Right Brain v Left Brain

[Richard]

I see the woman moving clockwise.

Article from: The Herald Sun

THE Right Brain vs Left Brain test ... do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?

If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.

Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.

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

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0...61,00.html

[Reader]

Hey that was fun! I can make it go either way and side-to-side. Does that mean my brain is in a muddle??

[Polly]

The dancer periodically switches direction and it's not my brain doing that.

[Richard]

I think it must be your brain doing that because she only moves clockwise for me.

[Polly]

I can see when she switches direction by watching her pelvic region.  lol!

[Richard]

This is interesting how everyone sees something different when looking at the woman. I’ve watched her a few times now and I noticed a couple times I seen her moving counter clockwise but only for a second. I don’t know if that’s the image or my mind doing that. icon_confused

[Sily]

Neat.  When I first saw her she was going CCW.  Then I looked away briefly and she went CW.  She stayed clockwise for the longest time for me and then I went to a meeting, came back, tried it again and my brain was switching her CCW, CW and back to CCW pretty fast.

At first I thought it was a trick, but now I think it's a very clever optical illusion.  One guy at another message board took the .gif and separated each panel and at panel 13, if you look at the lady you can switch her from CCW to CW and back and forth very easy.

Very interesting.  Got a bit dizzy tho.  icon_muede

[Polly]

Okay, so there is a specific panel where the switch can happen.

[DreamTime]

I only see her moving clockwise...I tried everything to get her to move the other way, but I just couldn't do it. I even stared at her pelvic region (hehe) but, nope...wouldn't do it. I stared and stared and stared...so if it does change periodically, then somehow I am missing it.

[Sily]

[color="navy"]Polly said[/color]: "Okay, so there is a specific panel where the switch can happen."

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I believe so. 

I can't find the guy, I was talking about in my original post, who I saw split the .gif into the separate panels and isolate panel thirteen, but here is a similar explanation that I found at this blog.  Look at the picture of the lady on the left.  Imagine she's turning right.  Then imagine left.  It's very easy to switch her direction now.  Here: