except my image clearly rotates in different directions at random times, usually about a few seconds after I start thinking on a particular train of thought. :P And I look at the whole picture.

[Rei]

Ok, if you concentrate on the shadow at the base and then with you peripheral vision you can for a short period of time believe that the object is rotating in the opposite direction.

But that’s very trivial. If you look at the whole object then there’s on one clear rotation. Clockwise.

Unless some of you are being served a different image... which is a cunning idea... ;D


Trust me... i've pondered the idea. And I was quite sure that was true (the being served different pictures)... My friend was bashing me for being stubborn... but I was SO sure.

But then afterward I thought about it, and I knew it was entierly possible. I really did get it to spin the other way... you just have to start with the bottom up. Or the top down. The part that confuses people are the arms.

So yeah... stop being stubborn. Logically we all know it's possible to see it either way. If you can't then it's just you and not the picture.

[WhaleBiologist]

Yep, by focusing on the shadow I can get her to flip. So is there any science behind this or is it just a trick image?

Edit: Turns out I'm the only left handed left brained one so far. Anyone know more about this care to fill me in on the chances of that or what that means?

[Bossy Mom]

I've taken these tests, and have been completely and totally left-brained. Is this strange for a woman?

[WhaleBiologist]

Ok, if you concentrate on the shadow at the base and then with you peripheral vision you can for a short period of time believe that the object is rotating in the opposite direction.

But that’s very trivial. If you look at the whole object then there’s on one clear rotation. Clockwise.

Unless some of you are being served a different image... which is a cunning idea... ;D


Keep trying.

Its not that the girl is spinning in different directions at the same time or that people don't know how to determine clockwise from counter-clockwise. Its just an eye trick.

You're right about the psych stuff being fluff, its about as vague as a horoscope, perhaps even more. There may be some science behind it but its definitely not on that page. Its simply an eye trick attached to some fluff.

Hmmm... I think most of you are trying too hard to be "special" and different...

:-X

[Rei]

Keep trying.

Its not that the girl is spinning in different directions at the same time or that people don't know how to determine clockwise from counter-clockwise. Its just an eye trick.

You're right about the psych stuff being fluff, its about as vague as a horoscope, perhaps even more. There may be some science behind it but its definitely not on that page. Its simply an eye trick attached to some fluff.


:-X
It's not even really an eye trick. It's a shadow, you can't technically tell whether it is facing forward or backward no matter what you do. You only think it's facing forward or backward according to what your brain wants to interpret it as. So depending on when you think she is facing forward/backward at whatever time, she is turning ccw or cw.

[Deepdelver]

Freaky, Freaky, Freaky! I kept switching back and forth. I couldn't control it!:alien:

[Wildflower]

She goes clockwise for me, but if I sit there and stare fr a while I can see her turn both ways.

[Duncan Cade]

At first, I could only see it go clockwise. After staring and trying for 5 mins, I can now willingly force myself to see counter or normal.

[stasis]

I see the dancer turning clockwise. If she were turning faster, I imagine that I'd see her turning counterclockwise. That is what seems to happen with spinning car wheels when I look at them.

[danalaina]

friggin amazing.

looked at it...counterclockwise.

flicked my eyes down to look at something else, and came back...clockwise.

went to another tab for a moment and back...counter...etc. etc. etc.

i don't know why this amazes me so much, but i'm going to need a helmet and a drool cup here shortly.

[PortInStorm]

Not to kill the party, but there is no such thing as "right or left-brained" as the term is commonly used. Artistic, technical and elementary processes (language, vision, memory etc) use both sides, in various lobes. There is some hemispheric dominance for optimism and pessimism (I think it's in the pre-frontal cortex, but I could be wrong, it's been a while since neuropsyc), but unless you're a stroke or head trauma patient, you use both sides to a great degree. Not saying the test isn't fun.... but take it with a huge salt lick.

[caveman]

Not to kill the party, but there is no such thing as "right or left-brained" as the term is commonly used. Artistic, technical and elementary processes (language, vision, memory etc) use both sides, in various lobes. There is some hemispheric dominance for optimism and pessimism (I think it's in the pre-frontal cortex, but I could be wrong, it's been a while since neuropsyc), but unless you're a stroke or head trauma patient, you use both sides to a great degree. Not saying the test isn't fun.... but take it with a huge salt lick.

i guess we all know we use both sides, and yes, most of the brain functions are actually using both sides even language which is best example for left side dominance, this is about a preference or a dominance of one of the sides.

as for the test i can only see it clockwise.. i tryed verry hard to seet counter, i understood how you can seet counter, it is logical, but i couldn see it that way...

[siptpnr]

Clockwise, definetly clockwise. Occassionally I get a flash where she spins counterclockwise for half a turn, but then I always default back to clockwise.

And she's gorgeous.

[BadMojo]

Right hand, right brain... better then no brain I think. heh :P

Oh well, I could only see that she went clockwise.

[Antares]

OMG. It worked... I saw it clockwise at first. I knew that it could turn anticlockwise if I concentrate (I've done this before and it never worked), and it worked! Then I relaxed my concentration, it switched back.

[edalz]

I saw it clockwise first. It was sooooo hard to make it turn the other way. I got the foot going, and gradually could scroll up, but if I did it too fast it would switch back instantly.

[Antares]

Yes! :D Now it's so easy. I just need to blink and think 'waywardly' and it changed!

[B0RGS]

She is not spinning in any particular direction for me. She starts by going clockwise and then stops half way to go counterclockwise.

[justintj]

Agree with Jezebel, it's a strange animation. At the first glance, I see her spinning clockwise. But if I concentrate more, she's spinning counter-clockwise. And I need to concentrate again to switch the spinning back to clockwise.

[Caramel]

Its turning clockwise for me and I can't get it to turn counter clockwise. Not even after staring at it (or just past it) for 5 minutes.

Even the shadow trick and the 'look past it' trick only worked once and for half a turn.

:(

I did notice she has a 'wobble' after having made a turn (one image is 'off key'?) and also the invisible 'floor' changes in height through the turn.





Caramel added to this post, 3 minutes and 28 seconds later...

*blinks*

Ok, try this people :D Put on the song 'Captain Jack' (yes, I know, old, crappy song).. when they sing 'go left go right go left'..well..I could make the pic turn on the words.. and then have it hold still in the middle.

If you can't get it to turn, try music. It really worked for me. :)

[stasis]

Although I could previously see only clockwise motion, taking the graphic apart in Imageready and advancing it frame by frame has allowed me to see it going counterclockwise as well. I find the dancer to be most clearly oriented in both directions at once about here:

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If at this frame you assume the extended leg is infront of the standing leg, she'll appear to turn clockwise as she completes the circle. If however you assume that the extended leg is behind the standing leg, she'll appear to turn counterclockwise in completing the circle. Rei is correct. Neat thingy.

[Hoorurly]

When I looked at this I saw it turning clockwise, but then it seemed to switch to anti-clockwise. So I just watched it for a few seconds and it kept switching back and forth. Thought for sure it was the video. I didn't have to do anything to see it switch.

[xhaan]

I don't see how this is even possible. Her foreground features sweep from right to left, constantly, without stopping. They don't reverse, and I don't see how it's possible to perceive that they reverse.

And I'm right brained, BTW.

AHA! It's a trick. The shadow is backwards.

To prove she is actually going right to left (clockwise), watch her breasts (not to be 'pervy' or anything). If you look carefully, you will see that both appear on the right in sequence, her right one first, then her left one. That means her front has to be turning towards you, and sweeping right to left, therefore it would be clockwise if you looked at her from the top (her head) down.

Edit: corrected for mixing up left and right. *smacks forehead*

[stasis]

AHA! It's a trick. The shadow is backwards.

To prove she is actually going right to left (clockwise)
It's not a trick. The shadow is such that it is identical from the 'front' and from the 'back', prompting people to simply assume one or the other. In reality, it 'spins' in both directions at once.

[xhaan]

It's not a trick. The shadow is such that it is identical from the 'front' and from the 'back', prompting people to simply assume one or the other. In reality, it 'spins' in both directions at once.

It 'seems' to spin both directions. If you give her a sense of depth, it won't.

Also, the shadow isn't a shadow, it's a mirror, which does go the wrong way. Or at least the 'raised foot' mirror doesn't 'agree' with the rest of the image.

[stasis]

It 'seems' to spin both directions. If you give her a sense of depth, it won't.
She doesn't have depth, though. It's a two-dimensional object. The purpose of the graphic being identically oriented in both directions is to facilitate the viewer imagining depth along a positive z as well as along a negative z. Depending upon which you select, and that selection is arbitrary, the dancer will appear to 'spin' in one direction or another. See my post with the screenshot, above. There's no trick to it.


Also, the shadow isn't a shadow, it's a mirror, which does go the wrong way. Or at least the 'raised foot' mirror doesn't 'agree' with the rest of the image.
Sorry - by "shadow," I meant the black silhouette. But its reflection looks correctly oriented to me.

[xhaan]

You can determine that she does have 'depth', which is just 'squashed' by being 2D.

By viewing the frames in sequence, noting the chronological order of occurance, and reference to her frontal plane, you see that she has depth. Her right foot is pointing forward of her frontal plane, her right hand is backward of her frontal plane. If you watch the perspective, the right hand moves right when she turns her back to you, and into foreground, because it's behind her frontal plane. The right foot moves into background when her back is to you, because it is forward of her frontal plane.

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Also, I strongly suspect that this is a 3D model in rotation, with zero surface lighting.

[stasis]

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I am sympathetic to your interpretation because I myself tend to see it 'turn' clockwise by default. However, I think the conclusion you draw here is incorrect. To begin, we really must recall that two-dimensional objects do not have depth. That is part of the definition of a two-dimensional object. It is important to observe here because two-dimensional objects such as photographs are only prompting the brain to imagine the depth familiar to the subject; the imagined depth is not actually present, which is at central issue when the subject is an image meant to create a neutral bias to that imagined depth.

With this said, look again at what you have identified as movement to the right (clockwise) in the screenshot above. You draw this distinction using the movement of the leg and the angle of the breasts as a reference. The assumption you are making in doing so, however, is that the legs' shortening in length is the result of it moving away from you - as opposed to it moving towards you at the angle at which it is extended. You make this assumption because you assume that the right leg is extended.

In your first screenshot, you correctly observe that there is no way to identify whether the extended leg is the left or the right leg. Instead of attempting to ascertain which is which by the movement of the dancer, something actually impossible in this particular image (remember: two-dimensional objects have no depth), you must force yourself to assume that it is the left leg that is extended. Once this assumption is made, you will find that you are prompted to identify movement to the left (counterclockwise).

You see, the assumption you are making by default is that it's the right leg extended. Others make the default assumption that it's the left. In reality, there is no depth and therefore it is neither. The two-dimensionality of the shape allows for a purely arbitrary assumption. The bias is not in the image, but in your mind. No trick.

[xhaan]

You see, the assumption you are making by default is that it's the right leg extended. Others make the default assumption that it's the left. In reality, there is no depth and therefore it is neither. The two-dimensionality of the shape allows for a purely arbitrary assumption. The bias is not in the image, but in your mind. No trick.

It's not arbitrary, it's based on very factual rules.
By looking at her with her face to the left, we KNOW we are seeing her left side. This is not arbitrary, it's a factual aspect of the figure.

We see that one foot is extended. Perhaps we can say it is neither foot, as you do. However, this 'neither right nor left' foot MOVES to the right, and we know, for fact, that it appears on the right side. Therefore, after 90 degree 'rotation', her 'left' side MUST have moved left, and her 'neither left or right' foot then appears fully on the right, therefore it is the right foot through the entire sequence, this is an undeniable fact of 'figures'. It isn't possible for it to go another way, without using a 'trick' which defies the state of being a coherent figure.

[stasis]

By looking at her with her face to the left, we KNOW we are seeing her left side.
That's correct.


We see that one foot is extended. Perhaps we can say it is neither foot, as you do.
Not perhaps. There is absolutely no way to discern which foot is extended when looking at this silhouette's profile. This is because there is no actual depth to a two dimensional object and furthermore no depth abstracted by the object in this example. It does not actually have a left foot and a right foot.


However, this 'neither right nor left' foot MOVES to the right
You are conflating your right with the dancer's right, but we can work with your right just as well. The question in that case becomes one of whether it appears to be moving to your right on the 'far side' of the dancer (away from you), or moving to your right on the 'near side' of the dancer (towards you). The dancer herself does not in actuality have a necessary left or right side in any but the two frames wherein she stands in complete profile.

Again, you cannot ascertain which way the dancer is 'rotating' by studying the image because she isn't actually 'rotating' in one direction or the other. Which way the dancer appears to rotate is completely dependent upon the initial assumption you make.

[xhaan]

That's correct.



Not perhaps. There is absolutely no way to discern which foot is extended when looking at this silhouette's profile. This is because there is no actual depth to a two dimensional object and furthermore no depth abstracted by the object in this example. It does not actually have a left foot and a right foot.



You are conflating your right with the dancer's right, but we can work with your right just as well. The question in that case becomes one of whether it appears to be moving to your right on the 'far side' of the dancer (away from you), or moving to your right on the 'near side' of the dancer (towards you). The dancer herself does not in actuality have a necessary left or right side in any but the two frames wherein she stands in complete profile.

Again, you cannot ascertain which way the dancer is 'rotating' by studying the image because she isn't actually 'rotating' in one direction or the other. Which way the dancer appears to rotate is completely dependent upon the initial assumption you make.


I don't think you're getting it. :laugh:
It can not be anything else. It's physically impossible, unless her limbs morph into a 'limbo state' when the profile is vague, which would preclude her from being the same figure throughout the sequence, we would be looking at a slideshow of differently arranged figures.

Also, there is a perspective arc of rotation. It isn't vaguely flat faux rotation.

And if you REALLY want to get technical, watch both hands at the same time for the relation of the thumbs vs. her fingers.
It's a 3D model rendered with zero surface lighting.

Let's put it this way. To percieve actual rotation, and relate it to clockwise rotation while perceiving it from a totally different plane, you have to give her depth. The depth you give her is determineable by anatomical and physical rules. If I'm facing away from you, my left is your left. If I'm facing towards you, my left is your right. Rotate me on an axis from my head to feet, and my left hand and right hand will ALWAYS OPPOSE eachother, no matter what. I'm not made of jello. (you look at a clock 'head on', to determine if she is clockwise or counter, you have to look at her from top down. Therefore she MUST be 3D, and subject to 3D rules. You have to give her depth to make it even possible.)

[stasis]

I don't think you're getting it. :laugh:
It can not be anything else. It's physically impossible
No. As above, you are incorrect. But Jezebel just directed me to a website that might assist your understanding of the concept. Here are the salient images; the right standing-leg assumption is labeled R and the left standing-leg assumption is labeled L. Additionally, lines are drawn across the silhouette to visibly articulate the abstracted implications of each assumption.


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[xhaan]

Here are the salient images; the right standing-leg assumption is labeled R and the left standing-leg assumption is labeled L. Additionally, lines are drawn across the silhouette to visibly articulate the abstracted implications of each assumption.

The L one is correct. In the R one, I can percieve that it is going the opposite way, but I also percieve what should be the left and right legs 'jumping back and forth', which is physically impossible.

And if I really concentrate, I can get her top and bottom to rotate 'different ways'.

Edit again:
Holy crap! I just had her head moving clockwise, torso counter, and legs clockwise. I wonder if I can get her foot to move counter-clockwise all at the same time. Man this is freaky.

Ok, I concede that you are correct, she can go 'either way'.

[narutofanninja]

I have a question. In the main site, it says that the right side of the brain includes feeling, believe, imagination.


Now I like to analyze these things, and somehow, I started to wonder if Einstein was right brained. He totally disregarded logic, and went with his intuition/feeling. He was a fan of believing / imagination also.

[AgentofGaming]

Those pictures of the dancers hurt my mind, they go in random directions, especially when I'm not paying attention, so it feels like it makes no sense.
Then I look at those two pictures side by side and I can make them go in all four combinations of rotation.

However I see where it stems from when I see the picture where the dancer can be interpreted as forward or backward.

I have a question. In the main site, it says that the right side of the brain includes feeling, believe, imagination.


Now I like to analyze these things, and somehow, I started to wonder if Einstein was right brained. He totally disregarded logic, and went with his intuition/feeling. He was a fan of believing / imagination also.

Well these left-brained qualities, wouldn't go so well for theoretical physics would they?

detail oriented
facts rule
reality based
practical

So why can't he be right-brained? I think conceptualizing something is more of a right-brained activity.
Even if there is a preference it doesn't mean the person will meet all traits.

[thod]

Since this is an active thread on INTPc, I thought I would present it here to see how the INTJs do.

Which direction is the lady spinning, clockwise or counter clockwise.

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If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.

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

To me she spins clockwise.

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[Uytuun]

Clockwise...the characteristics make sense.

I have a very hard time recognising the counter-clockwise possibility even after visiting that second site. Actually, I don't seem to be able to.

Could you link us up to the INTPc thread?

Haha, I managed! By saying left-right-left-right etc. and moving the cursor from left to right. But then she shifted back to clockwise...let's see if I can do it again.

I seem to be able to do it pretty much at will now.

[DeadSpace]

Was counter-clockwise...then visited that site now she's clockwise :\

[Blaze2000]

Count me into the clockwise only. I've tried to use the techniques to see her spin the other direction, but I can't. I wonder what this means?

update. When I go the second site with the differnt versions I can see her spin counter-clockwise when I first look at the example with the outlines going counter-clockwise. pretty wierd

[TheLastMohican]

Here is a test on Tickle:

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According to this test, I am left-brained. However, most of their questions (which are meant to not have correct or incorrect answers) did not seem deep enough; in other words, I could see good reasons for two or more answers most of the time, and it was hard to choose. I think when you are taking the test, you are probably not supposed to be putting a lot of thought into your choices, since it is testing your brain's immediate instinct.

So I might still be right brained, but I think I am some mix of unknown proportions. I can see the dancer go both ways, and can make her switch with a little effort. Oddly, I normally see her switch every time possible. It normally looks like she is making a series of back-and-forth half-turns with her back to me, and it takes some effort to be able to see her make one full turn.

[AgentofGaming]

I got balanced on the tickle test

It's kind of weird, I used to consider myself a strict left-sider.
I'd also agree that most of the questions were really subjective. It got hard to choose so I chose most of them at a whim.

[Lagawrd]

Most of the questions on that test were not good at all. I got Left brain though. I always thought I was balanced.

[Wapiti]

That spinning dancer is messing with my mind. She seems to change directions randomly. Just when I think I can get her to change at will, she won't.


wow, I just looked at Stasis post above again today and saw the dancer on the left spinning clockwise and the one on the right spinning counter clockwise simultaneously. It only lasted that way for about 10 seconds before they both were spinning clockwise - weird.





whyme1234 added to this post, 2 minutes and 16 seconds later...

They're spinning opposite directions again, freaking me out.

I can tell that I'm going to spend much time staring at these dancers over the next week....

Does anyone else see the two dancers in Stasis post above spinning in opposite directions?

[Lily Fayline]

For me she switches regularly, at one point even when I didn't unfocus...that was really weird, the picture seemed to just stop, and start turning the other way. Still, mainly right-sided.
And regarding the right-leg left-leg, I feel it changes. When the dancer is facing you she's standing on her left leg, and when her back is turned it's her right leg. Which is probably the reason for the confusion, it's an Escher-like illusion.

[iMiki]

i see both... i was actually playing with it. i say in my mind, "left left...righ right"

I was doing that too! I can easily switch the direction of the dancer.
Yup, I'm balanced-brain. :)

[EsoteriEccentri]

I can only see right. I can't even get it to change however I look at it. ;_;
I'm very strongly right brained.

[Uberfuhrer]

It predominantly spins clockwise for me, although I am able to get it to spin counterclockwise with cognitive effort.

I, too, am very strongly right-brained. But I am under the belief that there is no such thing as right brain or left brain beyond its two physical hemispheres. I tend to believe that right-brained and left-brained are simply metaphors to measure cognitive functioning -- kind of like Sensing, Intuition, Thinking, and Feeling.

[True Rune]

I can see both ways, though not always at will. I too focus on the feet.. Does that mean balanced? I heard that left handers are more likely to be balanced brained, and I am left handed so it's not surprising..

[Kaethus]

majority clockwise, but with effort can make it switch directions... funny, i thought it'd be the other way around...

[notoppings]

Wait I really thought this was rigged, then I read the posts I couldn't get it to stay going in one direction but if it was about first anti would be the answer but then I looked at the text to see what this was about and it was clockwise and changed every time I looked away.

[hauteur]

That's pretty friggin wierd... It kept switching on me but I couldn't control it. My wife could only see clockwise. One of my sons could only see clockwise and it kept switching for my other son.

Freaky.

[MCR]

I could see it both ways, but I saw it going clockwise first. I considered myself to be pretty right brained so that's not completely shocking. I am also right handed but I'm really what I call right handed "lite" - most other things I tend to use my left hand to do. When I was a child I leaned towards writing with my left hand, however, I went to a stuffy, old fashioned Catholic school where it was constantly corrected.

I don't know how I ended up being a "righty" exactly but I did have a long period of time where I was somewhat ambidextrous. I can still pull off writing legibly and quickly with my left hand but usually don't.

Not sure how relevant that is to the dancer here, but I will share that I also cannot do those stupid "Magic Eye" pictures that you guys were talking about earlier in the thread. Bah. Ends up giving me a headache.

[Latte]

I can manage to change it to counter-clockwise by "shutting my thinking off" and staring at the shadow beneath it to then look at it again.

As soon as I start thinking or contemplating anything however, it switches back instantly.

[ssrprotege]

I saw her moving clockwise at first, then I could look at her feet and quickly change to see her moving counter-clockwise... and back and forth at will.

I am right-handed now, but I found out in adulthood that I had tried to write with my left hand when I was five and my parents kept forcing me to use my right until finally I gave up. :(

I was born left-handed, but Grammy forced me to write with my right hand, so I am right-handed - only in certain cases. I see the dancer moving clockwise; I couldn't understand how I can see the dancer moving counterclockwise. I guess I am inherently right-brained, no matter how much I use my left-brain for writing.

[catd]

I can manage to change it to counter-clockwise by "shutting my thinking off" and staring at the shadow beneath it to then look at it again.

Same here - pretty cool

[EsoteriEccentri]

Yay!!
She's spinning anti clockwise!!
I can change at will!!
*does a happy dance*

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[ssrprotege]

Yay!!
She's spinning anti clockwise!!
I can change at will!!
*does a happy dance*

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Really? I still see the dancer spinning clockwise, even when I am looking at the "counter-clockwise" motion!

[EsoteriEccentri]

Really? I still see the dancer spinning clockwise, even when I am looking at the "counter-clockwise" motion!

I just looked at that page again now. When I first looked at the counter clockwise, it was still going clockwise only very jerkily. Not sure whether that was the page loading, or just me. The others were fine...
I'm surprised that it doesn't work though. You must be even more right brained than I am. o.o


EDIT:
Hmm. Now I understand. =S The clockwise one is now going counter clockwise too. ><
If you click on the page and look at it without looking at any of the others first, look at just that as opposed to the whole page it should work.

[Beery Swine]

Is it bad if I just masturbated to that twirly girl?

[Erika Redmark]

That site with the three pictures is nice…I finally got it to switch. I saw all three going clockwise at first, too, but focusing on the outstretched leg does help–it's a trick of seeing it going sort of over and behind. Then I saw all three going counterclockwise, then I looked away, and when I looked back at them, they were all going clockwise again.

ETA: But I can still only see it with the "suggestion lines"!

[Vertigo]

Haha that was cool, it was going clockwise which is right side, I scrolled down to read the description for right sided and all of a sudden it was going counter clockwise. Uh what's wrong with my brain... help lol

[zoophilia]

left is what i first got. i learned to rotate it pretty quickly feet vs. torso. it is fun to watch how it changes under the influence of different kinds of music. shorter, quicker, more chopped up, louder music seems to activate my left longer, slower, more undulating, softer music seems to activate my right. also, there is a big difference between reading/understanding and synthesizing/"aha!" moments.

[rokxal]

This may have been linked before but I found this quite interesting.

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I see the silhouette rotating clockwise normally which implies I'm right hemisphere dominated. I also can get it to "change" directions by a forced relapse of focus oddly enough. Other brain hemisphere tests actually showed that i had a balanced left/right brain with a slight preference for the right side.

[Haphazard]

Mine turns clockwise and I can't get it to change. The closest I can do is just make it so that the foot is 'swinging' and nothing's actually turning at all.

I guess Anthenian was right? o_O

[Xenolar]

I bet this has been posted before. Regardless, I usually always start out seeing the figure rotating clockwise, yet I am capable of making the conscious effort to "make" it turn counter-clockwise (this, I think, disproves the myth that this test is "fake"). This makes sense, as I relate to roughly half of right-brain characteristics and roughly half of left-brain characteristics. However, I am inclined towards visual learning, so I suppose I lean slightly more towards "right-brained" than "left-brained" (and perhaps that also explains why I "naturally" see the figure turning clockwise, yet am able to make it rotate in the other direction)


I guess Anthenian was right? o_O

About what?

[PHS Philip]

Clockwise. I can't make it turn counterclockwise at all.

EDIT: Ah, there we go. Now I can see it either way. Cool illusion.

[Haphazard]

About what?

In this thread, (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) she made the claim that I was very right-brained.

I think it was Lenore Thompson that claimed that all Js were left-brain dominant and all Ps were right-brain dominant. For some reason, I don't think that's true.

[Malotis]

No matter how hard I try I can't see the dancer going any other direction than clockwise. Interesting because other tests have pinned me down as being left brained.

[TheLastMohican]

I naturally see the dancer arcing a back-and-forth semicircle, her back turned to me. With a little effort I can see her spin a full circle (sometimes two consecutively) in either direction, with clockwise being slightly easier. As soon as I stop trying, she returns to repetitive arcing motion.

Looking at the right brain vs. left brain lists, I cannot place myself in either category. It would depend on the situation I am in, and what sort of thing I am doing. Of course, since I have INTP leanings (Ni and Ti clash) I figure my brain is a complete mess when analyzed according to such narrow definitions.

[azelismia]

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here are some of the roots of this illusion, it started the rounds as nothing but a neat optical illusion not a test of brain preference, after some more research. if you read the fine print along with this illusion it says you'll most likely see it going clockwise not opposite as the reporter says.

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I see nothing here that would indicate this would be a good test of brain preference. I think this is just a reporters whimsy rather than anything scientific.
furthermore the little article gives no data as to why we should believe this actually tests anything meaningful.

I call bunk.

[rokxal]

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here are some of the roots of this illusion, it started the rounds as nothing but a neat optical illusion not a test of brain preference, after some more research. if you read the fine print along with this illusion it says you'll most likely see it going clockwise not opposite as the reporter says.

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I see nothing here that would indicate this would be a good test of brain preference. I think this is just a reporters whimsy rather than anything scientific.
furthermore the little article gives no data as to why we should believe this actually tests anything meaningful.

I call bunk.

At first, I was also debating if the test was nothing more than hogwash. But as the link points out, it depends on how you look at it. When I want the animation to change direction, I tend to only focus on the heels to "phase out" my vision so to speak. For a rotation or two, the figure seems to arch back and forth as TheLastMochican pointed out. I "unphase" my vision then and the rotation has changed. Also, if i just stare/track the upper torso only, the rotation will never change.

Several of my friends who I know are left-hemisphere oriented declared it as counter-clockwise initially. Although this isn't close to statical significance, it just goes to show that there are people, as the site pointed out, that will see it run counter-clockwise (can't say if the majority will tho). Whether all of this is correlated to left/right brain however is questionable however so thats why I took a few other left/brain tests to confirm at the very least, my own supposition.

[sam988]

I've always seen this figure rotating anti clockwise and no matter how hard i try i can't get it to change...

[Pirate1650]

Same here, I'm only reading counter clockwise.

[ElstonGunn]

Is it really necessary to give the "dancer" erect nipples?

[comet]

When I focus on the dancer, she turns clockwise, if I avert my eyes slightly, she turns anti-clockwise.

[Elfrun]

Is it really necessary to give the "dancer" erect nipples?

^ ;D

She's making me dizzy cause she won't stop changing direction :suspicious:

[Cygnus]

Counter clockwise for me...but...when I turn my head..and look at her....upsidedown..clock-wise! :D

[weirdel]

This is probably somewhere around on this forum (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.). I could see her going both ways, but I am a bit "ambidextrous," so that might have something to do with it, rather than IQ. But I don't know.

But I was also wondering who is left or right handed? My mother (and her mother) had been pressured into using the right hand, for in their schools "right was the right way, and left was the wrong way." My mother is mildly clumsy, and in some studies it showed if you fight against which side to use, things like that can happen.

I, myself draw with my left hand and write with my right hand sometimes. It looks a lot better for some reason.. My left-handed handwriting is like a Doctor's note. But I'm a lot more comfortable writing/drawing with my left hand. Hah.

Just wondering about you guys. :]


L.P.E.

[Chaos]

I am dominantly left handed, but I shoot pool, play guitar and shoot my bow and arrows right handed.

Everything else I do left. Ex: play the violin, write and throw.

[NephilimAzrael]

Another IQ-ego booster for me there, she turns with the shades, it is easy to see the figure turn both ways - hair and hips are marks to her axis.

[Mozzes]

This has shown up before. I've stared a hole through my computer I still can't make her turn counter-clockwise.

[NephilimAzrael]

using the ponytail as a focal point, each time it switches position it begins an alternate rotation. Likewise, as the hips turn, the extended leg becomes aligned to the front/rear and can allow for you to see the counter/clockwise rotation. Or maybe you can't, eithre way I earned myself a cookie. :laugh:

[Mozzes]

using the ponytail as a focal point, each time it switches position it begins an alternate rotation. Likewise, as the hips turn, the extended leg becomes aligned to the front/rear and can allow for you to see the counter/clockwise rotation. Or maybe you can't, eithre way I earned myself a cookie. :laugh:

No dice. I've been beaten by a silhouette. :irked:

[Synamon]

Darned thing was flipping back and forth so I gave up in frustration, only to read the results part of the bottom, gee I think differently than 85% of the population, big shock. I'm not convinced it has anything to do with IQ, although IQ tests are also about patterns generally.

My husband was sooooooo frustrated that he could only see her going clockwise. He spent 5 minutes staring at her and finally turned his head so he was only looking at her through his right field of vision (with both eyes), well not even looking at her but looking about 2 inches to the left of her. Then he got her to go anti-clockwise but as soon as he looked straight at her she was back going clockwise. :laugh:

Oh and I'm right handed as is my husband.

[redbaren]

All you have to do is look at the girls breast and you can see it going both ways. Not like I was looking at them or any thing ;D

[weirdel]

using the ponytail as a focal point, each time it switches position it begins an alternate rotation. Likewise, as the hips turn, the extended leg becomes aligned to the front/rear and can allow for you to see the counter/clockwise rotation. Or maybe you can't, eithre way I earned myself a cookie. :laugh:

Oh really? I got the girl to go in reverse by looking at her foot (at the bottom) and/or her hand. I do see how it turns out that the hips and legs help to "turn" her, though.

Here's your cookie. :tiny:

L.P.E.

[zibber]

Default is clockwise, but with a frustrating amount of effort I can flip her

[Tabemashoo]

I can make her flip both ways after a few seconds.

And I'm a lefty.

[NephilimAzrael]

Here's your cookie. :tiny:

L.P.E.

Yeay! COOKIE.. Num num num

[Caramel]

Default is clockwise, but I can flip her around quite easily by looking at her feet / shadow.

I do not believe being able to flip-flop her has anything to do with IQ though; more like with bad statistics. First they say you need an IQ of 160 to flip-flop her. Then they state that 14% of all Americans are able to flip her. Since we know that only about 0.5% of the population have an IQ of 160, we just demonstrated that on their webpage 1+1 equals 3. Seriously.

Ontopic: COOKIES!!!

[True Rune]

Left-Handed. It changes, but it's nothing easy for me.

[notoppings]

Off topic, every time I read the title, I get a little laugh, I think about a tailor fitting a man for his trousers asking "Lefty or Righty, how do you drape?"

I don't know why must be a defective sense of humor.

[Jakalwarrior]

At home when I am chilled and relaxed she goes both ways.
I am now at work and a bit stressed / tired. She will only go clockwise no matter how hard I try. Wonder if that means anything.

[Hctim]

Default is clockwise, but I can flip her around quite easily by looking at her feet / shadow.

I do not believe being able to flip-flop her has anything to do with IQ though; more like with bad statistics. First they say you need an IQ of 160 to flip-flop her. Then they state that 14% of all Americans are able to flip her. Since we know that only about 0.5% of the population have an IQ of 160, we just demonstrated that on their webpage 1+1 equals 3. Seriously.

Ontopic: COOKIES!!!

I think their meaning is that only 14% can flip her with difficulty, the people who supposedly have 160 IQ can flip on will, or close to it.

[Mozzes]

Ha! I make her flip at will now. If I concentrate on the feet where the silhouette and her shadow come together it takes about half a second to flip her. Although it's easy for me to make her switch if I take my eyes off her for a moment she goes back to counter-clockwise.

[Infernia]

I do not believe being able to flip-flop her has anything to do with IQ though; more like with bad statistics. First they say you need an IQ of 160 to flip-flop her. Then they state that 14% of all Americans are able to flip her. Since we know that only about 0.5% of the population have an IQ of 160, we just demonstrated that on their webpage 1+1 equals 3. Seriously.


I think those 14% are able to see her change direction without looking at her foot. They can't control it, it just happens. But to be a genius, you have to be able to flip her at will without shifting your gaze. When you look at her feet, you are shifting your gaze, are you not? That's how I interpret it. Anyhow, I don't' believe it can measure IQ.

I saw her go clockwise. Then I looked at her foot, and she changed direction. Now she changed directions now and then, even though I'm not looking at her foot.

I'm right handed.

[Wufnu]

I'm right handed and the default direction was counter clockwise. I noticed that I could hear a noise depending on which direction her foot was pointing and as it went from right to left I could hear sort of a "tick tock" sound, like from an old clock. I got her to switch directions without switching my gaze by reversing the sounds and telling myself she was going the other direction.

[ssrprotege]

Right-handed, but my right-handedness is 'acquired.' I always see the person moving clock-wise, and no matter how much I try it, I cannot get her turn counter-clockwise.

[NephilimAzrael]

I think those 14% are able to see her change direction without looking at her foot. They can't control it, it just happens. But to be a genius, you have to be able to flip her at will without shifting your gaze. When you look at her feet, you are shifting your gaze, are you not? That's how I interpret it. Anyhow, I don't' believe it can measure IQ.

I saw her go clockwise. Then I looked at her foot, and she changed direction. Now she changed directions now and then, even though I'm not looking at her foot.

I'm right handed.

Funny, I saw it go automatically, but still had enough sense to determine the central axis point. Did I shift my gaze? No. But if I were to focus on a point in the centre anyways then I would be seeing the image peripherally and could discern any rotation I desired. But she flips from side to side anyways. What is this, magic? :laugh:

[welshlass]

When i looked at her the first time i only saw clockwise. Tonight, i had another go & now i can see her turn in both directions & i wasnt really even trying. Im right-handed.

[Zedicus]

I can't make her turn anti-clockwise. I had to ask my wife to come in and ask her. She stood beside me and swears she can switch the directions, so I am going to have to accept that it can be done, but I dont see it! I am right-handed also, but I can train myself to be left-handed in most things.

[0330]

She's always spinning clockwise for me, whenever I first look at it. The first time I saw it, I just couldn't believe that it was possible to make her spin anti-clockwise. I thought the guy who linked it to me was having a laugh. I was able to make her switch, though, after considerable time and focus. Looking at the feet did it for me. Now I can make her shift at will, but not without focusing on the feet.

[AresX9]

After examining the page, the picture itself is only spinning clockwise. It is IMPOSSIBLE to manipulate pixels to flip without editing the image itself. Therefore, due to poor writing, a viewer will assume that he/she is right-brained because there are no directions to "view the woman in your mind's eye." Therefore, this page was most likely written because this site had low hits, and needs something to do so.

[curiousjane]

At first I was going to disagree with you, but I think I know what you are saying ... that the test may be predisposed to make people consider themselves right-brained.

Yet the pixels do not change at all; I don't think anyone has indicated they have. It is simply the viewer's own perception of positive and negative space, like any optical illusion, that determines how he or she sees it.

[LordMaiestas]

lol after watching awhile i saw the leg jam being swing left and right.

[Zedicus]

I was finally able to see the counter clockwise spin. I literally stood up and look at it upside down :).

Its not a matter of the pixels changing, its just a difference in the way your brain processes the info. Out of the 4 people I sprung this on all 4 said counter clockwise first, I was the only one that said clockwise. This really fascinates me, I am going to have to look into it alot more because I would have argued that the others were crazy if there wasn't others saying they saw it both ways.

[enWTFp]

Clockwise - always natural for me.

By forcing myself I'm able to switch in one of the other 2 modes:
- Counter-clockwise
- Changing sides in half-turn

I'm right-handed, but I can do some things better with my left hand (like passing behind my back in basketball). Very early as a kid I was left-handed they claim. (well my hair was also blond and my eyes blue and now my hair is darker and my eyes green)

I actually assumed this "test" is good enough to decide my Brain Dominance is right, also reading "some" descriptions (they sounded "S-Left, N-Right" to me). But I realize this could be probably not enough information to determine, and there are some critics of the validity of this test in the thread too.

[stasis]

After examining the page, the picture itself is only spinning clockwise.
While I don't know whether the image is at all valuable for determining which side of the brain is dominant, it does genuinely appear to turn clockwise or counterclockwise depending upon the spatial assumptions one makes when viewing it. See the posts on this page (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.), which prove the fact. In reality, it isn't actually "spinning" one way or the other because the image itself is two dimensional and this "spinning" is implied on a nonexistent z axis.


there are no directions to "view the woman in your mind's eye."
There's no need to do that.

[salsipuedes]

This is making me dizzy! Every time I glance away and then back, she switches. First she spins counter-clockwise, then clockwise, then counter-clockwise, then clockwise... I can't make it happen, it just happens.

[pure potential]

Wow! COOL. Both ways. And I'm getting better at playing around with it.

I've been right-handed for most of my life, but my New Year's goal was to become ambidextrous. I've always considered myself as a whole brain kinda girl and I seek to develop more of the right brain abilities. I really agree with Bruce Lee's mentality on it (the concept is very familiar however I'm quoting this vaguely) how its good to develop both sides of the body/brain, but when it comes down to it (i.e., a life/death match or even just in sport and day-to-day), its an inefficient use of energy not to use the side that is stronger. His way of learning from ideas and adapting them is brilliant.

[LordMaiestas]

Left Brainer focus on the left to see the direction of where they are spinning cause logically it is of looking at the feet you can find the answer

Right brainer look as a whole of the model whose leg is high up and see the lady as a whole

That how i think

[Autoptic]

It defaults to clockwise, but after staring unfocused at her midsection it does a wobbly thing and switches. Momentarily, I see a weird moving inhuman shape. I can keep seeing that for awhile if I try, but it actually gives me a headache.

[mayumi]

Amazing...

At first glance, clockwise..then after staring a minute I learned to make it counter clockwise. I can make it go both ways now but it's easier to switch back to clockwise.

Right handed.

[EdmontonAspie]

Strange...

I see the dancer spinning clockwise.
(That suggests right-brain dominance)

And yet, I'm right-handed.

[someday]

I'm Right brained (and left handed)

[Onotheo]

Oh, I can flip her on will. Does that mean I have high IQ? LOL
My trick is the quickly look to her left side she turns counter-clockwise and quickly to the right she turns clockwise.

[AliTree]

i must be freakin retarded.
1. i'm type A personality. don't even question it, i most definitely am.
2. i'm most definitely an INTJ to the max.
3. i'm right handed.
BUT
4. i see the dance going clockwise. so i guess i'm right-brain dominate.

i mean, my strong "artsy" streak and super ability to see and understand symbols and my strong religious morals/principles/beliefs all align with it. but the reasoning, analytical, thinking over feelings, fact based part of me doesn't fit that well. i dunno. i'm just a mess of a person. God has a funny sense of humor.

BTW, i can't make the dancer go the other way. :[

[rahdam]

This is a trip!
I actually had it going back and forth at one point in 180 degree revolutions.

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It's easier to switch if you watch the shadow.

[Hatsumomo1]

Yeah. I don't really see how it proved anything. She kept switching directions only when I'd look at her ankle, multiplication tables or not.

[Asinine]

Switching eye dominance and then not paying attention to the previous "positional" information in memory causes the rotation to apparently flip regardless of where my gaze is. It takes about 8 seconds to change from clockwise to counter-clockwise and is almost immediate from counter-clockwise to clockwise. The initial impression is clockwise.

[LordMaiestas]

When i try reading the words while my eye caught the image it is counter clockwise.
This mean that when reading words i am using my left brain

But for picture it is clockwise.
So i am using my rightbrain

[Mozzes]

I wonder how they define direction for this thing. If she's spinning you can consider rotation from two different orientations - looking "down" her head or looking "up" her feet. This could lead to two people observing the same spin reporting different directions. At the very least it's an easy way to make her "change" direction.

[Asinine]

I wonder how they define direction for this thing. If she's spinning you can consider rotation from two different orientations - looking "down" her head or looking "up" her feet. This could lead to two people observing the same spin reporting different directions. At the very least it's an easy way to make her "change" direction.

I thought about that, too. But, I decided the default orientation would be the same as if oneself was spinning. The assumption would be top-down because that is how we view ourselves.

[invicta]

I can't make her spin counterclockwise.

[nihil]

^
Same here.

Every time someone links this I try...I'm probably too right-brained ? Isn't that odd for an INT...

[Nikita]

I saw her clockwise immediately and had a hard time, initially, seeing her moving any way but clockwise. But I was able to see the counter-clockwise after a minute or so. I still only see clockwise unless I specifically focus on seeing counter-clockwise.

I'm left handed.

[Shadow17]

I saw the dancer moved in clockwise direction but I sucessfully made it turned anti clockwise

[Hasway]

I can see it going both ways... I have to stop it for a few seconds and I'll see it go in an opposite direction. I'm ambidextrious, too. I already knew that I was balanced brain-wise. I just like seeing the dancer go round and round (ect...)

[llBradll]

I got her to spin both ways whenever I want. It took a few minutes to get though.

[probity]

I can't make her spin counter-clockwise.

[Alienhated]

I can see as I like...

[Jonathan Brewer]

Balanced. I can make her switch directions on command. I've seen that test before and it is one of the more intriguing ones in my opinion.

[Vidya]

I can't stare at it for too long. It makes my heart race for some reason.

[Cocoa]

I can see both ways. Anticlockwise first then clockwise. I can switch at will but it's hard :)

[speedsuit721]

So weird. When I first went there, she was definitely spinning clockwise, and I couldn't get her to spin counter-clockwise. I looked away for a second, and she was spinning counter-clockwise, and now I can't get her to spin clockwise.

Switching is coming more easily now. That is trippy.

[Tranquillity]

Whenever I did this test in the past, I always got right brain. But now I seem keep getting left brain. Maybe because I am on this forum so much.

[Shy18]

First time I saw it spin anti-clockwise (I'm left handed). Then after a while I saw it turning clockwise. I concentrated at feet as someone above sugested and it worked :D

[Aya]

That was weird! First I've seen it turning anti-clockwise then it was clock wise I didn't even try to see it turning in the other direction. And it's the same thing everytime I get back to it.

Guess it means I'm brain-balanced although most of the tests I've taken showed I was left brained except one, a long time ago, which result was brain-balanced.

Still this animation is weird I still can't figure out how it works.

[Shy18]

Something is wrong. The picture did stop for a moment, it looked like it got stuck and after a while it started to move the other direction. Maybe I am skeptical, but I can’t believe it’s my brain doing this (changing directions).

[Nordenstorm]

Man this is so cool. When I fist looked at the doll it was turning clockwise. Then the moment I began reading the text, next to it, it turned to counter-clockwise.
Then I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, and when i looked again, it had turned back to clockwise.

[loosefanbelt]

This was an old locked thread, I think because the link was broken... so if I violate any sacred law, I will be notified...

Right or left brain dominance...?

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[altoid]

I always see it going counter-clockwise when I first look at it, but I can make it switch back and forth pretty easily.

Edit: I watched it a few times later and it's starting out clockwise for me now every time. I'm sure, like it said, it depends on what I've been doing beforehand. Very interesting.

[ssrprotege]

Right brain dominant. I *cannot* make the dancer turn counter-clockwise.

[loosefanbelt]

I *cannot*

Sounds painful!!! Maybe try again when you are relaxed?

[orly]

I only see her spin clockwise

...unless I observe her only with peripheral vision while reading the text next to her, which as previously stated, is primarily a left brain activity.

[Silhouette]

Whoaa.. it changes direction every 5 seconds. :confused:

[singmeat]

clockwise, but I love math and science.

:|

[Takeru]

I can see it go both ways ... it isn't too hard if your eyes is trained that way ... an easy way to change it back and forth is look at the shadow at the bottom.

Generally when i stare at the legs or the shadow of the legs it tends to switch back and forth.

Maybe being able to manipulate it easily means that the person can use both sides quite frequently...

[Reptilian]

I myself am left handed, so it does not really surprise me that it appears to be spinning clockwise. If this test is accurate at all, then the results surprise me a little bit regarding everyone else. I thought that introverted intuition was supposed to be left brained, and extroverted intuition was supposed to be right?

[admittedheretic]

I have done this dozens upon dozens of times and it always varies. Even the first time I see the picture, sometimes it is left, sometimes it is right.

The very first time I saw it was left.

I love sharing with this people because of the reaction when they first get it to change.

[endless]

It switches for me, I tend to use my right hand for the majority of things but it's only by a small margin, I am ambidextrous.

[Takeru]

I myself am left handed, so it does not really surprise me that it appears to be spinning clockwise. If this test is accurate at all, then the results surprise me a little bit regarding everyone else. I thought that introverted intuition was supposed to be left brained, and extroverted intuition was supposed to be right?

I used to be left handed when I was little. I gradually started using my right hand more and more because of society. Each time I click the link to see which way my brain was orientated towards, the dancer was always turning clockwise, but each time I started looking around the leg shadow area and back to the dancer as a whole, she starts turning counter clockwise.

I am unsure whether Ne makes a person more right brained, but it does seem my first reaction tends to be clockwise and my later reaction starts turning counter-clockwise.

[indelicate]

Right for me. Can't see her going counter-clockwise.


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

All the right-dominant features are quite accurate.

[Grimstad]

I am very much a left brainer but at first glance it goes clockwise. I can very easily make it go the other way, but if I stop trying it goes CW. If I look to the left of the picture its easier to make it go CCW. I'm right handed but shoot pool left and ride a skateboard goofy foot. I identify much more closely with left brainers.

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses logic (but trust my feelings)
detail oriented (but never lose sight of the big picture)
facts rule (but imagination is useful)
words and language
present and past (defines the future)
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name (but prefer function over form every time.)
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe

[SpaceCadet]

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[lincoln]

haha..oh yes..this one..I've done this before.. I'm clockwise..Right brained? hmm ya, that could be why I write poetry during the pauses in Chemistry class...

Want to know how to switch it?

Focus on the space between her foot and the floor

[adjectivenoun]

Here's an interesting blog post on the subject: The Spinning Dancer and the Brain (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.).

For me the dancer was hopelessly clockwise until I read that post. Now I can switch it at will.

[jndiii]

After sharing this link (the one adjectivenoun provided) with several people, I'm seeing an interesting pattern. Some people are able to switch it at will, some can switch it with effort, while others, who've been given tons of clues how to make it switch, cannot make it switch at all, and it's driving them crazy.

Perhaps there might be something interesting here linked to MBTI? E.g., xNxx can switch easier than xSxx, because those who prefer intuition are more adept at switching perspectives, while Sensing folks believe their senses and don't realize how their intuition is coming into play to make it look like it's spinning in a particular direction?

It would definitely make more sense than the "left/right brain" hypothesis.

[Gamgee]

Started going clockwise, but then I could switch it to anti-clockwise quite easily. I tried this several times with success. So perhaps I use both sides of my brain fairly equally?

[QuintessentialI]

I posted something about this in another forum a few years ago.

This involves the activation of the left and right hemispheres of your brain.

To see the image spinning clockwise, which requires activation of the right hemisphere, close your left eye and start reading out loud the text on the left slowly, from the top down.

To see it spin counter clockwise, close your right eye.Read the text on the left slowly from the top down again.

the left hemisphere (controls right eye) of your brain is responsible for language processing while the right hemisphere (controls left eye) is responsible for nonverbal.

[Latro]

The method that I've picked up to get from clockwise to counterclockwise involves fixating on the dancer's foot. Because its movements are smaller and more subtle, it's easier to will your eye to make the motion change direction. Once you move back she spins counterclockwise. The sort of jerking feeling when it changes is kinda interesting.

Definitely not right-brained though, and this isn't via self-diagnosis either.

The closing of an eye and reading the text off to the side did do it, though. Interesting.

After having gotten it to work for a fair while without closing an eye, I'm seeing that there's something to do with how you interpret the pivoting foot here, if that makes sense.

[Silverity]

I was getting frustrated seeing the chick spin counter clockwise because I've always considered myself to be a right-brained individual (growing up as a lefty, everyone told me I must be right brained) I glanced at the text and was scrolling down the page when suddenly the image flipped! Bit of a mind job there, now she is happily spinning clockwise.

[Talkahuano]

After sharing this link (the one adjectivenoun provided) with several people, I'm seeing an interesting pattern. Some people are able to switch it at will, some can switch it with effort, while others, who've been given tons of clues how to make it switch, cannot make it switch at all, and it's driving them crazy.

Perhaps there might be something interesting here linked to MBTI? E.g., xNxx can switch easier than xSxx, because those who prefer intuition are more adept at switching perspectives, while Sensing folks believe their senses and don't realize how their intuition is coming into play to make it look like it's spinning in a particular direction?

It would definitely make more sense than the "left/right brain" hypothesis.
Not quite. My mom, sister, and I are S-types and we can switch it quite easily. My dad is an N-type and it took him a little while to switch it.

[releviau04]

As I opened up the link, I started reading before viewing and I saw both through my perephial, but when I look straight at her, its more counter to me.

I've took right/left brained dominance tests and usually get "Dual" status. Sometimes I get r/l brain a 11/10, 15/14, etc. dependent upon which test I took.

[greenzebra]

I can't answer. I looked at her for several minutes: she's changing direction.

[R31gnofph3r]

She isn't spinning counterclockise OR clockwise. Since you are looking at the direction of the spin from the side, these torque directions are meaningless. In your mind, you will place the "clock" either below her feet facing up, or below them feet (whether consciously or subconsciously). If you place the clock below facing up she appears to move counterclockwise. If you place the above facing down, she appears to move clockwise.

[intron]

I am unable to perceive her turning counter-clockwise.

[Hotpckts]

Woah!
Clockwise until I read the text on the side as stated above, but only after concentrating very hard on it.

[ks90]

I use to see that ***** spin clockwise, but now it's pretty much always counter.

I tested my self in left/right brain dominance, too, and got 75% left brain or so. Or maybe it was more? Hmm.

[mindwar]

I can change the direction at will, and tried viewing the image at random times throughout the day and it switches constantly. What does this mean? I can change the direction so easy it seems like I'm moving it with my mind lol. I can stare at the bottom half and see it bouncing back and forth and not spinning.

[Third Eye]

I see it going clockwise. I had to really focus to see it going the opposite direction and could only see it for a few seconds before going back to clockwise again. I tested slightly left brain dominant although I am also right handed. I think I'm more balanced because I have a lot of right brain dominate traits as well.

[SILKROSE1982]

I saw it initially as clockwise until I started looking at the feet, then anti-clockwise. I noticed when I read numbers, it went anti-clockwise, and letters made it clockwise. So, I guess I'm both right and left brained.

I also could control it by will.

[Mader]

I just read the article about this test.

You mean I don't have a 160 IQ?????????????????????

I am crushed. Crushed.

[Nightsun]

I usually see it like a Rightbrained but I can change her spinning. From other test I seem basically balanced (45% left, 55% right).

[Lochinvar]

Strange, I think the uplifted arms switch when you go clockwise --> anticlockwise or vice-versa o.O

[SelfMadeBum]

Every time I look away then look back she's turning the other way.

[Johan]

First time: clockwise.

Now it's quite easy to make it spin the direction I want. For anti clockwise, I stare at the foot/reflection and for clockwise I look away or close my eyes.

[Titian]

Although I was reluctant to claim to have "brian" dominance I did think this was interesting. I initially saw the girl dancing clockwise. Looking at the image itself reveals that the movement actually does start and sequence from right to left. Since the image is designed to have a point of almost perfect symmetry the switch happens whenever your brain decides it likes sequencing things with one or the other direction. Technically, this does not prove anything more than that you might prefer to use that side of your brain for this kind of thing. It doesn't actually say you would always prefer to use that part of your brain.

I can focus on the image and see the girl kicking back and forth rather than spinning. It's a very weird thing to see because it seems like there should not be a way for what appears to be a person to change shape like that. It dehumanizes the figure to some degree. I'd assume this is why you see the action as dancing at all because your mind is registering the shape as human, imparting 3D associations to it, and categorizing the movement as spinning because an alternative forces you to go back and say you don't really see a girl.

I've tested various other thoughts in connection with this image and found that my brain naturally switches from right to left depending on what type of thought it is. Sometimes this has been surprising and revealed I don't use the right or left brain for what I might have thought that I would. The seeming rotation does switch whenever associated with certain other processes. This undermines the test's assumption that seeing the image spinning in one direction indicates general brain dominance. It would seem most likely that whatever your impression of the image is and what it is doing could be dominated by one side or the other. However, it logically follows that if thinking about something else overrides the original impression then your need to have the figure spin in a particular direction is not dominant versus the second process. Just one instance of this would disprove the theory in that case. If you are unable to change the direction at all then that would prove you might actually have a generally dominant side. For someone who can change the perceived direction you would need a longer study that simultaneously included multiple thought processes and categories of association to determine whether this person would tend to use one side or the other. Of course, even someone with a more balanced brain might consistently use one or the other for an action such as this which would be considered evidence of dominance when that wasn't necessarily true.

[freeeekyyy]

At first I saw it counterclockwise, and then clockwise. Couldn't really control it either way though.

[AnnoyingPony]

I got clockwise but it seems to jump and skip every so often.

[harbour city]

I can change it at will. My partner, who is INFJ, is convinced it's a trick! There is nothing I can do to persuade him it's not actually changing direction. Logical explanations that it's actually a 2D set of black pixels have no effect...

[dontmesswithme]

She's obviously spinning clockwise. I tried hard to change it but couldn't. I don't see how anyone could think she's spinning counter-clockwise. Interesting little test, though.

[coffeeforme]

arggggh I cannot see it both ways at all :( I'm trying so hard and it just isn't working

[Thinker]

I saw it turning clockwise first and therefore answered "right side".

I looked away and then looked back and it was turning anti-clockwise.

[Axel]

I can change her at will but I have to put my focus slightly to the side of her. If I look at her directly I can't change her at all.

EDIT:
It's easier to change her to turn clockwise than counter-clockwise though.

EDIT:
Tried it again and I can turn her at will now staring straight at her!
I look at the foot when I want to turn her around. And I can also see her alternate between two directions.

This is really fascinating!

EDIT: All the typos.........

[Axel]

Sorry for double posting. But for those who can turn it at will. Try putting up multiple copies of it and make them go in diffrent directions.

[gecko]

I had it turning clockwise for 4 minutes, now I got her turning counter-clockwise and can't get her to stop...lol

looks like the pause got me out of it - back to clockwise! awesome!

[JSX]

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Finally I can see her spin counter-clockwise... only on this gif tho

[gdavid]

After sharing this link (the one adjectivenoun provided) with several people, I'm seeing an interesting pattern. Some people are able to switch it at will, some can switch it with effort, while others, who've been given tons of clues how to make it switch, cannot make it switch at all, and it's driving them crazy.

Perhaps there might be something interesting here linked to MBTI? E.g., xNxx can switch easier than xSxx, because those who prefer intuition are more adept at switching perspectives, while Sensing folks believe their senses and don't realize how their intuition is coming into play to make it look like it's spinning in a particular direction?

It would definitely make more sense than the "left/right brain" hypothesis.

Very interesting what you are saying... I think you may be right, but it's the other way: Developed sensing can switch it at will, will intuition has trouble switching it.

[EmmaKynikos]

clockwise, though on other tests, I'm no-brained

[tooboku]

Hahaha. I can change the direction but the first time I saw it, it was spinning clockwise.

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Finally I can see her spin counter-clockwise... only on this gif tho

Playing with that consumed 10 minutes of my time. lol.

I can get the middle one to spin in the opposite direction of the colored one that I'm looking at. I can also get them all to spin in the same direction... and get the one I'm looking at to spin opposite of what it's markingsapply. hehehehe... this is fun.

[Zhuinden]

I saw her moving clockwise at first, then I could look at her feet and quickly change to see her moving counter-clockwise... and back and forth at will.

I am right-handed now, but I found out in adulthood that I had tried to write with my left hand when I was five and my parents kept forcing me to use my right until finally I gave up. :(

I know this post I'm quoting is 4 years old, but I just had to share some information:
They say if you have your writing hand forcefully swapped (left -> right), the risk of dyslexia increases. Because your brain doesn't develop the way it should.


The dancer goes only clockwise, by the way. I sometimes see it go the other way around, but... people always say it's easy to make it change direction. It doesn't.

[MiaoPurrington]

I see the dancer move in both directions. It must mean I'm mad.

[bdpqbd]

At first glance I saw clockwise, however I can change the direction with little effort. As an add-on I was ambidextrous as a child, but can only now write well with my right hand.


There are numerous, more reliable sources on the differences( and similarities) between brain hemispheres than the article, which I will edit in as soon as I can find them.

That being said everyone uses both hemispheres, thus dominance and not control.

[Zhuinden]

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Finally I can see her spin counter-clockwise... only on this gif tho

This one is amazing. If I look at the left one, I see the middle go that way. If I look at the right one, I see the middle one go that way. Primarily, I seem to identify it the way the left one goes though, but... this can change it the other way around.
I wonder if that has any strange practical effect on the brain itself, to see this go the other way.

[JackCY]

both, after a little concentration and a trick with covering some parts of picture by hand if needed etc.
sometimes it's easy sometimes I need a hand to cover part of the pic to be able to switch to the other way

that GIF is awesome, when I'm looking at the middle I can switch any time I want :D
and if you want to switch it easily just look at one side then middle, then other side and middle

[topquark]

Finally, I can see her going anti-clockwise! Thanks!

The middle one still goes clockwise though... which means I'm "impetuous and risk taking" - biggest lie ever.

[Hawkx]

I can also see it both ways but when i took a glance at the picture it was turning anti-clockwise.

[Noiresque]

this was interesting... initially I saw this as clock-wise pic and then attempt to see it as anti-close wise; couldn't do it.

then miraculously, when I applied pressure to left side of my teeth, it rotated anti-clock wise. then press on the right teeth, it turned clock-wise.

[Zhuinden]

this was interesting... initially I saw this as clock-wise pic and then attempt to see it as anti-close wise; couldn't do it.

then miraculously, when I applied pressure to left side of my teeth, it rotated anti-clock wise. then press on the right teeth, it turned clock-wise.

Holy snap, this pressure applying thing actually WORKS. O_O

[SarcasticVlad]

That gif has nothing to do with brain hemisphere dominance.

[Hawkx]

I took another look at the picture now I'm seeing her constantly oscillating from clockwise to anti-clockwise.

[envirodude]

I have strong clockwise bias, but I can see ccw by focussing on the pivot foot.
Anyone else focus on the nipple?

[crystalscar]

She's making me dizzy cause she won't stop changing direction

I would rather her spinning in only one direction...
She's making me dizzy cause she keeps changing direction. And it's getting really creepy when you can't control the switches while your friends can only see one direction...

[justjoy]

Clockwise. Which makes me someone who 'uses feelings'.

That... is a total, complete, and utter lie.

Technically, though, I am a left-handed person trained into using my right hand instead, so I suppose it makes sense to some extent - not talking about the 'feelings' part, mind you.