Which way does she turn?

Turin · Post by **Turin** » 2007-10-22 07:07am

Alerik the Fortunate wrote:Momentary changes in attention cause her to reverse direction for a considerable time until another shift reverses it again. I can't yet consciously choose which I perceive; at any time the motion seems inevitable and conclusive even though I had perceived it differently only moments ago.

That was freaky! I was scratching my head going "WTF? It's obviously clockwise only!" Then my eyes slipped away for a second and <blink> she switched! Cool illusion.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2007-10-22 07:35am

I tried closing one eye as others before did and it turned the other way. Funny thing as well is, if I keep saying left in my thoughts, she'll turn counter-clockwise. If I keep saying right, the figure will go clockwise and that's with both eyes open. She started to go back and forth.

CJvR · Post by **CJvR** » 2007-10-22 07:47am

It's a bit tricky - and headache inducing - but she can swing both clockwise and counter-clockwise although the first seem to be the default setting.

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » 2007-10-22 08:52am

rhoenix wrote:Follow this link:
+http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/ ... 61,00.html

I'm curious as to your responses - call it a social experiment of sorts. I've tried everything I can think of, and I can only perceive her turning clockwise. I'll try again tomorrow, when I'm more awake.

Started off clockwise, then about 30 seconds in, it flipped to anti-clockwise and that became the norm. After watching it for a few minutes I was able to make it switch by glancing away for a second and then glancing back. It's much easier to make it switch from clockwise to anti-clockwise than to make it from anti-clockwise to clockwise

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2007-10-22 08:55am

All I know is that she's hot.

PeZook · Post by **PeZook** » 2007-10-22 09:00am

Stuart wrote: Started off clockwise, then about 30 seconds in, it flipped to anti-clockwise and that became the norm. After watching it for a few minutes I was able to make it switch by glancing away for a second and then glancing back. It's much easier to make it switch from clockwise to anti-clockwise than to make it from anti-clockwise to clockwise

Kind of like religion, isn't it?

Once you get out of the emotional phase where you need the comfort of having an invisible friend in the sky, and truly start perceiving the world rationally, it's really hard to get back.

I wonder if religion has something to do with how our brain is so fucked up?

Singular Intellect · Post by **Singular Intellect** » 2007-10-22 09:11am

She can appear to be spinning in either direction,

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2007-10-22 09:57am

Counter-clockwise. Seriously, what the hell is wrong with you people

And just after I finished the last sentence, she turned around. Can it be that it's just a trick?

drachefly · Post by **drachefly** » 2007-10-22 12:01pm

Darth Wong wrote:All I know is that she's hot.

I wonder if the nipple is an essential part of the distraction for the effect...
;)

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2007-10-22 12:13pm

Counter-clockwise, and I can't make her spin the other way. Then I got distracted by the nipple and gave up.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2007-10-22 12:26pm

wautd wrote:Counter-clockwise. Seriously, what the hell is wrong with you people

And just after I finished the last sentence, she turned around. Can it be that it's just a trick?

I've seen her go counter-clockwise on occasion but I'm not sure if that's me or the way the .gif is designed.

The Guid · Post by **The Guid** » 2007-10-22 12:47pm

She is constantly counter clockwise for me. I can not for the life of me figure any other direction out. Follow her arm or her leg or any thing and it is spinning that way! Ahh!

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2007-10-22 12:49pm

I finally managed to get her to spin the other way, all I had to do was stare at her nipples with one eye closed and then go back to looking normally with both eyes. But as soon as I blink she goes back to spinning counter-clockwise.

Ted C · Post by **Ted C** » 2007-10-22 01:55pm

Interesting.

At first glance, she was turning clockwise. I looked a way for a moment, and when I looked back, she was turning counter-clockwise.

If I close my eyes and concentrate for a moment, I can perceive her turning either way.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2007-10-22 02:00pm

Strange, I can visualize her turning counterclockwise, but when I look, I perceive her going clockwise.

Darth Holbytlan · Post by **Darth Holbytlan** » 2007-10-22 02:12pm

Clockwise, but if I concentrate hard enough I can get her to switch after a minute or two. It's easier to switch if I view it frame-by-frame. I'm not surprised most people are seeing her go clockwise, since the other way requires us to be looking at her from below the plane. Not only is this less natural than from above, but it doesn't match her reflection.

And I agree with some other posters: I don't think this has anything to do with left brain/right brain, and her nipples are distracting.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2007-10-22 03:08pm

I definitely see her as moving counter-clockwise. It took me a LONG time to figure out how to get her to "switch."

Mange · Post by **Mange** » 2007-10-22 03:09pm

She goes anti-clockwise.

Darmalus · Post by **Darmalus** » 2007-10-22 03:23pm

At first it was clockwise, but by focusing on her feet and concentrating, got her spinning counter-clockwise.

PeZook · Post by **PeZook** » 2007-10-22 03:24pm

It was freaky standing next to my father and seeing something completely different than him.

Jesus. Puts the whole "It's green! No, it's obviously blue!" argument in perspective.

rhoenix · Post by **rhoenix** » 2007-10-22 03:31pm

The only reason I broke the link is because I wasn't sure at the time whether or not those in administration here wanted to direct-link to the site, so I played it safe.

More on topic, I can perceive it going both directions, though it's based on mindset - if I'm analyzing the image piece by piece, I can see it going counter-clockwise. Just looking as I normally do, I can see it going clockwise. Given the way I normally think however, it is easier for me to see her going clockwise.

As long as I don't stare at her nipples, it works.

PeZook · Post by **PeZook** » 2007-10-22 03:36pm

Hah. I figured it out.

When I open it up, she typically goes clockwise. The image default is,of course, counter-clockwise, so my brain falsifies the image by default.

When you look at the reflection of her feet, she suddendly snaps into counter-clockwise mode and stays there. I have to close my eyes and imagine her going clockwise for this to return to the default.

So, I might say that my mind perceives things irrationally the first time around. It's actually a good thing to know.

RIPP_n_WIPE · Post by **RIPP_n_WIPE** » 2007-10-22 03:44pm

Counter-clockwise dominant. She swtiches to clockwise but moves back. Also I can change her direction by looking at the feet, but it's harder to go from counter-clockwise to clockwise.

Lisa · Post by **Lisa** » 2007-10-22 04:23pm

She flips back and forth randomly on me. it was insync with a friend online so i thought maybe it was just a recorded display but i tried it with another friend at her house when i was fixing her computer and she was seeing it the opposite direction i was seeing on the same screen.

Slayen · Post by **Slayen** » 2007-10-22 04:42pm

clockwise, and I can not for the life of me get it to go the other way.

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