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Funny Photos - October 2007

Right Brain vs Left Brain

October 26th 2007 12:38

As seen in the Herald Sun -> The Right Brain vs Left Brain test ... do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?

Right side of you brain vs the left side of your brain

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

Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.

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

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Comment by Always Eighteen

October 26th 2007 16:20

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Great Image Ian!

I can't seem to picture it going anti-clockwise at all! Does it really go anti clockwise?

Comment by James Rickard

October 26th 2007 21:28

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Clockwise--counter clockwise what's the difference??? What I want to know is this--did anyone else see a protruding nipple??????

Comment by Ian

October 26th 2007 23:14

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The first time I looked I thought she was going clockwise, now she's going anti-clockwise! I'm confused.

Comment by jon

October 26th 2007 23:38

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Definitely Clockwise. Can't do anti.

Comment by DuskDevi

October 27th 2007 05:41

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Hi Ian...

She's turning anti clockwise but I can make her turn clockwise and back again and then again...
...a 'brain switch' I was taught how to do in childhood to utilise 'full function'. eg. you need to apply logic to spatial awareness or vice versa...

Depending on how you're 'functioning' is how you'll see the dancer turn.
...but you can switch...just focus on the image and think left or right...really think...
If you're left brained, you need to think wishfully. If you're right brained you need to be willful.

Have a great right brained weekend.

Dusk

Comment by Lilla

October 27th 2007 06:50

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Ian,

Nup .. despite several efforts I cannot make her go anti-clockwise, probably couldn't if my life depended on it either... so I guess it's right brain all the way for me?

Interesting post.
Lilla ...

Comment by Mr Nice Guy

October 27th 2007 08:48

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Hey Ian

Just had three young Nice Guys and myself sit infront of this this for 10 minutes having a great time trying to convinced one another that the animation was moving either one way or another/ and then chaning mid-stream.

Outrageous post.

All the best

MNG

Comment by Anonymous

October 27th 2007 08:49

yep definitely some nipple-age

Comment by MaaUpma

October 27th 2007 09:50

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I was surprised when I revisited the animation I saw it moving anti-clockwise for half the cycle and saw switching to clockwise.

Amazing piece of "optical illusion"

Ma Upma

Comment by DuskDevi

October 27th 2007 15:22

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It's not entirely an optical illusion.
...the direction she is turning in is not programmed. It's how you perceive it.

But try this...this should work for everyone...

If you focus on the top left corner, the dancer will move anti clockwise.

To make her turn clockwise...focus on the bottom right corner.

Comment by Susan Keeping

October 27th 2007 22:29

I see her going clockwise. I've seen it before and it switched back and forth for me. Today, though, it's only going one way and won't change no matter what I do

Comment by Kleonaptra

October 28th 2007 11:53

Kalikapsychosis

This is a fascinating post! Particularly peoples answers!
Anti for me and I cant seem to change it. I will come back on another day and try to do it then.

Comment by Susan Keeping

October 28th 2007 12:24

Today, I got her to switch! Maybe it depends on the time of day...

Comment by Sonya 1

October 28th 2007 13:49

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Hi Ian,

This is pretty amazing. She turns clockwise for me - if I concentrate really hard I get her to switch sometimes, though.

I have to send the link to this post to all my friends now and predict how she turns for each of them...

Sonya

Comment by Michaelie

October 28th 2007 19:12

Flick Wit

I really don't think it has anything to do with the brain and 'concentrating' to make it change direction. It is very obviously changing direction surreptitiously.

You can tell for sure from the shadow: When she turns anticlockwise, when she has her back to you, you can see the shadow of her extended foot away from you. When she changes direction and rotates clockwise, when she has her back to you the shadow of her extended foot is no longer there, because of the direction of the light. Instead you see it on the near side when she faces you.

It's not saying anything about anyone's brain.

It's funny though

Michaelie

Comment by Anonymous

November 6th 2007 18:52

Agree with Frida, if you watch it for long enough, it changes direction.

Best.

Comment by Anonymous

November 6th 2007 23:06

At first all I saw was clockwise. But I did focus on the bottom left corner as suggested and believe it or not I saw counter clockwise then. Cool site

Comment by GPK

November 11th 2007 11:40

woah...she changes direction every half second

Comment by Anonymous

November 11th 2007 23:20

She is neither moving clockwise nor anti clockwise. Anti clockwise and clockwise are measurements of a 2 dimensional object, and cannot be applied to a 3D one. The axis of the dancer is parallel to our perspective and so she is moving both clockwise and anti clockwise simultaneously. The correct way to measure her movement is using the measurement of right ascension, which is independent of perspective.

Comment by Anonymous

November 12th 2007 00:30

As examle -

The hands of a clock spin in a 2-D space, while the earth spins in a 3-D space. But if you were above the North Pole looking down, you could say the Earth rotates counter-clockwise.

Same principal applies here.

Comment by Mo

November 13th 2007 17:50

Just looking at it...she is turning clockwise. However, if I squint my eyes and blink a few times she turns anti- clockwise but I can only hold her anti turns for a few seconds before she turns clockwise again.

Comment by Anonymous

November 13th 2007 20:10

Actually,i believe the trick is that a person which sees the big picture looks at her and tells she is going clockwise ,but one who is into detail,looks at her reflexion and extracts their information from there,and the dancer moves anti-clockwise according to the relexion....the movement of her real image is not the same with the one of the reflexion

Comment by Anonymous

November 18th 2007 11:29

At first I could only see it going clockwise but then the post about looking at the left hand corner after while it did go anti-clockwise. Regardless of the facts and programe glitches etc.. it still made me crack up laughing. Kewl post. But hey i'm easliy pleased.

Comment by Anonymous

December 2nd 2007 21:47

It started for me to go clockwise, but when I changed to start doing in my head number questions, it starts to go to the counterclockwise. Very cool a lot.

Comment by Anonymous

December 11th 2007 15:11

Yeah there is something about this shadow.... But I can't stop seeing her body position which pushes my imagination to see her turning clockwise...

Comment by Anonymous

December 25th 2007 15:40

Focusing on bottom left corner and then looking on the image changes the direction

Comment by Anonymous

January 22nd 2008 08:14

I originally saw it counter-clockwise.

This struck me as odd, because the right side attributes don't fit me well.. So I stared until I found it clockwise.

Then I slowed it down to frame-by-frame animation with several second intervals. The picture is rigged. Seriously.

Okay, the leg goes left, right, left, right rather than turning in a complete circle.

Then some semitransperant "shadows" are added on each side of the leg into the first and last few frames that show it completing the turn. The shadows last so shortly that the eye cannot interpret them when played in full speed. I guess the side of the brain that you use determines which of the shadows is absorbed by the viewer's mind, deciding which way they are turning.

My goodness that is freaky. Sorry for my inability to explain it... Whack it into Windows Movie Maker and tell it to go really slowly, you should see it.

-Spirokimino

Comment by Anonymous

January 22nd 2008 08:19

^^I take it back, Movie Maker doesn't do it. I used Sony Vegas Platinum... For those familiar with the animation technique called "Onion Skinning", it looks a lot like that. That lady does not turn!

Comment by Anonymous

February 1st 2008 20:30

How bizarre. I was sure it couldn't change, but when you look at the shadow by the feet, then it changes direction
AHHHH!

Comment by Anonymous

February 4th 2008 04:33

wow, what a trip, i got her to spin counter and anti then practiced more and got her to move her foot from left to right. after about 30 secs, my brain was beginning to hurt. seriously! very cool!!

Comment by Anonymous

February 23rd 2008 18:04

Well i can see it both ways, i just see it clockwise more easily. The trick i use is i try to imagine her changing which foot she stands on or i look at the reflection and then look back up and it changes to anti-clockwise. Or I wait until her legs cross and whatever way i see it (left leg front right leg behind) i imagine the opposite. It's difficult for me to explain but it works

Comment by Anonymous

March 18th 2008 05:37

lol this is scary.

i clicked on the picture and it opened to a page with the same image and after putting the two side to side, i can see the girl spin both clockwise and anti-clockwise (in the respective screens) at the same time

Comment by MorbidDreamer

March 18th 2008 11:32

I see her clockwise but I think they are two images that change at times

Comment by Amazing John

May 16th 2008 03:34

I can control how she moves. It's odd, but if I look at the whole thing, I see clockwise, and if I look off next to her, mainly the shadows, she immediately changes. I can say to myself, "She is going clockwise" and she does.
Odd.

Comment by Anonymous

May 18th 2008 22:53

look at the heel of the shadow and see that the foot is turning anti-clock then look at the model and it turns anti-clock and you will have difficulty changing it to clockwise again

Comment by Anonymous

May 19th 2008 01:20

It switched by accident for me after about 10 seconds. What does that mean?

Comment by Anonymous

May 19th 2008 02:14

this sucks it doesn't work don't believe it. It says I'm right brained when I'm definitely not.

Comment by Anonymous

May 19th 2008 03:08

I can see both ways because I am amazing.

Comment by Baloney This is Bogus

May 19th 2008 03:44

When she spins clockwise her head is tilted to the left and she is on her left leg... when she is spinning to the right her head is tilted to the right and she is on her right leg... This isn't perception, it's a fact. You can make her switch back and forth by clicking on the image then clicking again.

Comment by Anonymous

May 19th 2008 05:56

anti-clockwise? seriously? you guys all know that it is counter clockwise, right? did no one pick up on that or did i just not read all the comments?

Comment by Anonymous2

May 19th 2008 07:45

Um, anonymous... it depends what country you live in. Anti-clockwise and counter-clockwise are both correct.

Comment by Anonymous

May 19th 2008 15:34

For anyone that thinks that it is a looping image and purpously meant to spin both ways at differnt times... your wrong. I downloaded this image, and there is exactly 8 frames. I went through them each one by one and realized that the frame where the head and feet are in line with each other, you cannot tell weather she is faceing you or not. This frame appears twice. By looking at the image from frame 4 (which is one of those frames) you get the illusion that she is spinning anti-clockwise if you start at frame 1, it seems clockwise. It is all about perspective since the feet are towards you from 1-4 but away from you from 4-8.

My trick to look at it turning in differnt directions is i stare at the feet long enough.

Comment by Anonymous

May 19th 2008 17:22

Funckin' amazing !!! just try to focus on the feet shadow and concentrate making her turning like you wish...

The look at the full body and she will turn like you wished

AMAZING

Comment by Anonymous

May 19th 2008 20:25

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DUDE this is bull crap, when i look at it, it turns clockwise. but if i try i can make it go anti clockwise

Comment by Anonymous

May 19th 2008 22:10

ahhhhh i can make her turn from clockwiese to anti-clockwise but not backwards i dons't get it...

Comment by op represent

May 20th 2008 00:02

at first i saw her go clock wise then i made it go anti but now i can have her do neither i can make it so that she does not turn around, her legs look just like a pendulum going back and forth without turning around. i think this is the turning point at this point i can make her go either way really fast, what i mean is that i can make her go left or right in a sec and change it every second its cool. the trick is to just focus on her legs only

Comment by Anonymous

May 20th 2008 02:11

Wow. I thought this was a trick and it only went one way, but if I really concentrate I can get her to go the other way. Awesome

Comment by KASDKASDK

May 20th 2008 03:16

lol Anti-Clockwise

Comment by Anonymous

May 20th 2008 11:24

With the image head I see clockwise, by scrolling down the page covering the head, I see anti-clockwise.

Comment by Jacko

May 20th 2008 13:10

lol....this is a joke...just look at the standing leg...there is a frame swaping

that clockwise and anti clock is fake...because she spins with the right leg...then she swaps and spins with left leg

Comment by Anonymous

May 20th 2008 18:55

the key to changing direction is staring at her from the knee down.

you can then pretty much make her go either way.

Comment by Anonymous

May 20th 2008 22:06

kewl =]

Comment by leeble

May 21st 2008 01:02

For me, it goes clockwise. The corner thing does not work for me.

What does work is I close one eye, and make my other eye out of focus while looking at her arms. I look at her arms until I can mentally make them look like they're going the other way, and BAM! Anti-clockwise.

I can switch back and forth easily that way....

though it's harder to get it to anti-clockwise when I'm listening to music (I think because I'm a musician, and I really focus on what goes on in music)

Comment by Anonymous

May 21st 2008 01:18

I honestly can't get her to turn anti-clockwise, and it's really disturbing to think that other people can see her turning anti clockwise, because in my mind there is absolutely no way she is doing that. freaky

Comment by Anonymous

May 21st 2008 01:22

Focusing on her shadow makes the transition from one direction to the other quite easy.

Comment by kkarris

May 21st 2008 02:36

i can see it both ways and make slow down and speed up.

Comment by Anonymous

May 21st 2008 10:49

I know what you're saying about the shadow, but for me all I can see is that the shadow could potentially be going either way, but I have never seen the body going any way but clockwise. It seems impossible!

Comment by Anonymous

May 21st 2008 11:48

yours goes too fast

Comment by Anonymous

May 21st 2008 12:03

I saw it go clockwise but if I focused on the knee of the straight leg then I can turn her counter clockwise. Weird

Comment by ViperRR_Kimble

May 21st 2008 17:21

Don't be stupids, this is one of the oldest fakes on the internet...its simple a gif

Comment by Anonymous

May 21st 2008 23:31

Flick Wit
I really don't think it has anything to do with the brain and 'concentrating' to make it change direction. It is very obviously changing direction surreptitiously.

You can tell for sure from the shadow: When she turns anticlockwise, when she has her back to you, you can see the shadow of her extended foot away from you. When she changes direction and rotates clockwise, when she has her back to you the shadow of her extended foot is no longer there, because of the direction of the light. Instead you see it on the near side when she faces you.

It's not saying anything about anyone's brain.

It's funny though

Michaelie

Wrong. Which way the dancer is facing is up to your perception. The shadow is in the second part of the turn either way. Many people have tried to analyze this to find a true answer and apply much better reasoning and experimentation then you have and so far no results.

(for me it is all about concentration and thinking "switch"

Comment by uforik

May 22nd 2008 02:22

The comment above talking about frame 4 forward I think is on to it. All I need to do to make it switch from Clockwise (what I typically see if I watch from a page load) to Counter-Clockwise is to scroll down a bit on the page and back up, if I got it on the right timing, I think my initial point of reference changes.

It also worked when I placed my hand on in my field of vision and block off everything from the knee up. I ask is her leg going behind her or in front of her, and then all of a sudden... Counter-Clockwise.

Comment by Anonymous

May 22nd 2008 04:14

what the hell is "anit-clockwise"? did you flunk out of grade school?

Comment by Anonymous

May 22nd 2008 05:52

hahahaha, i cant believe anyone would think that this isnt fake. anyone with any brain at all should be able to figure that out. time it from refreshing the page to when it changes directions.

Comment by Anonymous

May 22nd 2008 13:35

hahahaha, i cant believe anyone would think that this isnt fake. anyone with any brain at all should be able to figure that out. time it from refreshing the page to when it changes directions.

Then how come I can make her go either way any time I want (not in set intervals as you suggest). Not a fake, just a very clever and unbelievable looking perceptual illusion. With nice nipplage.

Oh, and for the commenter above, I say "anti-clockwise" and I didn't flunk out of grade school. In fact, I never went to "grade school" (just primary school, senior school and university) as there is no such phrase in the UK where I am from and where, incidentally we say "anti-clockwise", not "counter clockwise". Maybe you should do your research and stop living in your insular US bubble before making dumb comments. Oh, and it's spelled 'anti', not 'anit'. Did YOU flunk out of grade school?

Comment by Anonymous

May 22nd 2008 21:32

try this to get her to change.

With the image straight ahead of you... look as far to the left as your eyes will allow without turning your head. Focus on what you're looking at (on your far left).. Wait a moment.

Then to get her to go the other way, do the same thing, but look all the way to the right and she'll go the other way.

be patient!

Comment by meowphfsst

May 22nd 2008 23:01

it took a bit but after you can see it both directions, try to make her bounce back and forth but remain facing you, its way cool when you get it. what seemed to work for me was to back away from the screen a bit, good luck

Comment by Anonymous

May 23rd 2008 00:51

There are two separate images that interchange. I'm not sure if they change randomly, or at timed intervals. When she turns clockwise, she is standing on her left leg. When she turns counter clockwise, she is standing on her right leg. She seems to turn clockwise most often.

Here's how to tell. Stare at the picture and when she seems to be facing away from you, notice the leg she is standing on, if it is the right or the left. If it is the left, place your hand on that knee as a physical reminder. Keep staring at the image. When she suddenly changes direction, wait for her to turn away from you and notice the leg she is standing on. Now touch your corresponding knee. There should be no doubt.

Because the leg is placed in the same position as the leg that is switched, the transition is seamless.

Comment by Randy

May 23rd 2008 04:28

Very cool illusion!

I downloaded a GIF editor tool and opened up this file. I confirmed that the animated gif is composed of 34 frames, with each frame being displayed for .03 seconds. I also confirmed that the dancer does not start rotating any differently (other than the optical illusion that is being demonstrated). Myself, I can only see her spin clockwise.

To the folks who believe the leg being spun on changes (left vs right leg), that makes perfect sense. The reason some folks can see it spin in two different directions is when we perceive her as facing us vs having her back to us. Since it is a silhouette, facing forward and facing backward will look exactly the same. When you perceive it one way, she would be on one leg and when you perceive it the other way she would be on the other leg.

For what its worth, I did try "reversing" the frames of the animated GIF as well. However, this looked all screwed up because each frame only contains the difference between itself and the frame before it in an effort to minimize the size of the gif. For those interested in doing a similar experiment, search for and download "Advanced GIF Animator".

Comment by Anonymous

May 23rd 2008 18:28

Works for me either way - I can make it change direction. Although I will say it was counter Counter (or Anti, for our friends across the pond) clockwise when I first saw it. Sometimes its easier to make it change than other times.

No fakes here - this is a variant on the "Ames Window" (I think thats what its called) experiment in perception which used trapezoidal cardboard cutout rotated by a motor (no "switching directions during the refresh nonsense") viewed through a peephole. The peephole removed the depth perception element, making the visual field flat. Some people see it rotating, others see it oscillating. You had to hang a rag on it for some people to see that it was actually rotating.

Comment by TYGAR

May 23rd 2008 22:05

OK People, if you WANT to see the animation change direction, then center the image on the screen and look to the right - until the image is just visible in your peripheral vision. Now move your eyes to the left, again to see the image in your periphery; this time she should be moving the other direction.

It's NOT a brain thing it's a sight thing.

Hope it works for ya'.

Comment by Anon-o-mouse

May 23rd 2008 22:25

Mainly clockwise can sometimes see it go the other way but by chance, not will.

Comment by Anonymous

May 24th 2008 00:13

i see it going both ways, yet so does my little brother, but if i say/think its going one way he says the opposite

Comment by Anonymous

May 24th 2008 06:00

I saw it clockwise on the very first time but I can make her change very easily, like I just look at her feet and decide where she spins and she does.
No idea what it means though.

And the right brain description does suit me more.

Comment by G

May 24th 2008 17:55

Great Breasts!

Comment by Phil E. Drifter

May 24th 2008 19:05

She's spinning either way, depending on which side of the brain you're following her with.

Yes, I saw the nipple. ZOMGZ!!1 nudity ==/== pr0n

when you're watching her spin (whenI first see her she's always spinning clockwise) most people follow the leg that's swinging around horizontally. If you want to see it with the other half of your brain and rotating the opposite direction, look away from her outside ankle/foot, don't follow her outer foot with your eyes, but as it reaches the center on the right, switch your gaze over to the middle of the left, and anticipate that leg coming *toward you; that's counter clockwise.

Comment by Phil E. Drifter

May 24th 2008 19:29

Make the sole of her left heel be coming up to the point when it's to the right, then it will drop around behind her and come at you again on the lower left.

Comment by Anonymous

May 25th 2008 01:18

I cant picture it closkwise at all. I tried everything. It deffinately looks anti to me

Comment by kristina007

May 25th 2008 02:50

i can see it go both ways.
clockwise
and counter clockwise

what does that mean about me?

Comment by Mr. Somebody

May 25th 2008 03:57

At first I definitely saw a protruding nipple. Lol!

For the first 5 mins I stared at the image, I must say it is going counter clockwise... after reading that there are people which can see it clockwise, i tried to switch brain sides and I was able to do so. but it'll give you a headache.

If you focus on its right foot it will turn clockwise but if you focus on its shadow it will turn counter clockwise. =D

Good job for the post!

Comment by Anonymous

May 25th 2008 05:56

LOL, this is such bs...

Comment by Anonymous

May 25th 2008 10:11

She's going anti-clockwise I can't see it any other way.

Comment by faithie270

May 25th 2008 10:32

At first I saw it going clockwise.

Then I read some comments, took the advice and looked at the shadow.

It became anticlockwise, and I couldn't get it to "change" back again. It's weird. But cool.

Comment by Anonymous

May 25th 2008 16:19

Is this a trick?
First i saw it going clockwise. After a while it was going anti clockwise!

mfg

Marco

Comment by Garden Gnome

May 25th 2008 20:33

I saw her moving clockwise initially... now shes anti clockwise and I can't see it clockwise again

Comment by aldelmim

May 25th 2008 21:33

wow interesting, i see it going clockwise, that just seems normal, but i can make it go anti clockwise...................j ust look at the shadow of the dancer

Comment by Anonymous

May 25th 2008 21:48

If you were to look from below her it would be going clockwise. Just look at her shadow. Anti-clockwise, or counter-clockwise would not make the shadow of her spinning leg appear on the floor when she brings it "closer" to the screen.

Comment by Ben Quirk

May 25th 2008 22:25

By squinting and focusing on her ankle, I can generally make the direction "change" back and forth quite easily.

One of the best illusions I've seen in a while!

Comment by hl95s2

May 26th 2008 00:06

ok...just watch which leg is lifted...its not a mind game...sometimes it spins clockwise and sometimes it spins counter clockwise....when the right leg is lifted shes spinning clockwise...notice when its the left leg and she spinning counter clockwise...i guess that means i use both sides of my brain??

Comment by Anonymous

May 26th 2008 01:05

Sonuva...I it doesn't spin for me anymore...it just goes side to side... ._.

Uber weird.

Comment by Anonymous

May 26th 2008 14:11

if you just focus on the shadow of her foot she dosnt even turn around it looks as if she is just hopping from one foot to another...weird

Comment by Anonymous

May 26th 2008 18:21

I see both!

Comment by Anonymous

May 26th 2008 20:50

omg this is the dumbest thing i have ever seen!
all the pic does is switch. yeah i found it out big whoop

Comment by kross10c

May 26th 2008 21:09

I can do it easy now .look down at her shadow and imagine it turning counter clockwise.once its starts turning the way you want it look up at her slowly.but be careful and stay focused or it will change back to the way you saw it the first time.

Comment by Anonymous

May 27th 2008 00:57

I usually see the dancer going clockwise, but I can make it anticlockwise by thinking of a math problem.

What I usually think of is this to make it anticlockwise:

X(squared) 1 = 0

I think about this problem and how it's false, and bingo! The dancer is turning anticlockwise.

Comment by Anonymous

May 27th 2008 00:59

The last comment has an error...
What I meant was:
X(squared) plus 1 = 0

Comment by Anonymous

May 27th 2008 02:47

Look people this is a hoax just pay attention to which leg she is standing on. Then wait about thirty seconds and boom direction changes along with the whole image. She starts on one leg spinning one way than swaps to the other leg its crap.

Comment by Anonymous

May 27th 2008 13:51

I though this was a hoax too as I was staring at it for over 5 minutes and could not see it turn anti-clockwise.

Then I stared at it and blinked my eyes repeatedly and quickly and by doing so, I can make her spin either way now every time.

Excellent illusion!

Comment by Anonymous

May 27th 2008 22:45

Protruding nipple is definitely there my friend!

Comment by Manny

May 28th 2008 01:39

Anti-clockwise?
You mean counter clockwise.

Comment by Fibo

May 28th 2008 03:04

If you think it's fake:
My wife and I were both looking at the picture and could see the girl going different directions. I'm kind of surprised that everyone is trying to prove and disprove this "hoax," but only one other person has even mentioned testing the illusion simultaneously with another.

If you're trying to get it to change:
I mostly saw the girl spinning clockwise, but I could stare at the girls arm and tell myself that it was passing in front of the girl from left to right. Then I'd squint my eyes and bam! it changes.

Awesome!

Comment by Anonymous

May 28th 2008 04:40

It's all a matter of what you focus on first and trying to change your perception is the hard part. It doesn't seem to be fake to me, but an optical illusion.

I see about 50/50 spinning left and right. (I'm staying away from the touchy subject of "counter" or "anti" clockwise!)

I agree that the non-believers should try this with other people looking at the screen at the same time.

Very cool!

Comment by Mechelle

May 28th 2008 08:45

I can't control it but she sporadically switches. Sometimes after a long time and sometimes right away.

Comment by Mechelle

May 28th 2008 08:50

She even gets stuck sometimes and just faces forward rocking back and forth.

Comment by Jacelyn

May 28th 2008 10:01

It was aniti-clockwise at first, then I managed to change it to clockwise. Took me a while to be able to change it back to anti-clocikwise again, lol. But yeah, I can see both ways if I concentrate. Which I rarely do.

Comment by Brendan Wood

May 28th 2008 16:20

It turns both ways very easily if you focus on the feet. After studying this for a while, I noticed that she isn't really spinning around at all. If you look closely you notice that she leans to the left every time the extended leg moves to the left and back to a more vertical position when it moves to the right. So basically she is flipping left to right with a slight lean to the left. What makes it seem like circular motion in the way the dancer accelerates from left to right. If you were to graph the acceleration vs. time graph of the dancer; using the extended foot as a tracker, the straight leg as a relative y axis (Note that the y axis leans to the left while the foot accelerates independently along the x-axis. So from a relativity standpoint, the y axis is like the earth, the foot is like the moon, and the picture frame and background is like the sun or space. In this case we are observing the acceleration of the moon relative to the earth and not the motion of the earth relative to the sun AKA, the motion along the x axis relative to a dynamic y axis). If that makes sense, it should be obvious that the foot accelerates positively as it moves towards the origin or y axis and negatively as it moves towards the left and right limits. So the graph should look like a bell curve, similar to a graph of a pendulum in motion. Basically we can see that the dancer is moving left and right, but without the third dimension of depth it is impossible to determine whether she is facing us or turned away. The y axis wobble or twist creates the illusion of depth by moving the two dimensional plan; your brain processes and creates depth by creating a virtual z axis that the y axis wobbles along when in reality there is no z axis. It's like if a superior being that could see time looked at us; it would see us as a long chain or solid human shaped tube that conforms to all our movements and extends as we move through space. We would look like a snake with one tiny baby end and one weird wrinkly old end connected by one crazy looking nest of all the movements we ever made mapped out in space. Really about to boggle your mind though. If the two dimensional plane seen here twisting to the left and back right created the illusion of a third dimension, could the twisting of space, say if it twisted like a mobius strip create the illusion of a third dimension that does not actually exist? Think about it, the colour black indicates an absence of light, light which is the relative picture frame in which the dimension of time exists. The solid black dancer creates the illusion of depth, could space and light be doing the same thing?

Comment by Anonymous

May 28th 2008 16:43

No I definately meant anti-clockwise!

Seeing as I am English, I choose to speak the English language correctly thank-you.

Idiot-English (or American-English as you Yanks call it) is not for me. I know that your low intelligence will make it extremely difficult for you to decipher anything other than Idiot-English, however that really is no concern of mine.

Comment by Himsay

May 28th 2008 21:58

Are you sure this doesn't just randomly switch back and forth? I can see it both ways, but getting it to switch is tricky. When she is going counter-clockwise, she appears to be pivoting on her RIGHT foot; when clockwise, she is on her LEFT foot. Nipples either way...What does it say about a person who sees it go each way?

Comment by Anonymous

May 29th 2008 00:17

The image switches, it's got nothing to do with you. Stupid.

Comment by Anonymous

May 29th 2008 09:59

It changes back and forth for me with every turn - guess I have a left and right brain - lucky me! I've always been quite a logical and creative person though.

Don't think the video's rigged as I was watching it with my friend and we kept seeing the dancer change at different times. I thought she was joking at first because the change seems so obvious!

Comment by Anonymous

May 29th 2008 19:23

You can make her swith back and forth! If she is going clockwise then she is spinning on her left leg and if she is going counter clockwise then she is spinning on her right leg!

Comment by madjoe

May 30th 2008 15:00

Don't tell me that it's a funny photo just because it can't be seen anti-clockwise? I'm struggling really hard and it's always turning clockwise!

Comment by Jazz IT

May 30th 2008 15:43

OMG!! You can really change the direction of her spin in your head!!

Just imagine her standing on the right foot, and then try to imagine her standing on the left foot... it works!

Comment by Anonymous

May 30th 2008 17:28

it just randomly changes the way she rotate no optical ilusion :\

Comment by meow

May 30th 2008 23:47

she turned clockwise for me and all I had to do to get her to turn the other way was look at her foot near the ground, but i can't get her to turn back.

Comment by Anonymous

June 1st 2008 04:15

I found that I could get her to switch sides by concentrating on the foot on the ground. I'm going to try some of the other advice too, but I first saw her rotating clockwise.

Comment by Embercom

June 1st 2008 06:57

Mine doesn't spin at all...she just keeps turning left and right left and right

Comment by Embercom

June 1st 2008 07:00

actually i can get her leg and head to spin two different directions. I'm spending too much time on this...

Comment by Anonymous

June 2nd 2008 08:25

i was trying so hard to to it and all you have to do is stare at her boobs .. not trying to be funny !

Comment by Anonymous

June 2nd 2008 17:32

this is a hoax you guys, she switches which leg is up in the air when she switches between clock-wise and counter clockwise, you can also tell because The head switches which side it's leaning. It has nothing to do with it being a silhouette or not because you can tell that the body is changing if you look at her on the side .

Sorry guys this is a fake.

Comment by Anonymous

June 2nd 2008 22:00

Shooped! You can tell by the reflections its photoshopped I know cause I've seen a lot in my time

Comment by Anonymous

June 3rd 2008 05:16

This is a trick. It goes keeps switching back and forth if you look at it long enough.

Comment by Anonymous

June 3rd 2008 09:52

YEah... I finally did it!!! I could make her go anti-clockwise. I spend a lot of time and first I thought this thing is a hoax, but it's not. Whatever I did, she went clockwise. But for me this procedure worked. Just watch her shadow and try to blink a lot and let your look get blurry. Then imagine that everything is possible, don't look at the shadow anymore and – there we go. She turns anti-clockwise!

Although I coulkd make her go in both directions I'm sure that clockwise is the correct direction. Anti-clockwise doesn't make any sense with her shadow!

Comment by veggen

June 3rd 2008 12:15

Ummm.... as someone above said, when she's moving cw - there's no shadow of her foot when you're looking at her back, but when she's moving ccw - there is a shadow, so I think this is a hoax.

Comment by Anonymous

June 3rd 2008 19:31

If you pay attention, you can clearly tell this is bogus.

When going clockwise, she spins on her LEFT foot.

When going counterclockwise, she spins on her RIGHT.
I know someone already said this, but nobody seems to understand...

Comment by Anonymous

June 3rd 2008 22:05

I can see both... as well as a sort of third movement where she's just sort of jerking from side to side. (It's easiest to see this if you focus on the movement of her hand. It sort of looks like she's dribbling a basketball while facing away from us).

Comment by Anonymous

June 3rd 2008 22:42

Easy to switch directions: While looking at her foot, try moving your head left to right or right to left in time with spin .

Yeah she does change foot...but does nt make it fake. It's your brain faking it.

Comment by Jach

June 4th 2008 02:00

This is just an optical illusion, not a left-right brain test. It has been proven so, in fact, though I can't find the link to the site at the moment. If you analyze it frame by frame though, you'll see a certain "overlapping" that tells that the original was programmed to spin one way all the time.

I can easily switch directions.

Comment by veggen

June 4th 2008 08:18

>If you pay attention, you can clearly tell this is bogus.
>When going clockwise, she spins on her LEFT foot.
>When going counterclockwise, she spins on her >RIGHT.
>I know someone already said this, but nobody seems >to understand...

Ahahahaha!!! LOL!!! LMAO!!! Oh my, are you going to be surprised when you discover the mirror!!!! Hahahahahah!!

Comment by Anonymous

June 4th 2008 19:30

This is so much fun. I can close my eyes, shake my head, and she changes. I am normally right handed but I play baseball and I bat left handed. It seems if I think about batting it changes lol.

Comment by Anonymous

June 4th 2008 20:18

the image itself changes, one second the left leg is down then the right leg, my 9 year old brother was even able to spot the hoax

Comment by Anonymous

June 4th 2008 22:03

i don't think it's a hoax.Some people can't see it switching at all. I watched it with my Mom and was able to see it changing direction, She could only see it turn one way.

Comment by Anonymous

June 4th 2008 22:18

I'm beginning to think that maybe if she is turning both ways that that may be part of the illusion.
If you look at it when she is clockwise you may then only be able to perceive her as turning clockwise .
BUt if you start out when she's turning counter clockwise . you only see her as counter clockwise.
..unless you are able to turn off that image in your mind and see that she is switching back and forth. that may explain why some people can see her switch direction and some can't, while both people are looking at the image together. Just a theory.

Comment by Anonymous

June 5th 2008 01:01

doesn't anyone get it? if you watch it long enough you'll see what happens..

the image really does actually switch what it's doing. at one point, she'll definitely have her left arm and left leg extending and she'll be turning backwards. however, if you watch it long enough, the girl herself will switch to extending her right and and right leg and turning backwards on herself that way.

what do they have to say about a brain that sees that??

Comment by Anonymous

June 5th 2008 08:33

can't swich no matter what...

i see it as it is...clockwise

Comment by Anonymous

June 5th 2008 10:40

I can only see her turn clockwise. My wife walks in and sees her turn anti-clockwise. To top that she can "will" it to turn what ever way she wants! Bloody hell! What's wrong with me? Or her...

Great post.

Comment by Anonymous

June 5th 2008 15:44

watch it long enough.. notice which arm and leg is out. if you have any brain at all you'll watch it switch.

Comment by Viki.

June 5th 2008 21:09

No matter what I do, I can't make her go clockwise !

Comment by rage

June 5th 2008 23:27

For anyone who wants to see it switch directions from what your brain automatically resorts to, try this:
While looking at the picture start drawing a circle on your desk infront of you with your pointer index finger. Draw in the direction you want her to spin and time it so your finger is in sync with her spinning. Good luck and don't hurt youself!

Comment by Anonymous

June 5th 2008 23:46

or for anyone who wants to see it switch directions, turn on your brain and open your eyes and you'll see its a hoax. she'll switch right in front of you. she turns on her right foot and after a minute or so of you staring intently, she'll switch to her left foot. your brain isn't doing anything at all, it's a computer graphic trick. come on guys, it's not that hard.

Comment by Anonymous

June 6th 2008 01:24

it must be hard you just had a long ass argument with yourself stop over analyzing it just took the fun out of it for me

Comment by Anonymous

June 6th 2008 06:48

the easiest way to change the "direction" would be to look at the shadow. This IS purely perception-based.

I started counter-clock, but can switch pretty easily. Just try the shadow and see if it helps.

Comment by Anonymous

June 6th 2008 23:43

Its called "counter-clockwise" not anti-clockwise, lol. But anyway, I see it going both directions. First it was going counter clockwise for about 10 secs., then it went the other direction and kept changing. So that must mean I'm whole-brained. hehe

Comment by Anonymous

June 6th 2008 23:52

Heres a way to find out if it switches on it's own: Get a friend to look at it with you! Obviously, if you think it switches for you randomly, your friend will see the same thing. And if it's real, you will see it clock or counter clock, and your friend may see the opposite, ya dig?

Comment by Anonymous

June 7th 2008 00:47

no matter how i tried its always counter-clockwise

Comment by English and smarter than the average 5 year old

June 7th 2008 14:57

Ok. For all those yanks arguing that the anti-clockwise is not correct, remember who first began speaking the language you have bastardised.
ANTI-CLOCKWISE is correct ENGLISH, whereas COUNTER CLOCKWISE is the Americanisation of the same phrase.

Secondly, for all those who think this is a hoax, you are terminally stupid. It is for you that we have notices on packets of dry-roasted, warning us that "this may contain nuts". (I should bloody well hope it does!)

This is an illusion of sorts, where you can see that depending on your perception.
And apparently your IQ, as some people seem to think that this is fake, or even PHOTOSHOPPED! (fools)

Comment by Anonymous

June 7th 2008 18:55

I'm really not one to post "FAKE" and shit on the internet, but I've stared at this thing for about 10 minutes now, and I'm convinced that there's two different animations that change every couple minutes or so. I really don't think its any sort of IQ or brain teaser or optical illusion.
Did anyone else come to that conclusion?

Comment by Pyro Fox

June 7th 2008 21:01

Heres. the trick explained. Since she's a silhouette you have no depth perception to contrast what way she is turning. However. Your brain automatically fills in the gaps.

If you see her turning clockwise, when her raised foot is pointing right, your brain is telling you it's closest to you.

The same is vis-versa. If you see her turning counterclockwise, what your brain is telling you is that her pointed leg is closet to you when it's pointing left.

TO CHANGE DIRECTION

To switch your perceived direction the easiest way for me is focus directly on her and actively see the full person. imagine the depth that isn't there. focus on what leg should be in front.

the leg is critical because if you just think of her spinning backwards then the perception wont work.

For her to spin the other way she must be facing the other direction. imagine what leg should be in front for the direction she should be spinning. scroll down until you can only see her bottom foot, visualize for a few moments then scroll back up. with enough concentration it should work.

Comment by Anonymous

June 7th 2008 21:22

YEAH!! first i saw the image go clockwise and after trying and focusing on changing its direction watchin the depth i also used the help of the shadow below and started to see the girl go anti-clockwise now i jus managed to change it to clock or anti
this is actually pretty cool

Comment by Anonymous

June 7th 2008 21:57

ok heres the trick:

Your text goes hereTHE IMAGE FLIPS ITSELF..... IT GOES CLOCKWISE AND ALSO COUNTER CLOCKWISE...WATCH IT LONG ENOUGH AND THE FEET/ARMS WILL SWITCH!!! USE ALL OF YOUR BRAIN GUYS...

Comment by Anonymous

June 7th 2008 22:38

In response to "English and smarter than the average 5 year old" I say BRAVO!!!!!

It really winds me up how intellectually low these Americans must be who blatently disregard our (and the rest of the English speaking world's) correct use of the language in which they bastardise and then so ignorantly try to correct. If only they could see how foolish they look. How many more of these idiots are going to correct our use of the term "anti-clockwise". Ignorant to the end!!!!

As for people thinking it's a hoax, it is easy to think that if you're struggling to see the figure change directions. Until you see it for yourself, then I think you can be forgiven. Though it really, honestly isn't a hoax everybody, just tricky for some people to see!

Comment by Lady.T

June 7th 2008 22:53

Umm..its going both. It goes clockwise for so long and then it goes counter clockwise for so long. It changes on its own..and its not b/c of your brain. This is retarded. They're just trying to make you sit here and stare at it like a dumb ass and figure it out.Your text goes here

Comment by Anonymous

June 7th 2008 23:32

there's a reason why this is on FUNNYPHOTOS.NET

FAKE

Comment by Anonymous

June 8th 2008 01:14

it went counter clockwise, then the next time i looked at it it was clockwise, and it switches, but i dont know how to do it on command

Comment by Anonymous

June 9th 2008 15:20

i can see it go both ways.

Comment by Anonymous

June 9th 2008 17:01

It is easy to change the direction just mimic the direction she seems to be going by circling your finger on the table then change your direction with your finger and she will change too. Works every time.

Comment by pimpman

June 10th 2008 02:12

OMG this is so cool i looked at it for like ever and i finaly got it to switch from one way to another

Comment by Anonymous

June 10th 2008 22:26

You can tell who the right brained and left brained people are by their response.

Right brainers say "OMG I really can make the picture switch back and forth"

The Left Brainers say "Once I stare and analyze the .gif long enough, it is clear that the model switches standing on her right foot to her left foot, adjusting her spin dierection."

Comment by Bebe

June 11th 2008 01:43

stupid ahos.... this is no fake no hoax
try it with another person.... i did myself and we both see different things sometimes...

Comment by Anonymous

June 11th 2008 08:25

The dancer goes both clockwise and anti-clockwise. watch it. Every tenth spin or so the dancer changes direction.

Comment by georgethebutler

June 11th 2008 15:28

It´s all about the arms, fellas!

Comment by w1ndsor

June 12th 2008 06:48

I can't look at it long enough to make her change directions. It makes me nauseous! What does that say about me?

Comment by Gibbo

June 12th 2008 22:58

The comments made on May 19th 2008 17:22 Hrs is the correct answer: At the point when the legs are in line you cannot tell if she is facing you or away from you.

If you concentrate on front back, front, back saying each as her legs come into line with each other, then change it to back front, back front..... ie it would go like this.............. front back front back front back back front back front back front.

With practice you will make her change direction at will. Once you see this sort of thing one way its often hard to see it the other way coz your brain has got it worked out already, by telling yourself the leg is at the front instead of the back repeatedly, you change your perception.

Ps some crackin comments everyone !!

Comment by deesnuts

June 13th 2008 09:21

This thing is crazy. At first i was like what the heck there is no way she is turning anti-clockwise. After looking at it for a while in different directions i was finally able to make her change directions on will. You probably think i am crazy if you haven't experienced this for yourself, just as i thought others leaving comments on here like these were crazy. Now it's to the point where i can get her to rotate only 180, i stop her before she makes a full circle and toss her the other way and vice versa. Cool illusion.

Comment by deesnuts

June 13th 2008 09:31

people who can see the nipple, i wonder which nut (left/right) they are using...

Comment by Anonymous

June 14th 2008 02:35

at first it was going clockwise but when i started thinking about left and focused on it she turned anti clockwise

Comment by Anonymous

June 14th 2008 15:01

The way I see it there is onlty one correct answer to
it. the dancer is actually turning clockwize.
There are actual proof to this : look at the bottom
of the pickture, there you can see nthe foot shadow
go from right to left when the foot is in the foreground of the body. Logically this means the rotation is clockwize.

Comment by Brendan Wood

June 14th 2008 15:41

So the left brained person sees this and says... "all right, how do I figure this one out, what are my relative points of reference, axis of movement, limits, distances, and time frame", then eventually figures out that the figure is turning both ways since you cannot differentiate between the front and back of a two dimensional cross section, unless you have some contrasting elements within that plane. The right brained person says... "Check out those nipples", then goes and looks and porn. What about a centered person?
Do they just read and learn? or do they teach others to learn also? OR is there absolutely no difference between left and right brained people other than their perspective?

Comment by Anonymous

June 14th 2008 16:29

At first I saw her clockwise ... but if I focus and look at her shadow on the ground I can see her going counter-clockwise. Pretty cool

Comment by SliMM

June 15th 2008 09:09

Well, she isn't actually rotating 360 degrees, but rather 180 degrees, with her back facing us; the fact that we only see her projection on a 2D plan (the monitor), without any lighting, enables us to see her spin one way or another. As for left/right sided, I have no idea, at first, I saw her spinning trigonometrically, but now I can see her spinning either way, whenever I want to.

Comment by Kristance

June 16th 2008 07:50

I've seen this before, it's really cool. I immediately see it going clockwise, but I realized how to see it both ways, the key is in the shadow. If you stare at the pattern of her foot going in and out of the frame, depending on which shadow you see as coming in or at first will change her direction.

Comment by Chilly Willie

June 17th 2008 21:28

Ok, I used ImageReady to verify it's real - no hoax. Then I stared at it for quite awhile, getting better at 'switching' the direction. but then I noticed an error - the shadow of the foot promotes a counter (anti-?) clockwise rotation because the toes always point away from the viewers perspective.

When I 'switch' to clockwise, the toes are still pointing away from me, which is not correct. Think about it and look again!

I'm really surprised no one else has noticed this with so much analyzing going on. Also, I am amused by so many who swear it's a fake that changes by itself. How sure they sound!

Oh well. I win the 'most observant' prize.

Comment by Anonymous

June 20th 2008 21:12

thats weird when i look at it she doesnt do a full circle she just keeps turning left then right

Comment by Anonymous

June 21st 2008 04:27

i first saw the figure going counter clockwise but i could not get it to switch
i went outside had a smoke and a beer and now i can switch back and forth with ease.

Comment by Anonymous

June 21st 2008 10:20

woOOo i can see it both ways after focusing on the foot at the bottom to change how i see it

Comment by Curious

July 3rd 2008 13:18

The image was turning clockwise. I was watching the whole image, focussed the central region, and convinced of being right-brained, when it surprised me by rotating anti-clockwise. I went away from it, came back and timed it and found it switched about every fifteen seconds. Curious. I used no tricks or special corners to make it reverse. It seemed to do so regardless of focal point. Like many people I have elements from the left and right list.

Comment by vrg

July 4th 2008 07:32

i'm watching the shadow and can change the direction anytime (took me 10 mins to find out

Comment by Naveen

July 5th 2008 18:58

omg!!...wow...its amazing...
at first i saw it in clock direction...and right side funtions do suit me....but wen kept looking...it changed direction....and now its drivin me crazy!!

Comment by Anonymous

July 6th 2008 13:48

this is really bewildering ......i searched the net if this moving girl really has a link to right-left brain thing ......sadly not...but this is really cool...go for this one this link tells u a lot.. Really Long Link

Comment by Anonymous

July 7th 2008 01:40

wow that's weird! at first i saw it moving clockwise and couldn't see it any other way, but after i looked at it for a while, it changed and i couldn't get it back again! but it eventually changed again. so i guess i have to ability to switch back and forth, if i concentrate!

Comment by Anonymous

July 8th 2008 05:42

i can only see it with the bottom half of the body. like put a small window over the top half, and look at the bottom half and you'll see it eventually go counter-clockwise. but then remove the small window, and its impossible. idk how its done x.x

prettyy neat though

=D

Comment by Anonymous

August 2nd 2008 17:16

Just scroll down so you can just see her foot closer to the floor and the tip of the other one, and if you concentrate a bit, she should go the other way =] now its going anti-clockwise!

Comment by oscar

August 5th 2008 21:48

??? i swear it just goes clockwise for a whil, then changes direction, that's what it did for me.

Comment by Anonymous

August 12th 2008 00:05

if you focus on the shadow that helps it switch

Comment by Anonymous

August 19th 2008 15:13

its clock wise but when the leg gets behind the other it makes it seem counter clockwise but i cheated and open it in image ready to see the animation process so its clockwise for sure

Comment by Anonymous

September 1st 2008 23:23

if you can't get her to switch just look at it and blink slowly, increase the speed of your blinking gradually until she starts spinning the other direction. (you may have to blink quite fast in some cases)

Comment by Anonymous

September 7th 2008 22:07

I went freaking crazy looking at this picture.

Comment by A7Xism..

September 9th 2008 21:37

Oh Em Gee!
At First I Saw IT Going Clockwise Then Anti Clockwise...
I Started Concentrating Now I Change Them At Will!!!
=]

Comment by Anonymous

September 12th 2008 00:32

This thing changes directions. It's not my mind. It's the program. Good one guys!!!!

Comment by Anonymous

September 18th 2008 21:31

If you have a laptop you can get her to switch directions by slowly rotating your screen.

Comment by Boab

September 22nd 2008 16:00

To all the people that think that this is a hoax have a look here.

Really Long Link

It's all to do with what your brain perceives.

Once you work it out it's not hard to get her to turn back and forward

Comment by Cass

October 2nd 2008 07:18

Just saw this one. bloody brilliant!

Comment by bgates87

October 5th 2008 00:48

I can see it either way just by watching the outstretched leg and imagining it's going either in front of or behind the other leg as it passes right to left.

Comment by Pradipta

October 17th 2008 16:29

Oh! At first I saw clockwise. Next time I scrolled down and upwards, I saw anti-clockwise.
Cover the upper part of the body and look at the feet. It just keeps swivelling to and fro. You can think it as clockwise or anticlockwise. Keep practicing. hehe.

Comment by Anonymous

October 21st 2008 00:46

download it and disect it frame by frame in an image editor

viewing this frame by frame slowly there is no room for error: the animation does in fact go clockwise

the only way to see it counterclockwise is if your brain is not fast enough to interpret the image

slow down the animation or view the still images and youll see im right

Comment by Tuure Koivikko

October 26th 2008 03:53

Amazing!

Comment by Anonymous

November 2nd 2008 03:46

I URGE ALL HUMAN BEINGS TO USE THIS VALUABLE INFORMATION AS A LEARNING TOOL IN TEACHING THEMSELVES TO USE BOTH SIDES OF THEIR BRAIN & TRANSFORM THEIR LIFE IN SO MANY NEW WAYS. IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS I HAVE READ EVERYTHING I COULD ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BRAIN. OUR LEFT SIDE IS OUR INTELLECT, BLACK & WHITE & CRITICAL & THE RIGHT IS OUR EMOTIONS & CREATIVITY & COLOUR - AS WELL AS MANY MORE FUNCTIONS NOT ON YOUR LIST. OUR THOUGHTS & OUR FEELINGS ARE WHAT MAKES US THINK & BEHAVE THE WAY WE DO. IT TOOK ME A FEW MONTHS TO MASTER IT, BUT I CAN NOW SWITCH MY BRAIN FROM EITHER SIDE & NOW SEE & FEEL MANY THINGS SO DIFFERENTLY. e.g I AM LEFT BRAINED & IF I AM BEING CRITICAL OR YELLING AT THE KIDS I CAN STOP MYSELF & SWITCH TO MY RIGHT SIDE & I THINK, SPEAK & FEEL IN A WHOLE NEW POSITVE WAY. USING BOTH SIDES OF THE BRAIN OPENS YOUR MIND UP TO A WHOLE NEW WORLD IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. AT 43 YRS OLD I OFTEN THOUGHT I MAY HAVE HAD ADHD ALL MY LIFE DUE TO MY MOOD SWINGS, LACK OF CONCENTRATION & CONTROLLING BEHAVOUR. WHEN I AM THINKING WITH MY RIGHT BRAIN I DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT, I AM TOO BUSY BEING CALM, HAPPY, CREATIVE, ARTISTIC, MUSICAL & SO MUCH MORE. I URGE EVERYONE TO STUDY BOTH BRAIN FUCTIONS MORE. IT CAN BE PUT INTO PRACTISE BUT TAKES TIME, EFFORT & DETERMINATION.THE REWARDS ARE HUGE - IT IS THE GREATEST GIFT YOU COULD EVER GIVE TO YOURSELF.

Comment by Anonymous

November 14th 2008 00:18

focus on the foot it'll change directions >.>

Comment by Anonymous

November 18th 2008 21:48

I can change the direction of the girl simply by looking at her foot and willing myself to see it differently. Very Interesting!

Comment by Ubereil

November 21st 2008 15:55

The funny thing about this picture is that for me it clearly turns clockwise. It's just as clear that I'm left-brained, not right-brained. I know a psycologist who claims that this animation doesn't test wether you're left or right brained, it only tests if your vision is left or right brained.

Comment by Anonymous

December 19th 2008 00:19

Actually the art of the trick is in the shadow of her feet, look at when the shaddow of the spinning foot appears longes, when she is spinning anti clock wise this shaddow is longest when her foot reaches the farthest side. When she 'appears' to be spinning clock wise, the shodow of her food is longest when it is closest to us. If you stare at the shodow, you can get her to spin any way you want

Comment by Anonymous

January 19th 2009 16:40

what? did no one else realize that the left side of your brain is more along the artistic whereas the right is the more logical.

and perhaps the counter clockwise motion is reffering to her shadow.

or someone is laughing their ass off b/c of how many people were stuck staring at a picture that only moves one direction.

Comment by ninjabreadOman

January 23rd 2009 09:11

At first I only saw it going anti/counter-clockwise. However, I found that if I stood on my head facing West with a banana stuck up my ass and yell the mantra, "BALLA BALLA, TURN LEFT AND HOLLA!!!", pouring chocolate milk up my nose, I could see the figure turning CLOCKWISE! OMGOZRZLOLOLWTF!?

How you people have managed to turn a blog about optical illusions in to a debate about the evolution of the English language is retarded.

Comment by Anonymous

January 26th 2009 07:39

For me, she's standing still. I suppose I'm even brained!

Comment by Anonymous

February 4th 2009 09:28

I can actually make her leg stay in the stage front of the picture....by looking top left of the pic, she spins counter clock...then quickly looking at the bottom right of the pic....she turns clockwise...crazy...back and forth

Comment by Anonymous

February 12th 2009 04:40

If you dont look at it straight-on, in other words if you look at lets say the bottom right corner and relax, she will start going counter-clockwise. Otherwise, if I look at the actual figure, it looks clockwise to me. Still, I dont understand why it was necessary to use the silhouete of a naked woman.

Comment by Luiz

February 16th 2009 03:14

Just look at the shadow first, then look at the woman.
that's how i managed to see it spinning both ways.

Comment by SO cool

February 21st 2009 03:16

OH MAN THIS IS SO COOL!!!!!

I CAN GET HER TO DANCE what i mean is switch back in forth very quicky,...

the trick for the longest time i could only see her clockwise. but then had to use her shoado to see her counter clockwise..

to go back to clockwise from counter i used her outer most exsent leg. when she is looking at the viewer you need to want her to go clockwise she will

Comment by Anonymous

March 8th 2009 08:12

it spins both ways mostly counter-clockwise for me

Comment by Anonymous

March 9th 2009 05:32

its a trick it switches automatically

Comment by Garfield135

March 10th 2009 23:48

I think the way to make it change direction is to not concentrate on the spinning, but on her foot going left, right, left, right, and WHAM!

Comment by He who gets it

March 26th 2009 00:36

Forget the image. Concentrate on the image's shadow.
The shadow (below image) appears to have less dimention, therefore, it is much easier to mentally manipulate (1st left, then right or vice versa). Whatever you make the shadow do, the image will follow.
Have fun Earthlings.

Comment by Anonymous

March 28th 2009 20:00

actually have a friend that got ahold of this video, and after doing several things, actually found that the video jumps/glitches or what ever you want to call it. usually when it does this it changes direction.

if you stare at the image long enough, when the glitch happens, you dont really notice it, your mind thinks that its just your vision messing up for a split second. but i have seen this many many times. and have noticed that its not so much of my mind switching, but the spinning actually changing directions..

if you nitpick at the picture, you can tell there are somethings that would keep the image from doing what this is suppose to do. different parts sticking out in different place. when an arm is moved around to where you cant see it, the leg sticks out and vise versa. if you are noticing the hole thing, the image wont change direction till the glitch happens and it actually changes. if you focus on lets say the foot, and nothing else.. doesnt matter if the glitch happens or not, you could see a direction change

Comment by Anonymous

April 5th 2009 14:48

the image does not switch at regular or random times. think about those whole only see it turning one way. or when you watch it with someone and you both see two directions. also you can make it switch back and forth from one second to the next. it has something to do with your perception and how you are approaching it...a friend and i would sit and stare at it and switch from thinking on logical terms to a more creative way about any subject matter and it would change the way we saw the dancer spin.

Comment by Anonymous

April 22nd 2009 18:42

Well, my computer is slow, and I can see that it is actually programmed to go clockwise. But, on my friends computer, when it goes faster, I can see it go both ways, but mostly still clockwise.

Comment by Anonymous

April 22nd 2009 19:28

The comments above was what I was looking for...

-- QUOTE --
She is neither moving clockwise nor anti clockwise. Anti clockwise and clockwise are measurements of a 2 dimensional object, and cannot be applied to a 3D one. The axis of the dancer is parallel to our perspective and so she is moving both clockwise and anti clockwise simultaneously. The correct way to measure her movement is using the measurement of right ascension, which is independent of perspective.

The hands of a clock spin in a 2-D space, while the earth spins in a 3-D space. But if you were above the North Pole looking down, you could say the Earth rotates counter-clockwise.

Same principal applies here.
-- END QUOTE --

Everyone comes up with a way of looking at this. Very amusing. Some blame the computer some mention the way the picture is created some even say that they can focus on a corner and it goes the other way. So cute.

Comment by Anonymous

April 23rd 2009 01:57

Waiit this isnt real huh?? lol. I can defff ONLY see it going clockwisee.

Comment by Anonymous

April 25th 2009 02:34

I just can't make it go anti-clockwise, but reading the list of left and right brain functions that doesn't make sense. I should be left brained- organised and mathematical and such-like.

Comment by confused!

May 10th 2009 21:24

she definately moves by herself, doesnt matter where you look she just moves it must be pre programmed

she keeps switching on me if i simply stare as her belly so where you look doesnt help!

Comment by Anonymous

May 22nd 2009 01:34

At first it took me about 10 seconds of concentration to make it turn but just now I can spin her the way I want. Amusing.

Comment by Anonymous

May 31st 2009 03:27

it seemed easier to switch the direction after refreshing the page and focusing on the opposite direction but eventually (for me anyway) it always seems to switch back to clockwise. Its weird when it changes directions right in front of your eyes.

Comment by Rayshawn Fisher

June 5th 2009 01:00

I can make here switch anytime i want

Comment by Anonymous

June 7th 2009 00:29

First time I looked at it, she would go different directions every 2-3seconds, then it just went clockwise, then I looked away and back again it she was going counter-clockwise...

Comment by Anonymous

June 9th 2009 03:53

ive looked at this thing like 15 times, tried every tricked listed, no matter how hard i concentrate that bitch is going counterclockwise

Comment by Anonymous

June 9th 2009 23:56

so for me she was going back and forth, 90 degrees clockwise, 90 degrees counter. then when I concentrated it stayed clockwise. it switched again a few times after that. Its very cool though.

Cheers!

Comment by Anonymous

June 26th 2009 06:45

this is crap...she clearly switches directions every few seconds just keep looking at it and stop trying to make it switch in your head...it clearly switches directions

Comment by Anonymous

July 9th 2009 07:10

Good day. Switching from right to left and back is easier done by concentrating on the shadow (of the feet) instead of the image.
Cheers

Comment by notstupid

July 11th 2009 15:15

She switches directions. Just watch her right foot. Initially for me it turned clockwise i.e. her right foot went from pointing right to pointing toward me to pointing left to pointing back, as did her head, hands, and shoulders.

Then eventually the hand that looks like it's staying still will start to move and eventually she switches legs. When she's going clockwise, her left leg points down. When she's counterclockwise, her right leg is down.

Comment by Anonymous

July 13th 2009 06:28

try blinking your eyes quickly for several seconds to give it a 'strobe' effect while you 'will' which way you want her to spin.

Comment by Anonymous

July 13th 2009 09:00

FREAKING DON"T COMMENT IS ABOUT MY OPPINION! I did a long time ago and I'm still getting emails when people comment and I can't Find anywhere to turn it off. the e-mail link just brings me to their f**king useless homepage. Yes, I'm PISSED because I've done everything I can think of and looked everywhere! If any one knows how to stop these useless e-mails please tell me exactly. Also NO I canNOT sign in as it tells me there is no account with my e-mail in their database.

Comment by Anonymous

July 15th 2009 01:19

Sorry to burst everyones bubble but you've all been duped. its actually two different images depending on when you look at it.. Watch her legs, half the time she is bouncing on her right leg and turning counter-clockwise. The other half, bouncing on the left and turning clockwise. just watch the legs

Comment by Anonymous

July 19th 2009 14:00

Um... I think this is the first quiz I took that said I was 'left-brained.' Sadly, about 3/4 of the left-brained descriptions don't fit me! 8P Not a fan...

Comment by Anonymous

July 21st 2009 07:52

To change the way you see it concentrate onthe raised foot. Now, when you see it going behind the other leg imagine it's in front [or vice versa.] Works for me anyway.

Comment by Willi Orville Popshoobacker

July 22nd 2009 23:47

My friend and i tried it out at the same time, and it was spinning different for her...

Comment by from 'dancer'

July 30th 2009 20:55

wow ya i saw her only clockwise for the first minute, and after staring for a bit she was going counterclockwise!
i think people focus on the legs, thats what i did.
if u want her to switch try looking at hher head, or slightly off focus from the entire picture, but also Your text goes herelook at the reflection of her foot on the floor!Your text goes here thats not how i saw them both but im sure you can

Comment by igor

August 7th 2009 22:08

this is scary....20 minutes seeing clockwise...and when i used logic then turns anti clockwise...scary..
when i say : don´t wanna see this anymore..it´s not useful for me....then the picture turns anti clockwise...when i think of a toy, or a shadow of a woman then it turns back to clockwise. scary!

Comment by Anonymous

August 28th 2009 21:26

OMG It's a trick!!!! Don't believe it. I saw it going both ways but that's only because.... wait for it.... IT SWITCHES!!! Watch closely several rotations.

Comment by Anonymous

August 29th 2009 02:44

SPIN COUNTER CLOCKWISE = LOOK AT LEFT SHOULDER

SPIN CLOCKWISE = LOOK AT RIGHT SHOULDER

Took me a bit to get this down. At first I thought it was a random GIF loading, lol. My eyes hurt now, lol. Let me know if the same method works for you.

aleonvines@gmail.com

Comment by Anonymous

August 29th 2009 05:59

I can change the direction at will.

Comment by Eliseer

August 31st 2009 20:24

It's real, it's just a matter of shifting perspective. Heck I can make her swing one leg from side to side, spin her one way, then spin her the other-- just takes some focus.

Comment by Anonymous

September 17th 2009 07:35

I can change the direction at will .It was initially clockwise then after a minute I was able to concentrate to turh her anti clockwise after another minute or so I could change the direction at will.Shifting the focus of my thought helped also. Eg,an emotion clockwise then a fact I really like anti-clockwise

Comment by Anonymous

October 11th 2009 15:37

I can flip it with my mind so it spins both ways.

Comment by Anonymous

October 12th 2009 22:30

Try blocking the top part of the image and just focus on her feet, once you can change the direction of her feet it becomes easy I found.

Comment by SER

October 23rd 2009 02:14

HAHA COME OFF IT WTF THAT GUY WHO WAS LIKE OH YEA I WAS TAUGHT HOW TO UTILISE MY MIND HAHA WAT A MUPPET IF U READ THE PAGE IT SAYS U PRETTY MUCH A LOSER IF U SEE IT GOING CLOCKWISE IN OTHER WORDS ITS A FLASH IMAGE OF SOME GOING CLOCKWISE HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Comment by Anonymous

October 23rd 2009 03:59

Actually it was made in a program I used to use called poser, There is also an option to make a silhouette of the model and export as an swf, very very easy to make this.
In fact she would be spinning on an axis one way opposed to another, but with the silhouette applied you can't tell.

Jess

Comment by Anonymous

December 6th 2009 16:07

I see her going both ways at the same time O_o its like her leg is broken D: and i can change it

Comment by leeor_net

December 27th 2009 06:17

Well... I see it going in both ways all of the time. Half the spin is clockwise, the other half it's counter-clockwise. Sometimes I get a whole spin in one direction or the other and then the whole thing repeats.

Looking at the list of stuff, I'd say that I tend to lean toward the left side of things despite being right-handed.

Don't really know what to make of it.

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