[Pic] right brain vs left brain

[Toology]

I saw it counter-clockwise at first but then I looked at her foot on her straight leg and moved my eyes upward at which point it appeared to go clockwise.

On another note, is the dancer cold? She has perkies.

[kaffra]

im seing both clockwise and anti-clockwise.

[dreamz Veteran]

to those who say it's fake, it's not. if you look carefully, you can see that the image is perfectly symmetrical (but not symmetrical at any specific time). since the image is symmetrical, and since it's a silhouette, you can see the image 'rotating' in both directions.

here's an easier version:

suppose you have an image, say, the capital letter 'E'. the gif would look something like this:

E

|

∃

|

E

clearly, there is no 'starting' point, since you could just as well begin with '∃'. now, since it's completely symmetrical, there's no such thing as the 'correct' direction. the image just flips between 'E' and '∃'. if i presented you with a series of alternating images, say:

E

∃

E

∃

you would have no reason to say that the 'E' is turning only one way. the same principle applies here.

now, to those who have trouble seeing both directions, a simple trick is to focus on the foot sticking out. if you want to see the dancer turn counterclockwise, focus on the left side of the image, then when the foot makes it over to that side, say '1'. then as the foot makes its way over to the other said, say '2'. then when it goes back to the left, say '1' again. basically, you are forcing yourself to begin the sequence with the left side and then to track the motion by moving your eyes to the right.

if you want to see it turn clockwise, do the opposite. say '1' when the foot is on the right side so you track in the other direction.

[Sir Topham Hatt]

lol, i saw her going clockwise, i thought it was a hoax, but then after reading a few more posts on here (the one on the first page about it being an illusion) then i flicked back to it and she was going anti-clockwise.

Tried it again and she is sticking clockwise :shiftyninja:

Silly old dancer!

lol, well now I did it again and she was going round the other way - this is confusing!

It's funny how when she is going clockwise, i cant see how it is possible for her to go anti-clockwise cause the head is obviously going round clockwise, but then I have seen it with my own eyes going the other way!

A note on the cube - it is obviously turning right, i cant see how it can turn left cause the lines are moving from left to right? :p

I dont like this kinda stuff. . .

[Pretend]

Clockwise All the way, i can't make it go anti-clockwise :(

[metallithrax]

Clockwise All the way, i can't make it go anti-clockwise :(

Look at the image, then look below the image so you can see it in your peripheral vision, it sometimes (not always) appears to go the other way. It worked this way for 4 people in my house earlier tonight.

Edited October 21, 2007 by metallithrax

[Pretend]

Done! That was easier than i thought, thanks it was annoying me.

[_kane81]

can get it both ways after a little practice. the girls I know got it going anti-clockwise as the "default", but managed to get her to go clockwise after a while.

[itsnotabigtruck]

I got it to switch both ways by concentrating on how the leg sticking out is swinging back and forth.

When I first opened the page it was going clockwise.

[spartan948265]

it goes both ways. this is a fake one.

[metallithrax]

it goes both ways. this is a fake one.

It is not fake, it is an illusion

[mortimerduke]

I definitely don't think it's fake. I can make it change directions very easily. But I think they should get rid of the shadow/reflection, whatever it is, because it reveals that she is actually rotating counter-clockwise (assuming she is on flat ground). When she is rotating clockwise, the shadow of the swinging foot should appear when her foot is farthest away, but it appears when her foot is closest to you.

At least this is what I see. Maybe I'm concentrating too hard.

[Olemus]

i saw both.

[Brodel]

that's messed up lol. First time it went clockwise and couldn't get anything else and was convinced it was fake because if you look at the foots shadow at the bottom it's as if it must be going clockwise.

If you look to the left a bit and down so you can still see the image out of the corner of your eye, focus on the actually foot turning and try and watch it going the other way, it's like your eye gradually syncs with it and it goes counter-clockwise.

[stanley porkchop]

Saw counter clockwise, looked away, then saw clockwise. Looked away again, and it was counter clockwise when I turned back. It changes every time I refocus.

Weird stuff.

[Rahul]

saw both & i belive that its fake

[shakey_snake]

to those who say it's fake, it's not. if you look carefully, you can see that the image is perfectly symmetrical (but not symmetrical at any specific time). since the image is symmetrical, and since it's a silhouette, you can see the image 'rotating' in both directions.

here's an easier version:

suppose you have an image, say, the capital letter 'E'. the gif would look something like this:

E

|

∃

|

E

clearly, there is no 'starting' point, since you could just as well begin with '∃'. now, since it's completely symmetrical, there's no such thing as the 'correct' direction. the image just flips between 'E' and '∃'. if i presented you with a series of alternating images, say:

E

∃

E

∃

you would have no reason to say that the 'E' is turning only one way. the same principle applies here.

now, to those who have trouble seeing both directions, a simple trick is to focus on the foot sticking out. if you want to see the dancer turn counterclockwise, focus on the left side of the image, then when the foot makes it over to that side, say '1'. then as the foot makes its way over to the other said, say '2'. then when it goes back to the left, say '1' again. basically, you are forcing yourself to begin the sequence with the left side and then to track the motion by moving your eyes to the right.

if you want to see it turn clockwise, do the opposite. say '1' when the foot is on the right side so you track in the other direction.

Basically what I said back on page 3. :p

[Mystical112]

i saw it both ways but i mostly see clockwise

[spartan948265]

It is fake. I have had 10 different people say it is and I saw it go both ways.

[Bubbabyte]

all i can focus on is those nipples..lol

but seriously that's pretty cool.. it was going clockwise for me, then after focusing about 2 minutes it went the other way.

[linsook]

clockwise first, then counter... can't seem to get it back to cockwise.

edit: ok got it, with a bit of practice, you can get your mind to see it do either way, even stoping mid point (3 and 9) and revseing direction

[Jimmy0]

Saw it clockwise first, couldnt get it to go anti-clockwise for a while, but now I can see it both ways.

[Guest ID2]

To those people who can only see it going clockwise, try this - it works for me.

Stand in front of the computer screen.

While looking at the image, turn your head to the side and keep going right around 'til your head is upside down.

If she hasn't yet changed direction, look away at the text and then back at the girl, or turn your head a bit further past the vertical.

Once you've got her going anti-clockwise, keep your gaze fixed on her and turn your head back upright again.

Let me know if that works.

To those who say it's a fake, what do you mean?

A fake is something that purports to be something that it is not.

This obviously is what it claims to be, therefore how can it be a fake?

To the guy who asked, 'why do people say anti-clockwise when counter clockwise is correct?'

Perhaps draw your reading sources from a broader range.

'Anti-clockwise' is used universally, whereas 'counter clockwise' is vernacular.

[perochan]

thats cool.

i can see both clockwise and counter-clockwise.

Just look at the shadow and concentrate for a few seconds and then look at her leg or body. turns counter-clockwise. :D

[Ultomato]

You are wrong.

You jumped to a conclusion based on your blind faith in a deceived perception, knowing full well that this thread described it as an illusion in the first place. Perhaps you don't quite understand what an illusion is:

This is a silhouette of a spinning woman. A silhouette looks the same whether the object in question is x degrees from or away from the angle of incidence.

This means that when she is looking directly to the left and appearing to spin clockwise, it will look like she moves through 90 degrees to face away from the viewer, when in fact a viewer seeing her spin anticlockwise would instead say that she is facing towards the viewer. Again, this is because the light blocked by the dancer is the same and symmetrical whether she is x degrees from the angle of incidence in either direction.

We only assume this is not possible because we are preconditioned into thinking that everything we view has three dimensional depth. Please think and analyse the facts correctly next time before jumping to incorrect conclusions.

owned.

but yeah this aint illusion u can change the direction on demand just look at her feet