[Pic] right brain vs left brain

[XerXis]

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21...5005375,00.html

if you see the dancer going clock wise you have a right brain.

I for one can't seem to be able to see her going counter-clockwise :s

[PL_ Veteran]

100% clockwise here; I can't make it go counter-clockwise at all :|

[I8PP]

I saw it spin clockwise... after a few attempts (cross eye, etc lol) i focused off the image and it magically rotated counterclockwise. :D

[docvenom04]

Holy ****. At first I saw it going counter clockwise, and then when I focused, all I can see it going in clockwise. I even turned away from the page. :wacko:

[I am Redbeard]

What a crock.

[Rob2687]

This is looking from the top down right?

I wonder what a person with a split brain sees.

[GreatStalin]

Is this fake? It looks amazingly so!

I can just be looking at it, not focusing at all, and it CLEARLY changes direction itself, not because my brain focussing made it so, but because it's nothing more than an illusion!

Edited October 10, 2007 by GreatStalin

[XerXis]

wtf, i've been looking at for over 15 minutes and it is and stays clockwise. I feel stupid now :p

[trashpickinman]

I can refocus and see her going both ways, not at the same though. :D

[Menge]

hahah i saw it counter-clockwise at first... then clockwise... and now i can't go back :p

[Rob2687]

How do you know it's fake?

It's a small gif and it's constantly going clockwise to me.

[XerXis]

Is this fake? It looks amazingly so!

I can just be looking at it, not focusing at all, and it CLEARLY changes direction itself, not because my brain made it so.

EDIT: Yep, it's fake!

why? how? explain?

[lnmnky]

I can't get it to spin anti-clockwise at all. :s

She's even leaning over the way to go clockwise.

Is this because I'm a lefty too?

[Fergie]

Seems fake to me, don't know why just does.

[Achal]

lol, i can see it going both ways

[Evolution]

hmmm it seems to be switching back and forth for me.... when I'm reading the text it's going counter-clockwise, and yet it can change to clockwise if I get in the right mode.

[Menge]

how can this be a fake? you can see it going both ways. depends on how you look at it and how you focus it.

[sundayx Veteran]

Clockwise first, then forced myself to see counter clockwise. Can somewhat switch between the two.

[PixilEyes]

South of the equator is spins the other way. :p

[GreatStalin]

how can this be a fake? you can see it going both ways. depends on how you look at it and how you focus it.

There are many optical illusions in the world. I don't think they can be a basis for scientific evidence as to which side of your brain you 'use'.

[Fergie]

lol, i can see it going both ways

Looking at it closely, the leg goes left to right and doesn't actually swing around just an illusion.

[John S. Veteran]

That is really freaky....spins clockwise for me until I started reading the article--then counter-clockwise. I close my eyes and then she's clockwise again. :laugh:

[Rob2687]

I stared at the reflection at the bottom for a while and for a split second she was going counter clockwise.

[Brian M. Veteran]

It flicks between the two at random intervals for me.

[Popcorned1]

Yeah, it's fake. You can tell when it changes direction.