left brain vs. right brain

[RedStratocas]

link (http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22556281-661,00.html)

which way do you see the lady turning?

i cant see her turning any other way but clockwise. i dont even understand how counter-clockwise would work. it's quite frustrating, but i've talked to people who have seen it.

[PaulMacC]

Clockwise.

[WarezKid]

Dunno becasue i see 2 ladys :S

[RedStratocas]

Dunno becasue i see 2 ladys :S

dont pay attention to the reflection, haha.

[flux]

Clockwise

[WarezKid]

I'm not :s

[Nick.]

If I focus, I see it Anti-Clockwise, if not, I see it clockwise..

woahh! :P

[RedStratocas]

I'm not :s

where do you see a second woman? :/

[FlyingJesus]

thats ridiculous; her features (face, hair, breasts etc) all make it so that it would logically be impossible to make her appear to turn anticlockwise. i tried making it seem so by looking at when the legs cross each other (ie: when she's got her leg outstretched towards/away from the screen) and it just doesnt work. seems like a fake thing aimed at making people believe that they're creative and not closed minded haha.

[Wootzeh]

clockwise

[RedStratocas]

thats ridiculous; her features (face, hair, breasts etc) all make it so that it would logically be impossible to make her appear to turn anticlockwise. i tried making it seem so by looking at when the legs cross each other (ie: when she's got her leg outstretched towards/away from the screen) and it just doesnt work. seems like a fake thing aimed at making people believe that they're creative and not closed minded haha.

thats what i think to! i dont see how it would work anti-clockwise. and i'm not one of those people who just gets frustrated when i cant see something -- i just cant logically see how it would work. but other people say they see it :/

[,Jess,]

I saw it clockwise at first then it changed and then it kept switching..

[WarezKid]

where do you see a second woman? :/


Well you know the back? well it like 2 women back to back if you know what i mean

[cocaine]

omg, that is amazing.

i can see her turn both ways.

tom, usually im afraid to say you're wrong, but you are this time.

[Hitman]

I see them both ways, however it freezes for one second then I see it change, so hmm...

EDIT: OMG COOL, if you stare at it then think she's going clockwise, if you think anti-clockwise she goes anti.... you need to use your mind and think.

[Energizer]

clockwise

[FlyingJesus]

Ooh. I saved the image onto my pc so that it would go smoothly (it was lagging a lot through browser) and after a while of just staring it did actually switch. I think they have it the wrong way around though with sides of brains because whenever I look at it and think about the features logically (using the left side of the brain) it goes clockwise, which the site said was the right side working.

[dirrty]

it keeps on switching from clockwise to anti-clockwise lol :S

[mat64]

When I took a look I just saw clockwise.

[BowTies1]

clockwise

[Bibliophobia]

anti clockwise

[-:=:-scotty-:=:]

anticlockwise unless i focus then clockwise

[le harry]

Clockwise for me.. I can't see how it is anti clockwise?

[FlyingJesus]

harry i dunno if you knew but yr australian :S

[velvet]

i see it anti clockwise ;s
i can't seem to see it going clockwise

[Loqo]

She changes every so often. I heard someone said its a gif image so its made to change randomaly. Personally, with it changing i dont think this decides what side of your brain you use.

[&]

i can see both

[Elliott$]

Clockwise lol .. on that page it says most people see it was anti-clockwise? lol

[Technologic]

OMG O_O. I focused on it for ages and then it looked like she was just swinging her leg but she went from clockwise ot anti-clockwise

[the wombats]

If I focus, I see it Anti-Clockwise, if not, I see it clockwise..

woahh! :P

Same for me!

[lAdmire]

I see her turning clockwise. What is the point of this thingy?

[-:Undertaker:-]

Clockwise.

[Shinigami]

it's going anticlockwise, but then i started reading the text next to the pic and for a second it started going the other way lol weird

edit: i just focused on it and it went clockwise lol

[stratosphere]

Err she appears to turn after so many spins in one direction....

EDIT : this one is quite similar http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/words.html

[tart]

It changes for me

[Ostinato]

thats ridiculous; her features (face, hair, breasts etc) all make it so that it would logically be impossible to make her appear to turn anticlockwise. i tried making it seem so by looking at when the legs cross each other (ie: when she's got her leg outstretched towards/away from the screen) and it just doesnt work. seems like a fake thing aimed at making people believe that they're creative and not closed minded haha.

It works.

It's clockwise when you jsut look at it but if you stare at the reflectionof her feet for a bit she pure... turns lmao

[You]

Clockwise :s

[FlyingJesus]

It works.

It's clockwise when you jsut look at it but if you stare at the reflectionof her feet for a bit she pure... turns lmao

Yeah retracted that statement later, it was just that my pc couldn't handle the image so it wasn't turning properly and didn't work lol ^_^

[Hitman]

Same for me!Just like your avatar, eventually you see it spinning the other way! (I can).

[Roboevil]

Ant-clockwise... I can't seem to get it to change--not even if I glance away, or if it's through the corner of my eye.

[SHOKER]

in my opinon its fake it is a .gif so they probally made it to turn every so often its an computer made image how would your brain change it.....?

[Chickenblob]

She changes direction after a while, I'm sure of it.

EDIT: I just got my mam to look at it and it goes clockwise for her but it alternates for me.

[Elliott$]

Omg thats well freaky, just did it with my dad n he's like anti-close wise .. .close wise then suddenly I saw it go anti-clock wise and then quickly back to close wise PMSL i was watching the hair. It scared me :( but when I saw it change, it didn't for my dad lol WTH.

[Stephen]

It goes clockwise for a bit and then changes.. Its obvious its nothing about focusing. Is this like a gullible thing or something?

I just kept blinking while watching it and it does change every so often.

[adidas™]

anti-clockwise at first, but i managed to see it from both.

[reindeer.]

i see anti clockwise but if i squint it goes clockwise.

[:Liam]

If you use firefox open this image in a new tab:
http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,5693171,00.gif

Look at the small icon on the tab and you can see it spin both ways.

[LockedPixel]

Well if you look at her shadow that goes anti-clockwise.

But the actuall Women seems Clockwise to me.

Ok. It changed direction but the shadow was the same.

Weird Optical Illusion :S

[dannyisnotamazing]

I opened it in Jasc Animation Shop and it does only go clock-wise.. it was going clock-wise for me then I tried to focus on it and it was going anti-clockwise then I couldn't get the clock-wise back xD! It's like an illusion lol

[myke]

clockwise

[RedStratocas]

in my opinon its fake it is a .gif so they probally made it to turn every so often its an computer made image how would your brain change it.....?

no, i stared at it for 10 minutes and i only saw it go clockwise :/ your brain can be manipulated.

[Stephen]

I still think it is a fake.

[RedStratocas]

I still think it is a fake.

why? :/

[iTechnical]

Hmmm, it all depends in which position.
When shes
<--- she's going right.
When shes ----> LEFT

I'ms ticking with left.

[DiscoPat]

i see it anti clockwise. but just noticed that the image is actually not steady, it goes clockwise then suddenly anti clockwise if u pay attentionso its kinda a trick

[iTechnical]

i see it anti clockwise. but just noticed that the image is actually not steady, it goes clockwise then suddenly anti clockwise if u pay attentionso its kinda a trick

Just spotted that.
+rep

[Shawnstra]

Sometimes clockwise sometimes anti, weird...

[Davii]

when i first opened the page i cud see her going anti clockwise but then it changed to clockwise..

[MrGazet]

urm i see clockwise at first.a while then i see anti clockwisee.

[Firehorse]

left, I don't see how she could be turning the other way. At the begining if you look at her head then you can see which way she's really turning (She is really turning but it just makes it look like an illusion)

edit: Hang on!! I just looked at it again and this time I saw her turning the other way and then I looked again and she was turning left again. I figured out that it's when you start looking at it that is when your brain chooses which way to look at it.

[Ashley]

Wow that's really weird, first it was clockwise then I stared at the bottom of her foot for a while and it started moving anti-clockwise.
If I close my eyes and open them again it goes back to Clockwise.

[N!ck]

I mainly see anti-clockwise, but i can make it go either way.

[Roboevil]

It's really weird, I can't stop looking at it. It's definately not fake--open it in Fireworks--the amount of frames it has is too little for it to change, the image only has 1 rotation.

[Lycan]

managed to get both

[aarun]

I look at it one way its clockwise, then i look at it a different way, it's anti.

Confusing but a great illusion:)

[Herman]

it was turning anti-clockwise at first, but then clockwise.

[Azul]

I nearly made the exact same thread when I saw this link.

Clockwise for me too.