I just found this via [b] Becker’s blog and I think it’s pretty nifty. Look at the following picture (no, it’s not a trick, it won’t turn into a scary face and scream at you I promise):
If you see her turning clockwise then you are using more of your right brain, if you see her turning anti-clockwise then you’re a lefty. It is possible to see her turning both ways but I’ve been staring at her for ages (way too long) and I can only see her spinning clockwise. Some of the characteristics of left and right-brained people are said to be:
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| LEFT BRAIN FUNCTION | RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTION |
| uses logic | uses feeling |
| detail oriented | “big picture” oriented |
| facts rule | imagination rules |
| words and languages | symbols and images |
| present and past | present and future |
| math and science | philosophy and religion |
| can comprehend | can “get it” (ie meaning) |
| knowing | believes |
| acknowledges | appreciates |
| order/pattern perception | spacial perception |
| knows object name | knows object function |
| reality-based | fantasy-based |
| forms strategies | presents possibilities |
| practical | impetuous |
| safe | risk-taking |
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So what about you? clockwise or anti-clockwise? Or both?
**Update: OK, now Becker is saying that this is a trick and the animation switches randomly…but I still can’t see it. OK…I’m going to stop looking at this now 😀
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Clockwise for me too! I wonder if that’s real, or just a joke to get people staring at the silhouette of a curvy woman?
haha, well after staring at it for a bit longer (I really have too much time on my hands today) I have managed to see it going anti-clockwise but only for a short while and it’s a real effort.
I saw clockwise initially and then I started seeing a few turns in the opposite direction, but for the most part it was counter clockwise. I guess that means more right than left! 🙂
Interesting. I saw it turning anti-clockwise at first. But once I read the post it changed and now it’s moving clockwise. I’ve been trying to force myself to see it moving anti-clockwise again but to no avail.
I have had half an office looking over my shoulder shouting ‘I see her going clockwise!’ or vice versa. Initially she went counter clockwise but I blinked and she has been going the other way ever since.
Lol, I think this is just the right level of concentration for a Friday afternoon at work 😀
clockwise! no wonder i can’t zpell. if i didn’t look directly at it it would change. pretty cool, nice rack too
Anti-clockwise. Then her legs started moving clockwise while the rest of her continued anti-clockwise. Then all clockwise. Now I feel sick.
Green Ink, I know what you mean, I had to post something new just to get her off the top of the page. As for you Peter, you’re barred 😀
Anti-clockwise. I don’t get how this works. (maybe because I’m left brained and don’t get symbols and images.) How can different people see it going different ways?
Only anti-clockwise for me too. Can’t get her to go clockwise no matter how much I blink!
I’ve seen this before, and I thought it must have been a joke because I could only see clockwise, but after reading the other comments, I had another look, and I can change the direction – which is a freaky sensation, I do it by concentrating on that ripple at her waist. Amazing, thanks for including it Ginerpixel, as I would have continued thinking it was a fake exercise.
Sorry, feeling a little dizzy now ….I meant, Gingerpixel.
Clockwise, Its turning me blinking MAD. 🙂
Just came across this, and I had a look, and, yes, it changes direction, it took me a little while to see it.
It was spinning clockwise until i closed my right eye… then it changed direction. :/ weird.
Clever. It’s totally a matter of how you convince your brain which way her legs are crossing each other – i.e. when is the rotating leg going in front of or behind the central leg. I’ve found I can equally spot the effect as clockwise or anti-clockwise. I tend to default on anti-clockwise on initial viewing but then can switch it to clockwise by concentrating on the leg crossing.
Yes, it reminds me of those magic pictures that were all the rage when I was in college. Once you trained your eye you could see the hidden pictures but until then they just looked like a big messy pattern.
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For me she just keeps oscillating to and fro. Am I indecisive or schizophrenic?
You see it like my husband does then. I have no idea what that means 😀