Left Brain vs. Right Brain
October 13, 2007
I saw this over at my friend karen’s blog and have been playing with it ever since.
Go look at this dancer spinning. What direction do you see her spinning?
I see the dancer spinning clockwise, definitely, unequivocally clockwise. As in I can not fathom how she could possibly be spinning any other direction.
Rob also sees clockwise and cannot see her spinning in the other direction.
I showed it to my 10 yr old and he said, “Counterclockwise…. wait, no clockwise. Counterclockwise… hey she is spinning in both directions!”
We tried to get him to explain to us how that could possibly be, be he just said, “It just is.” I suppose like those magic eye optical illusions, either you see it or you don’t.
So what say you? Clockwise, counterclockwise, or both?
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Counterclockwise for me and both for DH. Yikes that is freaky. Thanks for the morning brain excercise.
October 13th, 2007 at 9:36 amit was counter first for me, then I focused and it became clockwise. Now I can make it go back and forth by looking at it out of the corner of my eye for a second. Freaky!
October 13th, 2007 at 9:37 amI see clockwise, which is odd as looking at the list of characteristics I’d describe myself as left brain, but it says I should be right brain as I see clockwise.
October 13th, 2007 at 9:52 amI see clockwise. And try as I might, I cannot make it go counterclockwise. I even tried looking out of the corner of my eye, but nothing. What does it mean if you can’t make it go both ways? That you’re a pig-headed right-sider?
October 13th, 2007 at 9:55 amI see clockwise. So does my son. We tried and tried to see the counterclockwise (which seems to be the most popular), but couldn’t.
What does that say about us?
October 13th, 2007 at 9:58 amDefinitely both ways for sure.
Carolynn
October 13th, 2007 at 9:59 amI see both
October 13th, 2007 at 10:03 amCounterclockwise and no amount of concentrating would make her flip. Me and my left brain!
October 13th, 2007 at 10:03 amI remember seeing that a few months ago and being able to make her spin either direction. Now, I can only see her counterclockwise. I must be getting old.
October 13th, 2007 at 10:11 amWeird!!!!!! At first I could only see counterclockwise. Then I read the comments and when I went back to look I could make it change to clockwise by turning my head to the right and looking at it from just the corner of my left eye.
But my question is, was it absolutely necessary for the artist to make the dancer have erect nipples????
October 13th, 2007 at 10:12 amBoth - randomly.
October 13th, 2007 at 10:12 amClockwise for me. And I can’t make her switch. Which is odd, because I have always thought of myself as more left-brained.
October 13th, 2007 at 10:16 amCOUNTERclockwise, unequivocably. Which made me mad, as I wanted to figure out how in the world it could be seen any other way! So I concentrated, covered all but one corner of the image with my hand, and made her FINALLY turn clockwise. Then I couldn’t make her go back! Now I can see her go one way or the other, but the transition is still very, very hard. Whew! Thanks for this!
October 13th, 2007 at 10:19 amShe’s spinning counter for me for sure, I can only see it that way. Although my 19 year old son said, “What do you mean she’s spinning?” LMAO!
October 13th, 2007 at 10:21 amIt switches every twenty seconds or so for me. That’s really crazy.
October 13th, 2007 at 10:22 amI see her spinning clockwise, but I can focus and make her spin counterclockwise as well. My husband sees her spinning clockwise and cannot for the life of him see if any other way.
October 13th, 2007 at 10:26 amI see….Both!
October 13th, 2007 at 10:29 amStarted off clockwise, then the more I looked at her the more she kept changing directions on me. Weird!
Both sons and husband see her the same as me.
Look at the foot at the end of the straight leg. IF you focus there or on the raised foot for a few seconds, she will appear to be going clockwise. IF you focus on the shadow of the foot at the bottom for a few seconds, she will begin to appear to go counterclockwise.
Clever.
October 13th, 2007 at 10:31 amMy husband and I both saw it moving counter clockwise intially and then only clockwise. For the life of me I haven’t been able to see counter clockwise again.
October 13th, 2007 at 10:31 amFirst, I see that it was very cold in the room where the dancer is located. Then I started to wonder why they would put a nude woman dancing to test our brain. Then I stopped myself and focused on her spinning. She was going clockwise for awhile. I started reading and when I glanced back she was going anti-clockwise (what a funny word and why are they saying that instead of counter?).
So I agree with your son, she just is doing both.
October 13th, 2007 at 10:32 amI initially saw clockwise only - couldn’t change it. I started reading the right-brain column and knew for certain that WASN’T me! When I looked back up at her she was going counterclockwise - and I couldn’t change her back no matter what! Too weird!
October 13th, 2007 at 10:35 amAt first it was clockwise and then after reading the comments I tried the looking at it out of the corner of my eye trick, and she went counterclockwise. No matter how hard I try I can’t see her going clockwise again. Crazy!
October 13th, 2007 at 10:40 amI saw it as clockwise too and couldn’t imagine it any other way. I thought it would be insane for anyone to see it any other way! That’s how obvious it was. Then I just blankly stared at her….well, actually it was more like I was staring just beyond her. And all of a sudden she switched!!! When I refocused on her, she immediately switched back to clockwise.
October 13th, 2007 at 10:42 amSeems like it takes great concentration on my part to get her to go counter-clockwise, and with the least little bit of lapse in focus, she goes clockwise again. But if I keep in my staring trance, she dances counter-clockwise. Ok, that is really wild!!
I see her turning both ways, and my 9 year old son sees her going both ways!
October 13th, 2007 at 10:44 amthat’s weird!!!
I’m with your 10-yr old; I see her spin both ways. The freaky part is she kept changing directions as I read the right-brain left-brain functions.
October 13th, 2007 at 10:44 amVery, very counter-clockwise. That’s one of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen. But no surprises I’m left brained.
October 13th, 2007 at 10:48 am[...] Notes from the Trenches posted this. I wasn’t surprised at all to see I am left-brained. [...]
October 13th, 2007 at 10:49 amI see her spinning in both directions.
October 13th, 2007 at 10:53 am100% counterclockwise. I can NOT make her go the other way, no matter how much i try. My husband and son both saw clockwise but then could see both directions. Humph.
October 13th, 2007 at 10:56 amFirst clockwise, then counterclockwise.
October 13th, 2007 at 10:56 amI ran across this a few days ago, and spent WAY too much time learning how to get her to switch. After much Googling and several different techniques later, I can get her to switch by moving my mouse cursor in a circle the opposite direction she is moving. If I do it at the same pace she is dancing, I can get her to switch! Then back again! KILLS my brain though. :p Initially I saw her clockwise.
October 13th, 2007 at 10:57 amBoth. Initially counter-clockwise, but then she kept switching on me.
October 13th, 2007 at 11:00 amClockwise, and I can’t get her to switch. At all. I am very right-brained, though, perhaps thats why.
October 13th, 2007 at 11:03 amWhen I first watched she was all about the clockwise motion and then after maybe 20 seconds I realized that then she was going conterclockwise. I kept watching to see if I could make her switch again, but no.
So I think my brain is just indecisive.
October 13th, 2007 at 11:07 amto make the dancer turn the other way (any “other” way), focus on her hip and upper thigh and imagine that the opposite hip/thigh is closer to you but spinning in the opposite direction than what you see. if you keep staring at the silhouette while doing this, it should flip.
i saw it as counterclockwise until i put those right-brain spatial skills to use :@).
October 13th, 2007 at 11:25 amK.B.-
That’s how I got her to switch also-LOL. I didn’t know that was an official technique
Melissa
October 13th, 2007 at 11:29 amFirst I saw her clockwise and couldn’t get her to change but then when I saw her out of the corner of my eye while reading about it on the lft column, she was counterclockwise, then clockwise, then counterclockwise….Very very interesting.
October 13th, 2007 at 11:30 amOkay - I was only seeing clockwise. Then my oldest two kids walked in (9 &
and they both said, “This way (clockwise) … OH WAIT! She changed directions!” They saw both with ease.
My four year old - every time - would spin counter - that’s all she saw.
My husband? Clockwise only … then as I was watching HIM watch it … I saw it - counter! It was there! Now he’s pissed. Not just because he couldn’t see it, but (in his words):
“Great. You brought me a picture of some hot lady that can go ‘both ways.’ Thanks, a lot!”
October 13th, 2007 at 11:31 amI think it’s a trick. I saw it change direction just a few seconds after the page loaded.
October 13th, 2007 at 11:36 amIf I look directly at it I see clockwise, but I as I was reading the article she was spinning counter out of the corner of my eye. My six year old DD and five year old DS both saw clockwise. Interesting.
October 13th, 2007 at 11:38 amI see clockwise. However, I’m left-brained. My 11-year old only saw clockwise, too.
It is killing me to see it counterclockwise.
October 13th, 2007 at 11:42 amI saw it change a couple of times as well, and not through any focusing or anything. It seems to just randomly do it.
October 13th, 2007 at 11:48 amBoth.
October 13th, 2007 at 11:49 amI’m clearly a conspiracy theorist because she totally flipped. She was counter clockwise and no amount of focusing could make her change. Then I read the list on the left and when I looked back she was clockwise. I think it’s a scam designed to make me think I am loosing my mind. Why does everyone want to make me crazy?!?!?!
October 13th, 2007 at 11:56 amShe’s going both ways, sometimes just swinging her leg back and forth if I sort of use peripheral vision to watch her. Weird!
October 13th, 2007 at 12:00 pmI sent this to everyone at work, and all but one of us saw her going clockwise. A couple people saw her spinning counter once in awhile, but my boss and I both agreed: she’s absolutely going clockwise and we can’t fathom how anyone could see it any other way! That thing is a trip. One of my coworkers thinks it’s a trick, too, but I never saw her switch!
October 13th, 2007 at 12:13 pmI Saw both ways. The thing is you need to relax your mind and eyes and then you can see it both ways. The child can see it both ways because they are not as complicated and ” tuned” like an adult. Basically, both our brains are working but some work more on left than right. However, one can trained our brain to function both ways. There is such program for child but not for adults.Pamela.
October 13th, 2007 at 12:14 pmI saw counter clockwise at first, then for awhile not going either direction, just swinging back and forth like Lynn said, then finally I could see her as clockwise.
October 13th, 2007 at 12:15 pmI can make it go both ways but it takes a lot of effort.
October 13th, 2007 at 12:18 pmOh, this is so utterly cool! I can’t wait to try it out on the rest of the family!
Counterclockwise, by the way.
October 13th, 2007 at 12:19 pmThis is fantastic! I can only see counter-clockwise, yet I have an over active imagination. The logic and reason and all the other description are very me. Still, I tried and tried to prove that my imagination was intact by staring at the screen and willing the dancer to go clockwise. No such luck.
October 13th, 2007 at 12:22 pmSo cool! Clockwise for me and my boyfriend, but counter-clockwise for my bf’s friend!
October 13th, 2007 at 12:23 pmEveryone in our house saw clockwise, but my daughter Rory who saw both right away. She said it would stop and change.
October 13th, 2007 at 12:27 pmAt first all I could see was clockwise. My husband was counter clockwise. however, if I stare at the shadow I can make her go counter clockwise and then get stuck going back and forth between the two directions. Weird. Thanks for the morning fun!
October 13th, 2007 at 12:31 pmShe changes direction constantly for me and my 15-year-old son, who is my mini-me (even though he’s bigger than me). My husband just sees her as naked, although if he watches for a while, she’s just clockwise. My 17-year-old son is still asleep so we’ll see if he says naked or a direction. That is freaky!
October 13th, 2007 at 12:34 pmI linked to this through another blog last night, and could only see counter-clockwise. Now, through this link, I can only see clockwise. Hmmm….
October 13th, 2007 at 12:56 pmCounter-clockwise - I am so left brained I can’t even see it go clockwise by concentrating.
October 13th, 2007 at 12:58 pmAt first I could only see clockwise. This really bothered me. I am not a right brained person. I am a CPA, very left brained person. If I stared at her shadow spinning at the bottom, I could get my brain to switch to counter clockwise.
October 13th, 2007 at 1:05 pmCounter-clockwise, and I’m defintely left-brained. However, if I turn my screen slightly, I can see both ways.
October 13th, 2007 at 1:05 pmI saw counter-clockwise when I first looked at it. But just for a second, she immediately went to clockwise and now I can’t see it counter-clockwise at all.
October 13th, 2007 at 1:23 pmClockwise at first, and I couldn’t imagine seeing her go counter-clockwise. Then all of a sudden, she WAS! Freeeakkkyyy!
October 13th, 2007 at 1:27 pmthat is trippy.
October 13th, 2007 at 1:37 pmat first clockwise, then counter.
now it goes back and forth randomly
Clockwise for both me and Peep. He was only seeing clockwise then all of a sudden it changed for him. Then it changed for me, then it changed back for him. Then I could only see counter-clockwise and he could only see clockwise. Weird.
October 13th, 2007 at 1:56 pmBoth…clockwise first, then counter…but it looked like she stopped one direction after about half a minute and changed to the other.
October 13th, 2007 at 2:06 pmI still can’t get her to flip and go counter clockwise. And I have tried all the tricks stare at her shadow, look at her hip, turn your head, blink rapidly, look at her nipples…
nothin’
October 13th, 2007 at 2:25 pmI can see her both ways, although initially it was counter. My husband swears she is changing direction.
October 13th, 2007 at 2:30 pmFun! I could see nothing but clockwise until my baby squawked and I walked across the room to hoist her up, looking back at the computer, she had switched! A couple kids walked in, one saw strongly clockwise and one giggled and said, “she keeps switching!” After (too much) practice we all could make her switch, with one of the kids spouting, “her arms are going one way and her feet the other!” Wonder where his brain is?
October 13th, 2007 at 2:35 pmFirst we saw Counter Clockwise and then I saw her keep switching. My 8yr old saw the same thing I did. My 7yr old kept seeing her doing clockwise. Can’t wait to ask my DH what he sees.
October 13th, 2007 at 2:44 pmMy boys loved this!! I only saw her going clockwise, however my 10 year old was going back and forth with his answer every time she spinned. My 17 year old was a little disappointed after he realized he couldnt manage to see her counter-clock wise after he did initially. WEEEEIRD but totally cool.
October 13th, 2007 at 2:46 pmI’m completely irritated by this, because at first, she was clockwise for me, but I watched for several minutes, and then she was counterclockwise. That threw me a bit, so I concentrated and watched a little longer, and she SWITCHED! I am telling you, she changed direction intentionally. Right leg leading, then after a couple of minutes, the left leg leading. I’m thinking it’s not legit.
October 13th, 2007 at 2:47 pmI see her going counter clockwise…I’ve tried to make her go clockwise and she won’t for me. My 9 year old daughter sees her going clockwise and my 10 year old son sees her counter clockwise. Okay now my daughter is saying she’s going counter clockwise and clockwise, lol.
October 13th, 2007 at 2:52 pmlol okay now if my daughter using her finger on the screen to show me how she goes clockwise I see it. Weird.
October 13th, 2007 at 2:53 pmIf I glance, I see counter. I if I watch, I see clockwise. If I watch her refection and cut off her butt, I see counter again.
It’s very, very odd. If they had a flat silloette, it would be impossible. My brain would explode.
October 13th, 2007 at 2:57 pmI’m w/ you Chris - it’s ONLY clockwise. I tried & tried but just can’t see it any other way. Now my head kind of hurts.
My husband only sees it counter, which I completely expected.
My Kid (age 14) could see both - counter first and then both. Which I also predicted.
Weird.
October 13th, 2007 at 2:57 pmHi Chris -
-the girl absolutely IS turning clockwise BUT the shadow is as if she is turning counterclockwise. So your brain is perceiving either the girl’s direction, or the logical direction of her shadow. Or switching between :).
October 13th, 2007 at 3:14 pmOops, pressed ’submit’ too early . . . if you cover her feet and look at the shadow, a person that sees clockwise can see counter clockwise better.
October 13th, 2007 at 3:16 pmclockwise, and no possible way to make her go counter. oddly enough, my daughter was nursing when i went to go look and she spotted the dancer. she started jumping up and down and humming and clearly recognized that she was dancing (my daughter is one). i wish i could tell which way SHE say the dancer turning.
October 13th, 2007 at 3:21 pmShe is definitely turning anti-clockwise. I absolutely can NOT get her to move in a clockwise direction, concentrate as I may. Dh is the same. However, I have a fairly equal mix of left-brained and right-brained traits and suck, oh I so very suck, at math!
Ha! I just had my two older kids try it. My daughter said the dancer was moving clockwise–no, wait, anti-clockwise–no, clockwise! The dancer kept switching directions every second or so. Same thing for my son.
Now my dh, with concentration, can see her moving clockwise.
I still can’t. Dopey mummy.
October 13th, 2007 at 3:25 pmI initially saw counter-clockwise, though she quickly switched to clockwise, and stayed that way for a while. Now I can get her to switch back and forth.
October 13th, 2007 at 3:25 pmAt first it was definitely counterclockwise, and I couldn’t imagine how she could possibly be turning the other way. Then I read the article where it said that we could try and change the direction by concentrating…I changes it clockwise and now I can’t possibly see it counterclockwise again…this is really interesting, thanks.
October 13th, 2007 at 3:32 pmOkay, mostly clockwise, but I can occasionally get her to switch, but it’s weird! But one thing I know - this girl needs a bra! With the way she’s bouncing around those things would be all over the place!
October 13th, 2007 at 3:32 pmok…by looking at the shadow you can “make her” switch.
October 13th, 2007 at 3:33 pmI saw counterclockwise all the way, couldn’t figure out how you’d see any other. But I could train myself to see the other way too. Freaky!
October 13th, 2007 at 4:06 pmI agree with your 10yo.. She spins both ways for me. First it was clockwise, then I looked away for a sec , looked back and she’s spinning counterclockwise.. Darn lady keeps switching on me.. I had my husband try and he can only see clockwise.
October 13th, 2007 at 4:34 pmNo matter what I do, I can only get her to spin clockwise, and I can’t fathom how she is spinning any other way. Of course, I am as right-brained as they get, so that only makes sense!!
October 13th, 2007 at 4:39 pmClockwise for me. But my hubby saw it both ways!!
October 13th, 2007 at 4:42 pmI see counter clockwise, but I can also see clockwise easily, I just turned my laptop upside down.
October 13th, 2007 at 4:51 pmKim
At first counterclockwise and then clockwise after I glanced left to read about which side of the brain that meant.
October 13th, 2007 at 5:02 pmI saw it clockwise. I then started at the feet for about 10 seconds and went back to looking at the body. The body changed to counterclockwise.
Very interesting.
October 13th, 2007 at 5:21 pmClockwise — I’ve seen it before. So interesting.
October 13th, 2007 at 5:23 pmEveryone in my house see her spinning counter clockwise but my autistic daughter and me. We both see her spinning both ways.
October 13th, 2007 at 5:48 pmWell, Chris, that’s the meanest thing you’ve ever done to me. Thanks! I was completely clockwise, and so was everyone else I had near me, so I wasn’t sure I could get her to switch. Then, I looked at the shadow to confirm that there was no possible way it could be clockwise - confirmed it in my brain - then unfocused my eyes a little and she was counter-clockwise. It goes away if I look right at her, though.
My DH refuses to believe there is any other way.
October 13th, 2007 at 6:31 pmI guess I’m weird because I saw her first spinning clockwise then counter clockwise ! :0)
October 13th, 2007 at 6:35 pmClockwise for me… and then when I was reading the article she switched. I think it’s a program that just switches every 20-30 seconds or something.
Those of you who can “make” her change direction… can you make it change after 5 seconds?
October 13th, 2007 at 6:38 pmBoth ways - if I look away or from the corner of eye she switches.
Too cool!!!
October 13th, 2007 at 7:30 pmThat is so bizarre . . . I can stare at it and she’s spinning clockwise with her right foot swinging around . . . and then miraculously she’s switched to the other foot and direction. I can’t “make” her do it but she just does. Fun, thanks!
October 13th, 2007 at 7:37 pmboth for me too. Have to show this to my husband.
October 13th, 2007 at 7:41 pmI’m with your son. The dancer switches from clockwise to counter-clockwise, then back again. I wonder why?
October 13th, 2007 at 7:51 pmIs there a reason she has to be naked…with nips? It was almost distracting…almost. I think she switches back and forth…I had a whole crowd of people at work staring at here trying to figure it out.
October 13th, 2007 at 8:07 pmI can’t see anything but clockwise. There is no other option. I’m making myself a little crazy trying to see counter-clockwise. My husband agrees with me.
October 13th, 2007 at 8:19 pmBoth. First clockwise for a long while, then it started rapidly changing up on me.
October 13th, 2007 at 8:40 pmBoth…if you stare for awhile, she moves the other way. I swear….true story!
October 13th, 2007 at 8:55 pmI saw both and siwtched all the time. I could make it switch directions by reading the text for a bit - when came back to look at her she had switched. Cool thanks for the link.
October 13th, 2007 at 9:14 pmThis is freaking me out. I swear they are switching up the video and messing with our brains (oh wait…).
At first I saw counter and then when I did the “stare at the bottom shadow thing” she flipped to clockwise. I think I use both sides of my brain equally but then again I’m a Libra and flip flop constantly. lol
October 13th, 2007 at 9:17 pmIt is all to do with the direction of her foot, when you look at her foot it is going from left to right then right to left —–> then back
October 13th, 2007 at 9:19 pmI can make her move both ways and if I look at her from the corner of my eye she actually sweeps her foot back and forth. I thought it was a trick at first that she was going both ways then looked at it with my sister and she would see her switch too only at different times and in different directions from me. Too weird!!
October 13th, 2007 at 9:19 pmFirst she was counter and now she’s turning clockwise and I can’t get her to go back.
October 13th, 2007 at 9:22 pmI can see her turn both ways, initially clockwise and then she flipped. As an added bonus if I concentrate on the foot she is balanced on I can briefly see the foot turn one way and her body the other way. Very freaky. Oh and my 11 year old son saw both ways.
October 13th, 2007 at 9:45 pmI finally got her to switch directions. I really don’t think it is them messing with people, my kids saw it flip back and forth at completely different times from each other and different directions.
So weird that little cold dancer.
October 13th, 2007 at 9:55 pmFor me it was only counter clockwise, but my husband says she was spinning both directions, as your son said.
October 13th, 2007 at 10:46 pmI see it counter clockwise (I’m right handed) and my husband sees it clockwise (he’s a lefty). Weird!
October 13th, 2007 at 10:54 pmyikes. 111 comments. and yet i had to add one more: clockwise. definitely clockwise.
October 13th, 2007 at 11:04 pmI’m so confused about the nipples that I can’t see which way she is turning. Reminds me of the chic on the mud flaps of big rigs.
L
October 13th, 2007 at 11:13 pmOkay, I’m back again. She’s still switching back and forth for me. I find that if I look at her, then read the text (literally READ IT, not just look at it) on either side of the page, she’ll switch for me.
October 13th, 2007 at 11:21 pmClockwise…and now after reading the comments, I am going to go back and try to see her the other way!
October 13th, 2007 at 11:42 pmI can see both as well. If I look away she switches to the other direction. Am I bipolar??
October 14th, 2007 at 12:09 amClockwise–but I can make her switch pretty easily. Wild.
October 14th, 2007 at 12:36 amIt went clockwise for a while and then switched. But then it switched back. Too freaky.
October 14th, 2007 at 12:43 amsaw it counter clockwise, and then i went to read the comments and one of them was like saying about the erect nipples. look at it again and it change to clockwise to me. must have been the detail oriented part of me being utilised. lol….
October 14th, 2007 at 1:12 amAt first it was clearly counter-clockwise to me, and I couldn’t make it change. I asked hubby to look and he said counter-clockwise also. Then I looked away and looked back, and I finally saw her going the other way. At first I thought the picture was actually changing, but we got to a point where we could both see her going both ways, but it changed at different times for both of us. That’s got to be one of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen.
October 14th, 2007 at 1:23 amMy 15 year old son says, “I only see her boobs!”
October 14th, 2007 at 1:27 amCounterclockwise. And I thought everyone who said clockwise was just messing with me until I asked my husband, the most creative person on the planet, which way she is spinning (without telling him why I was asking) and he said clockwise. So, um, I guess the people in my computer are probably not lying to me. THIS TIME.
October 14th, 2007 at 1:33 amAnticlockwise. Without a doubt ONLY anticlockwise until I turned to ask my son to come and take a look and then when I turned back it was clockwise.
October 14th, 2007 at 2:11 amOh my heck. I was almost ready to type “emphatically counterclockwise” (because I’d tried the aforementioned tricks without success) until, by sort of glazing over a bit, I noticed that her legs were (still) going to counter, but her arms were beginning to go clockwise. And then I could see clockwise, finally. But it was very, very hard for me to do, and within a few seconds, she went back to counterclockwise.
I tried it again, and she was definitely back to counter, but I can more easily force the clockwise motion now. Well, whatever; reading the descriptions makes me realize I definitely belong to the “left brain” group.
Now somebody get her a sweater already.
October 14th, 2007 at 2:30 amI saw clockwise before her nipples poked me in the eyes.
October 14th, 2007 at 2:48 amCounterclockwise and the description is me to a “T”. Cool! I want to see what husband says but it is 4am (the kids woke me up) and I don’t think he’d play along right now.
October 14th, 2007 at 4:16 amSimply sit and look at the dancer for a long time eg 5 to 10 minutes and you will find she changes direction regardless to you being left or right sided. I promise you.
October 14th, 2007 at 6:56 amCarol
at first she went counter-clockwise, then i blinked a few times and then she switched!!! noe i can see it both ways!!
October 14th, 2007 at 7:30 amfun little illusion!!
She goes both ways. First, it was clockwise. But then as I watched again, she slowed down a little and started going counterclockwise. I watched a little longer (full on, not out of the corner of my eyes) and she slowed down again and went back to clockwise. Left brain fits me better than right, so I was surprised at the clockwise view.
October 14th, 2007 at 8:22 amBoth. And now I feel very confused. Then again, that’s not unusual for me.
October 14th, 2007 at 8:26 amBoth. She switches randomly all the time. My mother can only see clockwise, and got very irritated when I said I saw her moving the other way. Sigh. She is sulking as I speak.
October 14th, 2007 at 8:36 amShe was definitely going counter-clockwise, but with very little effort I changed it to clockwise. And then I couldn’t get back to counter-clockwise so I looked away for a second. When I looked back, she was going counter-clockwise. And from there it was a toss up which way she was going when I looked back after a second and every once in awhile it would change when I didn’t think I had looked away. Weird feeling. But, kind of fits when I look at the list I have a strong mix of traits from each side, leaning to the left.
October 14th, 2007 at 9:20 amclockwise at first adn now i can only see her counter.
October 14th, 2007 at 10:14 ammy kids INSIST she keeps changing
Both! That’s freaky.
October 14th, 2007 at 10:33 amTotally clockwise and can’t get it to go counterclockwise at all. Yelp.
October 14th, 2007 at 10:53 amOOH WAIT - when I look directly at the image it is definitely clockwise and nothing else BUT when I look away from it and read the article and see the image from periphery it is counter clockwise. TRY IT does it do that for you too?
October 14th, 2007 at 10:57 amI see both (but I saw counter-clockwise first). Skinny G sees clockwise only.
October 14th, 2007 at 11:26 amFrustrating! I only see clockwise and nothing I do changes that. 8 yr. old son sees her switching.
I find it funny that people seem so proud of their left brain status, but no one seems to be leaving comments about their die-hard right brain-ness. I wonder if that is part of the different traits also?
October 14th, 2007 at 12:00 pmAlso, meant to add, this reminds me of that dolphin in a picture thing that you had to stare at from Christmases past… Could never see that damn dolphin either.
October 14th, 2007 at 12:04 pmI can only see clockwise - also, in real life, she would only be turning to the right, because those legs and arms are raised. I am going back after reading people’s comments to see if I can make her switch.
October 14th, 2007 at 1:35 pmNatural is clockwise, but I can get her to switch.
What’s really interesting, though, is the number of people who are convinced that it must be a trick!
October 14th, 2007 at 1:54 pmIt’s hilarious, I can’t for the life of me see her going any way but anti-clockwise, but after I read the traits listed I said “well they have messed up” because every single right brain characteristic they list is mine, except perhaps that one in left brain that says “safe;” also, when I write and read I am detail-oriented but when I am actually out in the world I am very much a “big picture” type of person. I really don’t think the direction she is turning necessarily indicates anything about how you think, because if it does then I have been thinking the wrong way my entire life!
My sister is definitely left-brained; I’ll ask her when she comes home what she sees, because I stared at the screen for far longer than I care to admit, and I couldn’t make the poor wee naked girl change. Or even get dressed. Brr, I shiver just looking at her!
October 14th, 2007 at 2:06 pmcounter clockwise
October 14th, 2007 at 2:13 pmOk. She keeps switching on me. Does this mean that my brain is a mess?
October 14th, 2007 at 2:33 pmBoth. When I first saw it, she was spinning counter clockwise, but she changed directions on me. Now I see her spinning mostly in a clockwise direction, but she changes up for a few seconds to counter, and then goes back to clockwise again.
October 14th, 2007 at 2:33 pmBoth. Weird.
October 14th, 2007 at 2:57 pmFor the first few minutes she was spinning Counter-clockwise. So I’m guessing I’m left brained. Which kinda makes sense that I’m doing an accounting degree. lol.
After a few minutes she spun the other way though.
October 14th, 2007 at 2:59 pmWhen I first look at her, she’s going clockwise. If I try hard, I can make her spin counterclockwise, but then I can’t make her go back until I stop looking for a while, and then when I bring the page back up, the first thing I see is her spinning clockwise.
nifty.
October 14th, 2007 at 3:01 pmAt first glance counterclockwise, but then it switched to clockwise. I can make myself see it both ways, but based on the shadow of the foot that’s moving, counterclockwise seems “correct” to me.
October 14th, 2007 at 4:10 pmOK, hubby just watched it and she is spinning both ways for him. He also wants somebody to turn on the lights in her studio so he can get a better look at her because she is obviously naked.
October 14th, 2007 at 4:38 pmCounterclockwise for my son and me, both ways for my daughter, who took a different left/right brain test and came out balanced. How nice. . .to be balanced.
October 14th, 2007 at 5:05 pmboth for me and counter clockwise for DH. It can go both ways! First it goes clockwise and then it reverses! I SWEARRRRRRRRRRRRR
October 14th, 2007 at 5:51 pmI see it both ways. But only if I glace away out of the corner of my eye.
October 14th, 2007 at 6:55 pmShe was first going clockwise and then I could get her to switch. I just want to know how they did it because I’ve been thinking about this for sometime now.
I have found that the easiest way to get her to switch is to change what I’m thinking about. If I think about all of the things that I have to do and create a detailed list, she will go anticlockwise if I think about the fact that people are frustrated and I feel bad for them, see is clockwise.
I just liked getting my kids to come in and do it and show me which way the girl was dancing. Especially because they said it was me and after three kids and some sudden weight lose, my boobs do not point up. I wonder what direction she would go if her boobs were at her belly button like mine?
October 14th, 2007 at 7:15 pmWhen I first looked, it was going counterclockwise, then when I looked back it was clockwise, then when I looked again, it was counterclockwise. Interesting.
October 14th, 2007 at 8:17 pmOh my god now I’m totally dizzy.
What was the question again?
(Counterclockwise. All the time.)
October 14th, 2007 at 9:07 pmboth. clockwise first and then counter, and then I learned how to switch it at will by focusing on the feet.
October 14th, 2007 at 9:13 pmboth!
October 14th, 2007 at 10:11 pmI was so bummed yesterday when I only saw clockwise. In college, I was my psych professor’s prodigy, as I was a true right and left brain person, so I didn’t comment. I simply couldn’t bring myself to say I was only right brained. How boring…even if I am in the minority! So, today, I went back, and sure enough, she was spinning the opposite direction. How odd. But then again, my favorite subjects to teach are writing and science. So, consider me a two-fer.
October 14th, 2007 at 10:30 pmI definitely see both! It just changes to the other direction after awhile!!!
October 15th, 2007 at 8:02 amClockwise. If I close one eye and turn my head, I can make it go counter-clockwise, but then it goes back to clockwise.
October 15th, 2007 at 8:57 amClockwise for me! I can’t see it anyother way!
October 15th, 2007 at 9:48 amCounter clockwise and only counter clockwise. Stared at it forever and could not see it any other way.
October 15th, 2007 at 9:56 amI saw it counter clockwise but when i was reading the left brain list, i noticed out of my perifial visions that it started going clockwise. Freaky!
October 15th, 2007 at 10:26 amFreaky! Showed my 5yr daughter. I was using my fingers to to explain clockwise and counterclockwise. I was looking at the monitor while I was doing this and as I changed the directions of my fingers, the dancers’ direction changed. I was making the dancer move. Weird, weird, weird.
October 15th, 2007 at 11:32 amBoth - just depends whether or not you see the leg as in front or behind her when she spins. At least that’s how I see it. First glance though was that she was spinning counter clockwise. Now I should go and see what that means!
October 15th, 2007 at 11:33 amI can’t see anything but clockwise. It started making me nauseous…
October 15th, 2007 at 12:13 pmFirst counter clock wise then it switched to clock wise and I couldn’t make it go back. Weird. Love your blog!
October 15th, 2007 at 12:38 pmI have morning sickness and that almost pushed me over the edge! lol I can see both but intially only saw clockwise. Weird.
October 15th, 2007 at 12:58 pmI’m pretty sure that this is a joke. If you watch her for 30 seconds or so, she’ll start spinning the other way.
October 15th, 2007 at 2:24 pmI saw her switch from counterclockwise to clockwise. Maybe it means both sides of my brain are equally dense?
October 15th, 2007 at 2:52 pmI could only see clockwise…I read the comments and tried to see her going counter-, but couldn’t! Now my head hurts.
October 15th, 2007 at 2:56 pmI really think this damned thing is just programmed to switch directions at random intervals (10s, 45s, …) and the real trick is to see how many personal theories that generates.
October 15th, 2007 at 3:31 pmLike you, Chris, I can’t see her going any way but clockwise, and I have looked a few times today to see if I can get her to change. I sent it to my husband and asked what he saw and he wrote back, “All I can see are her nipples.”
October 15th, 2007 at 3:58 pmYou’re joking. Both? Either? I see only clockwise.
October 15th, 2007 at 9:19 pmClockwise for me. I couldn’t see it going anti-clockwise until I really focused… and it kept going anti-clockwise until I re-focused and it went back to being clock wise.
It’s funny how the mind works.
October 16th, 2007 at 12:11 amIt goes both ways. Just wait a few seconds, and the dancer will go the other way. A nice trick though!
October 16th, 2007 at 5:40 amI see the problem - the initial website is Australian and everything spins in the opposite direction down there.
It’s CLOCKWISE people! What is wrong with you????
October 16th, 2007 at 10:48 amI saw it spin both ways. You watch it for a while and suddenly it’s going the other direction AND she has changed the hand that is lifted out.
October 16th, 2007 at 11:22 amClockwise and I can’t make it counter-clockwise. I can’t figure out how people would see counter-clockwise either, which is odd because I normally test almost even as fair as left vs. right brained.
October 16th, 2007 at 1:40 pmBoth, my husband could switch them at will, but it was switching randomly for me.
October 16th, 2007 at 8:42 pmBoth. Weird! and my husband said what Cristen said…but he saw her going counter-clockwise.
October 16th, 2007 at 11:44 pmHmmm… what does it mean, what does it mean? Maybe it’s like Seinfeld and really about nothing.
Both but,
October 17th, 2007 at 10:40 amIf I close my right eye and read the words right, and left, then she switchs between the two direction without ever even completing a circle.
Cool.
It changes every few seconds from clockwise to counter clock wise. LOL
October 17th, 2007 at 2:55 pminitally clockwise, then suddenly counter-clockwise, and now I can make it reverse by shifting my eyes to the left.
thanks this is cool
Mrs Nehemiah
October 17th, 2007 at 6:56 pmI just figured this out. Although I have been able to see her move both ways, I needed to know exactly WHY! When I saw a still image of this spinning dancer, I insisted on solving the mystery. If you can (meaning if you are technically able), copy the image in a still manner. Then look at it while focusing on the leg that she is holding up. Imagine it first as her left leg and then concentrate on the rest of her body as it would be in that direction. Then imagine it as her right leg and put the body into the proper pose for that way. If you concentrate on her outstretched arm as well, that helps. Hope I’ve explained this in a helpful way.
October 18th, 2007 at 5:06 pmIf you can situate it on the screen, here or at the original(?), to where all you can see is the top of the lady’s skull, it makes it much easier to control.
dancing lady brain, indeed!
October 20th, 2007 at 8:19 pmIt changes, right? She spins clockwise for a while then switches? It can NOT be my brain doing that.
October 20th, 2007 at 8:35 pmIt’s an optical illusion, sillies.
It’s two-dimensional, not three.
October 21st, 2007 at 9:02 pmClockwise. Not possibly anything else.
November 4th, 2007 at 9:54 pmI saw it both ways! Real interesting - I recently took a class on brain-based learning … and it is fascinating.
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