Spin your brain
Nov 7th, 2007 by robskee
Is this woman spinning clockwise or anti-clockwise?
If you see her as spinning clockwise, it’s supposed to mean you’re right-brain dominant (uses feeling, “big picture” oriented, imagination rules, symbols and images). If you see her spinning anti-clockwise you are supposedly left-brain dominant (uses logic, detail oriented, facts rule,words and language).
Whichever you see, it’s possible to switch to the other, although it’s perhaps telling which direction you perceived straight off.
For me, she was spinning clockwise. Definitely, definitely clockwise. Until she wasn’t.
What about you?
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Thanks to the folks at the Herald-Sun for this one.
I’m with you, Rob – she’s spinning clockwise, then occasionally anti for a brief moment before returning to clockwise!
CB
Clockwise first and stays clockwise until i read
nice to feel the brain yummy rob
I’m not sure Rob, I think she’s going the wrong way. She seems to be doing a slow pirouette on the ball of her left foot, no right foot, no left foot, hmmm….. I wish she’d stop changing directions I’m getting dizzy!
I like the the woman whatever she does! Could it be that I have a perfect brain?…
I can only see her spinning clockwise no matter how long I stare at her. Which seems wrong since I am not at all right brained…
Oh no, Kirst, that is a very bad sign. You are perhaps unbalanced. Seek help immediately.
Chris is right – when she seems to be going clockwise it’s her left foot that appears to be grounded and when anti-clockwise it’s her right foot. That’s too bizarre.
I cannot ’see’ my initial 1/5 of anticlockwise movement anymore. Is is image confabulation as we do with our blind spot? How does it compare to a real figure keeping balance on a turntable? Does average perception change if the speed or angle or apparent gender of it is changed? Is this image created and patented by a neurobiological manipulation division of some marketing group? It has a scarey collarbone protrusion, oh well, it is all part of culturally ‘appropriate’ exagerations. sigh.
OK – when I look today I see her stop and change directions every now and then, so now I am convinced that the animation does actually change direction and that is the answer!
Ah Kirst, it is not she that flickers and changes direction; it is your own perceptual field doing that. To prove it you must grab another and both of you watch it and you will see how in the same second you’ll both swear she’ spinning in opposite directions!
It’s strange, really, at first she goes clockwise, but the more I think about it, the more she goes counterclockwise. Then I relax and it looks almost like a speed skater, because she keeps changing direction.
Ha.. i see the girl spinning anti-clockwise. & great to know that this means i m left-brain dominant. It s true as i like logic, science and language!