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See the link: http://loscuatroojos.com/2009/02/11/is-she-turning-left-or-right-are-you-right-brained-or-left-brained/

Please let us know if you are right-brained or left-brained.

I'll give my results in a later comment so I don't predisposition you when you read this to check the link.

Also, what kind of dancer is she? I can see her nipples.

It can only be counter-clockwise (if your looking down at her head and not up at her... foot) because the animation includes her shadow. Without the shadow, it could work either way.

Actually this is bugging the shit out of me because it takes so much focus to make it go the other way. When I was younger, I could look at something like this and focus on it for a few minutes and then see it however I wanted with the blink of an eye. This is the first thing that makes me think I've lost something mentally to go with my general physical dilapidation.

So how does CW/CCW match up with right brained/left brained?
EDIT: CW=Right Brained=Emotions Feelings!
Bullshit! She's totally going CW! And I'm a left hemi man! I used logic and reasoning to make myself see her spin CCW. But I have to watch the shadow for that. I see her CW easily just by looking at her foot, or when I first see her. I definitely have some preference to make her go CW. But I am not, repeat NOT, some irrational, right-brained, touchy-feely, emotional retard. I am completely RATIONAL! I'M A VULCAN! DO YOU HEAR ME! A MOTHER-FUCKING VULCAN!

awwwwww... goddamn it

Ok, I can see it both ways now. The shadow was throwing me off, plus typically dancers would not rotate towards the extended leg like she does going clockwise. At least I don't recall any ballet moves like that.

Nevermind

The kind of dancer who specializes in doing the opening credit sequences of James Bond films. See: For Your Eyes Only.

I can see it both ways and I can, with so-so success, make her shift. As for whether this has anything to do with being right brained or left brained, itself a dubious theory, I haven't the slightest idea.

AHA! SUCCESS! I can see it both ways. By utilizing the shadow as a point of reference I can make whatever it is I am thinking with perceive the dancer as spinning C-CW! The Universe is mine to control!

The shadow is totally the key. I think that if you see her spinning CCW, you are shadow brained. Also, when I see her going CCW, I feel like she is going to tip over, given my knowledge of anatomy, physics, and top-heavy broads.

Doesn't matter how I try to look at it. Clockwise.

That is, if you talking about looking from above.

Aresen,

Block the dancer with your hand and focus only on the shadow of her lifted foot. You will only see it sweep past behind her other foot. Mentally complete the circle as it comes around in front. Once you see the shadow going around CCW, marry the shadow to her leg and she will be turning CCW.

Left/right brain is definitely not psychopop. There is extensive research going back decades on it. Keep in mind though that the brain is an extremely complex machine. Some things are very strong, "the left side of the brain controls the right side of the body" is true for just about everybody. The left/right logic/emotion is certainly a real phenomenon, but it's not so straightforward.

The lines of demarcation are very blurry and there's communication between the two hemispheres. For example, the left hemisphere is dominant in such things as logic, details, and fact rules, while the right gets credit for "big picture" oriented, symbols and images, imagination rules. Now suppose you're trying to solve a geometry problem. Since the left side is the "math" side, it would seem to be a no-brainer (HA!) which side you are using most. But symbols and images are the language of math, and to solve the problem you need to keep the "big picture" in mind while applying your imagination.

Furthermore, the brain is remarkably mailable. If a portion of the brain is somehow damaged, it's function can be taken over by another part of the brain.

I knew I had read something about this recently, this is from a book on music and the brain:

"One finding at the macro level about the function of the brain is the popular notion about hemispheric specialization- the idea that the left half of the brain and the right half of the brain perform different cognitive functions. This is certainly true, but as with much of the science that has permeated popular culture, the real story is somewhat more nuanced.
To begin with, the research on which this is based was performed on right handed people. For reasons that aren't entirely clear, people who are left handed or ambidextrous sometimes have the same brain organization as right handers, but more often have a different brain organization. When the brain organization is different, it can take the form of a simple mirror image, such that functions are simply flipped to the opposite side. In many cases, however, left handers have a neural organization that is different in ways that are not yet well documented. Thus, any generalizations we make about hemispheric asymmetries are applicable only to the right handed majority of the population...
...Both sides of the brain engage in analysis and both sides in abstract thinking. All the activities require coordination of the two hemispheres, although some of the particular functions involved are clearly lateralized."

Well, duh. It's an internet test. 'Nuff said.

Neuroscience has nothing to do with pop psychology.

AR -- Sorry it gave you a headache, man. That was definitely not an intended outcome.

baloney... the image changes direction when you move your mouse.

She's a private dancer. Dancer for money.

She only spins once for me. I'm not sure what that says about me, except that my Firefox settings only allow animations to play once.

I'm changing my vote. She's turning deiseil.

Warren: I tried your trick of looking at only the shadow. I could see widdershins turning in the shadow, but when I looked back at the whole picture, it reverted to deiseil.

I think she might be turning Japanese. I really think so.

"Which way is the dancer turning?"

"Clockwise, it seems to me."

"And you call yourself a scientist!"

Right brain, left brain? Bah!
I'm more of a reptile brain dominant.

So she's Sgt. Kabuki Man, NYPD?

For all we know this thing could be fucking with us. May be it registers our IP addresses so that for some it gives a consistent, but random turning direction and for others the other way. And, yet, for another group it could be randomly changing directions every time one checks it (like with rana). Because, I swear, this thing can't be turning anything except counter-clockwise. :) Someone should look into this by logging on from a different computer.

Of course it's a two dimensional image, unless you've got a much better monitor than I do! *grin*

EDIT: However, I've seen this optical illusion in 3-D. In fact, you can make the figure turn clockwise for a minute, then counterclockwise, which you can observe from a view above; but from a straight ahead viewpoint the brain's ability to process it turning either way remains the same.

Spamhole deleted. Poor spamhole. Just trying to promote capitalism to us all. Nine days late.

I'm beginning to love spambots.

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to me, the dancer's image appears to be turning to her right, clockwise if viewed from above.

do I win?