Which way is she spinning?

[Rigel]

This is just weird:

http://echochamber.me/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=13574

[Tovaxx]

I can't see it as anything but clockwise

[Rigel]

I can see it spinning both directions, just takes a bit of concentration. If you just focus on the shadow I find it helps.

[Aurilius]

Holy Bajesus!! I see it both ways, but it takes a while for it to switch in my mind. That is mind blowing!

[Tika]

Oh, I love these things. At first, it was very hard for me to force her to go counterclockwise until I focused on the shadow. Now, in order for me to see her go clockwise again, I have to put my hand over the shadow.

So, while she can spin either way, her shadow is definitely counterclockwise to me.

[Suzuka]

Counter-clockwise for me

[Tashrina]

Counter-clockwise...at first. Then it seemed like she suddenly changed directions, and then when I thought I couldn't change he back and was about to give up, she suddenly changed again. Strange really.
I've seen cars where there spinners seemed to be going the opposite direction of the tire on the freeway, and I tried my hardest to make my mind see it the other way, but couldn't.

[Bobion]

My brain can't decide.

When I first glance at it it's clockwise, but it's not much effort for my brain to swap over and then not swap back. So I don't know what that means?

[Flambe]

Totally counter-clockwise for me
clockwise for Norobald
which would make me left-brained & Noro right-brained (according to the web-page)
just curious Tovaxx (you had the same response as Noro)- are you left-handed or right-handed?

[Tashrina]

Supposedly when you wrap your fingers together to rest them, you know, like your holding hands with someone, intertwining every other finger, but with your self, whatever its called, the thumb that is on top is the opposite of the side of your brain that is dominant. The same thing works for crossed arms, although one is supposed to be a stronger indicator than the other, so you can get differing results. I saw counter-clockwise, my right thumbs on top, and my right are, clearly left brained. Did you know I was orriginally a science major?

[Tovaxx]

right handed

[Flambe]

Thanks Tovaxx
I'm right handed & saw counter clockwise
I've always heard that people who are right-handed are left-brained & vice versa so I think it's unusual that there were so many votes on that website for clockwise meaning most of them were left-handed?
but the majority of people are right-handed?
That is a super neat mindgame
but it has given me a complex about me being right-handed but having left-handed tendencies
I'm just gonna start writing with either hand!
That'll really confuse all the people that follow me around and call me paranoid

[Helori]

I do not think it proves much. The illusion is based on your focal point -- if you look at her foot, she spins clockwise, and if you look at her whole leg or knee, she reverses. That may vary for folks but simply looking at a different spot on the image should change it.

What is cool is the shadow.. they did something clever with her shadow to prevent it from providing you with a clue.

I fail to see how these sorts of tests say anything about the viewer though. The effect is really cool, but to make any real claim about the viewer from one single optical trick is really arrogant. This from a guy who thinks that you cannot say something about a person after a 50 question personality test though, I am skeptical of the entire science of putting people into categories.

[Tovaxx]

So you just categorized yourself as a skeptic?


JKJKJK lol


I agree that you cannot possibly deduce much from a basic optical illusion. It is a cool effect, not the jpeg version of Sigmund Freud.