Comments on: Lady turning clockwise

By: msmarmalade

msmarmalade — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:57:19 +0000

another thing– if its turning clockwise then the raised leg is higher when it’s behind her.
if it’s turning anti-clockwise then the raised leg is higher at the front…

meh don’t know how much this stuff counts… but it does show that the two options [ clockwise, anti-clockwise ] are different to each other.

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:39:20 +0000

Well, the fact that the post was titled “Lady turning clockwise” is I think going to skew the perceptions of how people first view the animation. Myself, I saw the headline, then I looked at the woman and saw what the heading told me I was supposed to see, a lady turning clockwise, then I read the post and saw that it was supposed to be an optical illusion, and I was able to see it both ways. If you just showed the animation and the poll, without the power of suggestion being provided by your headline, then your survey results might match those of the original more closely.

By: Shyhobbit

Shyhobbit — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:34:35 +0000

I can make her come to a complete stop. And stay there. So is that a ‘no-brainer’ or what?

By: goohackle

goohackle — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:32:19 +0000

Suraj, I use the same trick to see the turning in both directions!
And I completely agree with your philosophical perspective about this.

By: sybil galazzo

sybil galazzo — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:57:19 +0000

I actually counted the turns. Although in the beginning it was pretty even for both, it then began to turn more often to the left.

By: dale

dale — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:56:43 +0000

when I look at it with my peripheral vision she spins half way around and then reverses direction, never making the complete rotation. I guess my brain is in conflict with the world. When I look directly at it she always spins clockwise. Interesting since I consider myself left brained

By: Suraj

Suraj — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:02:40 +0000

I can see them moving both ways. The trick I use is:
1. Scroll down till you see only the dancer’s one foot.
2. Look at the shadow of the feet and imagine the dancer shadow rotating in the reverse direction.
If your imagination and focus is strong enough, you will catch the original image rotating in the reverse direction as well.

Once you get the trick, you can see the dancer rotating either way with the whole image.

Let me know if this trick works.

Meanwhile, I have a whole philosophical perspective about this. How our mind is stuck in concepts and makes assumptions based on our memory and first impressions of the object. The more we can break our concepts, the more open-minded perspective we can have.

By: Sydney

Sydney — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:14:43 +0000

Is that really optical illusion?

By: Leslie

Leslie — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:43:38 +0000

I don’t think it’s an optical illusion at all. If you wait long enough, it turns making us think it is an optical illusion.

By: Mr. Jigsaw

Mr. Jigsaw — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:16:24 +0000

she changed the rotation when I move my mouse in clockwise /
counter-clockwise circles..

I couldn’t get it to change rotation without moving my mouse..
It also seemed to increase the speed of which she spins around when I was moving my mousepointer around..

By: mel

mel — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:59:51 +0000

Initially I saw her spinning clockwise but flipped the other way in a few seconds and back again. For the next couple of minutes I tried to control her spinning with my mind. I can now spin her in either direction at will.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:06:28 +0000

I saw her first going clockwise and then if I look up and then down and then straight at her she’ll reverse her direction. Sometimes she just vacillates back and forth with out completely turning.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:24:55 +0000

At first she was spinning counter clockwise, then I noticed it change. Then I consciously tried to control it, and was able to see it whichever way I choose, at will. I can make her go back and forth halfway through, over and over, or let her go clockwise, changing it to counterclockwise at will….or visa versa….it’s fun…and easy.

By: W. Molinari

W. Molinari — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:32:03 +0000

She was spinning clockwise. So then I made her spin counter clockwise. I was able to make her go back and forth clockwise, then counter clockwise. I tried controlling it and then I was able to get her to pivot left and right, back and forth without making a full circle. Just swinging her leg left and right, then a full circle then left and right. I was able to make her dance to the music I was listening to. It freaked me out and when I started to laugh she started spinning clockwise.

By: Linda

Linda — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:03:53 +0000

I voted always clockwise, but after I stared for what seemed like a long time, I finally saw the turn back to anti-clock wise. Maybe you just have to be more patient than I was?

By: Fred

Fred — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:07:44 +0000

I can only see clockwise direction with my periferal sight, as I read the text below her spinning legs. When I watch her directly, I can only see anti clockwise direction.

By: rob

rob — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:43:42 +0000

Hocus Pocus - just like most personality tests, and astrology

If it is an optical illusion, then it has to do with optical pre-processing in the brain, and does not come near the interpretive or cognitive associations suggested in the original article, or in the pseudo-field of neo-cognitivism that regurgitates this stuff.

By: Darrell Isaac

Darrell Isaac — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:09:30 +0000

Perhaps the poll is skewed because left brainers are not interested in these things, them being more pragmatic,.

By: Helen Gibson

Helen Gibson — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 23:34:40 +0000

I can see her stop and change directions. Neat!!!