The Trippiest Optical Illusions on the Net!

the shadow proves that its going counter clockwise. if you look at the shadow for a second you can see it moving counter clockwise. i saw it clockwise at first, then i was able to switch back and forth, but once i saw the shadow i knew that it was counter clockwise.

I just decide which leg she is spinning on. If I think it is her right leg, she spins counter-clockwise. Then I imagine she is spinning on her left leg and all of a sudden she is spinning clockwise. Try it.

Crazy.. so when i look at it it goes clockwise.. as soon as i think hard on a math problem it goes counter clock wise

Funny:

when I look at her boobs its counter clockwise
when I look at her booty its clock wise ;-)

It's going clockwise anyway. Open the gif and it has a 1 frame glitch to possibly confuse you. But no matter it is going clockwise.

I see both, I see it clockwise, then when i read the text in the article it starts spinning anticlockwise

very odd indeed!

What bothers me is her center of rotation isn't passing through her center of gravity.

She should fall over!

WHY DOESN"T SHE FALL!!!!

At first glance I saw her spinning counter-clockwise (as I would expect) but I can also see her spinning clockwise if I really look, then its hard to make it go back to counter-clockwise. Does this mean that my brain doesn't have a dominant side and I'm perfect in every way. I think yes.

Anyone can see this thing spin both ways! It just depends on what you are focused on. Try focusing on the shadow below her feet. I can make her spin any way I want at will!

I see both.

Scored a 55% right and 45% left. Woooooo!

Look at her ARMS and rotation, it changes. The best way to detect the change is to follow the arms pointing L or R when we see her from the back POV.

If she goes clockwise( >) the R arm is up, if counter clockwise the (

I can only see clock-wise. I took the test and it does agree with the image to be "right-sided" but someone explain to me this:
Your percentage score for the right brain is 51%.
Your percentage score for the left brain is 50%.
Am I just so awesome that my brain has more power than others?!?

I believe I have the solution to this conundrum.

I can see the girl spinning both ways - as many other people have - though most seem to be focused on the mechanism - how you can see her going both ways - rather than the reason. Well, here is my theory:

When you focus on the big picture - she spins clockwise. When you focus on the details, she spins counterclockwise. And for a good reason...

If you look at the girl with a 'logical' eye - focused on how the parts apperar as she spins from a front view to a side view - as in which boob appears from the shadows first, etc, you see her spinnning counterclockwise.

If you abstract yourself out from the details to where you are looking at a spinning girl - rather than her body parts, she apperas to go clockwise. Because, your 'creative' brain is filling the blanks that your eyes are not capturing. And perhaps, we are wired to see things go clockwise, so when the brain fills in the blanks, it fills them in a way that the girl goes clockwise.

Conclusion - it is indeed a good test for whether you are more creative or more logical. A more logical person will scientifically observe the moving parts and conclude one way, a more creative person... you get the drift.

Those on the borderline - well then it all depends, does it not!

Cheers.

If you can't see both, try covering up her upper body so you can only see her legs.

This is bull...

This is not an illusion. It could have been, but it is not. The original illusion is the classic 2d representation of 3d rotation without perspective. And people seing clockwise or not does not say anything about left or right hemisphere. I don't have a clue where the makers got that idea from, but I suspect it has monetary origins.

The animation is flawed, as it is indeed 3D WITH perspective rotating clockwise (you can analyze each frame - believe me, it's clockwise). Underneath they have placed a reflection that is moving counter-clockwise. I guess they have though, that if you think this otherwise clockwise moving animation rotates counterclockwise, it must be because you deduce it from the shadow underneath. And if your deduction overrides you intuitive (and correct) observation of clockwise rotation, you must be left-hemisphere dominated.

But that's too far fetched. Neuroscience is faaaar more complicated than that! Don't fall for pseudoscience crap!

- Tommy (medical student, former 3D graphics dabbler)

Are you kidding me.. just a cheap graphic trick. Watch without blinking and it slows down and switches. Why is this on here?

I see clockwise at first, but if I stare at it for a while I get an uncomfortable feeling in my brain for a sec, and it spins counter-clockwise.

not an optical illusion, but a "Silhouette Illusion."
http://www.procreo.jp/labo/labo13.html

hey switched, how about a little google search before posting...

Okay, for all of you that think is a hoax or trick. My wife and I were watching it for a while and it would swap directions on one of us but not the other.

This is really cool.