Which way is this figure turning? Cool illusion test!

banjobama

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I stared and stared, and looked away and then stared, and it always goes counter-clockwise for me! I can't see it any other way!
 

xbrookecorex

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Originally Posted by spectrolite
Clearly she is going clockwise. Only in some twisted alternate universe can she possibly be spinning counter-clockwise you crazy left-brainers! =P

EXACTLY! It is NOT going the other way hahaha I can't see it!
 

Raerae

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I see her going BOTH...

First is was counter, then it was clockwise, then back to counter etc.

my co-worker saw the same thing. Counter first, then clock, then back n fourth etc.
 

Raerae

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Originally Posted by Urbana
at first i saw it and it was anti clockwise, but then for me it changed!!! now i can only see it going clockwise, this is soooo weird :p but cool

yeh same thing happened to me.
 

Dawn

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well... when I first looked, it was counter clockwise, but then after looking at it for a bit, it was clockwise.
 

meiming

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I must be very left-brained...I can't see how the figure could possibly go clockwise if one foot is stationary...hmm...maybe that's why...
 

Raerae

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I figured it out on how to switch it back n fourth...

The trick is when the outstretched leg crosses the one she's spinning on. Its how you "think" about it, when it crosses. If it's spinning counterclock, when the leg is going to go behind her, you have to think that the leg is actually going in front of her. And at the point, the immage will "flicker" and sometimes it switches to spinning the other way, other times it flickers and keeps going, but the time when the outstretched limb is eigther in front or behind is key to making it spin one way or the other.

Not sure if that makes sense... It's kinda like if the leg was going counter clock, and then was suddenly in front (when it crosses her other leg), but the leg was still going to the right, it would suddenly have to be spinning clockwise. And if you can "trick" you brain into seeing that, she will start spinning the other way. Works both ways.
 

Raerae

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To make it even easier, just think that her leg is spinning in a figure eight. If I was thinking figure 8, she would switch almost every time.
 

meiming

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Wow Raerae, you're right! I got it to turn the other way after reading your suggestion
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I had to just focus on the legs for a while and then when I moved back to the whole body it worked! Now I can see her switch, thanks!
 

xkriss

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first i saw her going clockwise.
then counterclockwise.
then after awhile she switched between the two for like a quarter of a turn and now she's going clockwise again.

wow this is so cool!
 

KeshieShimmer

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Originally Posted by CantAffordMAC
counter-clockwise. But hardly any of the "left side qualities" pertain to me.

weird.


It's the opposite for me I only see clockwise, but yet I'm in science, maybe I shouldn't be...
 

Shimmer

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Originally Posted by wolfsong
Its both for me - switches after several seconds. Im a walking contradiction, so it figures.

Both.
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I switched back and forth several times watching it, but initially, it was spinning counter clockwise so I based my vote on that.
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Raerae

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Kinda curious what's sciece is involved in choosing whether it's left or right brained...

Since it's really based off if you think the leg is going in front or behind her body on the first crossing.
 

MxAxC-_ATTACK

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turn your head and look at it out of the corner of your eye, so you can hardly see it, it changes quite often when I try it.
 
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