Which way is the dancer spinning… clockwise or counter-clockwise?
Most people will see her turning counter-clockwise, which apparently means you’re more left brained (logical). I see her spinning that way, and it’s at first almost impossible to imagine her going clockwise. But it happens, usually by focusing or when something unexpectedly alters your perception.
Here’s the typical run down on left versus right brain:
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
Many people associate the right brain with creativity and lateral thinking, and there’s certainly something to that. Our left brains create structures that can act as barriers to alternative solutions and perspectives.
But your left brain plays a crucial role in creativity as well. Seeing logical associations between seemingly unrelated things is a hallmark of creativity. And the critical-thinking skills necessary to tell a good idea from a bad one are pretty important too.
So… tell us which way your dancer spins for you in the comments. And weigh in with your opinion about the right brain versus left brain for creativity… isn’t it a really a “whole mind” thing?
Whichever way I want her to. But the context switch requires that I focus on the foot of her vertical leg.
Although the first time I looked at it, I saw clockwise (meaning she is spinning on her left leg). And if I wait a long time after a context switch and look at it again, it usually seems to default back to clockwise for me.
Also, I don't buy the left brain/right brain pseudoscience.
That's exactly how it was for me as well (initially clockwise, but able to swap it, and defaults to clockwise if I stop "believing" she's going counterclockwise). I also don't buy into a lot of the left/right brain pseudoscience, although I guess there is plenty of evidence that the two halves serve different functions. It's all the crazy pop science extrapolations from that that seem a bridge too far.
I wrote out a little explanation at the bottom of this page if you two are interested. Arhag actually seems to have figured it out intuitively while blocktrades seemed to have not needed an explanation, though I must admit you likely follow the same course without realizing it.
Neurology and Perception are interesting topics...!
I have watched this thread for a couple days and finally decided to respond. @arhag though left/right brain is not the case for this instance above ^, it does not mean left/right brain theory is pseudoscience. In fact, the right brain and left brains each help focus on coordination for the opposite side of one's body---left to right and vice versa.
I will however say that this is not exactly such a case...
In fact, the premise of this is incorrect. The "Dominance" of one side or another is not measured by whether you see it clockwise, counterclockwise or both.
Agreed it went counter clockwise for me then clockwise. Its both depending on what I believe.
Totally agree, I can force the switch but it is interesting how my brain really locks in on a orientation. The Left/Right brain stuff is so bogus.
Clockwise until I focus on the nipple then it switches.
for me she is spinning clockwise.. any anti clock wise people need to have their eye's checked.. :)
lol
Counter clockwise for me.
that was an easy bet
clockwise here.
it's relieving to know that the 2 biggest founders of steem have not the same results on this test...
clockwise
PS but please... don't stop voting for my witness :)
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The trick to switching them in your head requires that you recognize one thing:
Your brain focuses on the patterns between her spinning and going up and down. Once you start with one of the two patterns you could recognize, your brain assumes this is the default (thus the difficulty seeing the opposite pattern). The way to see both is to alternate your perception thus: When the images foot sets down close to its shadow imagine what you already think it is doing (my default is clockwise, which means her leg is seemingly moving from the back to wrap around clockwise, kicking forward; from back to front.).
To invert that perception takes a moment, but switch the pattern your brain has assumed correct so that in my case I have to see her leg moving from FRONT to BACK. Remember this picture takes away the shading that humans use to associate the back from the front...which is the entirety of this mind trick.
So just remember, if you automatically see her leg swinging from the middle back to the middle front when her foot hits the ground, choose to imagine her foot swinging from the front to the back instead.
Lol....or you could just look at her nipples since they seem to be one of the primary focal points anyway :D
Oh and P.S. -- None of us are really "left" or "right" side dominant because we use all of our brains parts equally when going throughout everyday life. Instead of thinking of the brain as just two sides try to think of it like an orchestra where every part of the brain must play its own part at various times and in response to specific cues. Everything you perceive is actually like a multi-sensual "Symphony" that uses specific regions the brain (section of the orchestra) that all come together to create each individual experience.
Hope this clears things up a bit :)
You are a bloody superstar!!,
I tried all methods listed previously and thought i must have a bad brain that cannot change its perception. once i read our post was open to the possibilities. I DID IT!! :) woot woot!
for me after renewed faith i had to focus on her foot in the shadow and then her mental hold on me all come tumbling down :)
If you see nipples, then you are a straight male with red blood cells.
I have tried to see this going counter clockwise but failed.
tried the foot, tried the nipple, tried other random places; no dice. only thing that did work was turning my phone upside down.
i will try again later; i can't understand how the image would turn the other way.; obviously it does and its eating me up inside..
It switches back and forth randomly. It's nothing to do with left/right brain. If you watch it carefully you can see the hiccup when it changes direction. Nothing physiological about it.
You could be right, but here's more from the originating site where they try to argue otherwise: http://www.randominc.net/spinninglady/
it can't be true since when 2 or more people are looking it at the same time and place they will give you different answers... try it with your family ;)
Just be safe I check the interval of the switch, it happens roughly every 1min 15 secs. The way i notice it is to watch the direction that the tip of the ponytail is traveling.
No, downloaded the gif and separated the frames. It shows one complete rotation.
Good diagnosis, sorry; i wanted to upvote your comment; guess i haven't had enough coffee yet and hit the wrong button :(.
I see her spinning in clockwise. And yet if I look 'hard enough', I can see her spinning in counter-clockwise too. Interesting!
clockwise here :)
First look is counter clockwise. after focusing on the vertical leg like Arhag suggested, I can see clockwise.
clockwise
This is insane!!! It drives me mad all day..By default I can see it clock wise, but then if I lower my eyes and re watch I can see it counter clockwise. And then again clockwise..and then counterclockwise...
What is more insane is that I have done this simultaneously with 2 other people. One is seeing it all the time counter clock wise no matter what and the 2nd one see it clockwise but sometimes counter clockwise as well. The strange thing is that when this guy sees it counter clockwise I still see it clock wise and if I switch to counter clockwise that 2nd guy may continue to see it counterclock wise ... So that means that it is not actually randomly change.. This is insane..
I strongly believe this was created to switch itself. I'm literally WATCHING it switch positions..
please explain, i can see it going both ways depending on where i look at it but, i cannot see it 'switching' directions mid way through. either direction i am watching seems fluid, the only jolt i see is when the gif replays, when the foot is at it lowest point
Fuzzy gave a great explanation above. I figured it out that way :)
With my dyslexia she did not know which way she was spinning and then turned into Elsa from frozen oooppps
this is strange, i could only see her rotate clockwise,
woke up now and looked again, now she is rotating couner clockwise.. :)
Maybe you entered a different/parallel universe overnight?
Quantum tunneling!
Wow! Amazing! For me she was going clockwise, but then as I read and she was in my periphery she kind of went anti-clockwise, but when I looked at her she was going clockwise.
I then read your list and thought, well I am quite a logical person and stared off center and then started doing simple arithmetic in my head and after a bit of effort she started going anti-clockwise and after a minute she stayed that way.
Really nice illusion, thanks :).
Im the realist and see booth movements (clockwise and counter-clockwise). It depends on your own recognition of the THINGS. This is impressiv because it shows us the dualism system. If we would teach our brain in creativity and logic in the same amount then everybody would see the both spinning situations.
I believe in left/right brain dependencies because this ist also teached from old traditions.
Unfortunately most of us lost all those old traditions in mind and lots of people give a sh*t on this....
Counterclockwise for me
When it was just the feet it was going clockwise when it was the whole body counter clockwise. What does that mean?