Spinning Lady Optical illusion
Published by cjlise October 14th, 2007 in Fun, Web, UncategorizedTags: No Tags.
A few months ago, I came across the optical illusion below on Mighty Optical Illusion. It is possible to see the lady spinning clockwise or counter-clockwise:
Then last week an Australian newspaper posted an article that states this optical illusion can be used as a Right brain VS Left Brain test:
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.
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that poor spinning lady must feel violated and exhausted. day in and day out. people staring at her naked body.
I was able to see both directions. And I tested a concentration technique I found a few years back. And
And I was able to get the lady to pivot left and right back and forth with out
turn a full circle. I cant do this very long, because I hold my breath to do this.
I publish a poll / survey to know what is more common, saw her spinning clockwise or anti-clockwise.
You can see the results and vote here:
Right Brain vs Left Brain Survey / Poll - Mind optical illusion
Hey - great site. I was hoping you could send me the spinning lady? Possible? Would be greatly appreciated!
thanks
At first I could only see her turning clockwise and then it occurred to me that the reflection (of the legs at the bottom of the pic) seems to be at odds with her - the reflection seems to be from a dancer turning anti-clockwise.
I can now change direction at will - if I focus on the reflection I see her spinning anti-clockwise, if I focus on her I see her turning clockwise. Not sure about this left brain-right brain thing but it is a good optical illusion.
I think this is not an illusion but a manipulation of all of us, that the image itself changes directions. I would looooove to see the source code for this graphic. I don’t know why some ppl see it differently that others other than that the direction is random at random intervals, to me it’s not physically possible for a 3 dimensional object to just flip in one’s mind. Imagine an outfit painted on the figure and then try to think how it could just suddenly appear to go reverse, it’s a hoax.
I, too, was able to get the lady to pivot back and forth without her completing a full circle. I focused and refocused on the image and she would swing back and forth like a pendulum. When I refocused I thought of the pivot leg switching to the other and my changed “point of reference” would swing the body in the opposite direction.
I do not think this is a manipulation of us. We all have a dominant hemisphere when it comes to the way we think. I was watching this with other people I was testing and we would see it differently depending on what we were thinking or doing at the time. Fascinating! Aren’t our brains amazing?
No hoax and no source code either. it is a GIF file composed of 34 frames and the direction of spin (and which leg she is standing on) really is determined by which hemisphere of the brain you are perceiving with at any given time. QUITE fascinating! It WOULD be nice if she could be given some sort of attire, though. For myself, I’m not all that concerned. Afterall, this is simply a silhouette of a woman (grantedly quite voluptuous!) and there are much more graphically explicit images of REAL women shown on TV all the time. But I understand that, for some people, she may be a bit too provocative, despite being an artist’s rendering AND in silhouette. Be all that as it may it is still intrigueing and wonderful.
Peace and Music!