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absenceofmind) Okay, I don't buy that this actually tells you whether you're left-brained or right-brained (or if it does, the article's got it wrong, left-brainers see it going clockwise) but regardless, I'll be damned if it isn't one of the weirdest optical illusions I've ever seen.
The Dancer
Watch it for long enough and the dancer switches the direction she's turning - she usually goes clockwise for me, except sometimes she'll start going counter-clockwise. If you can't get it to switch, try reading elsewhere on the page, or cover up half the dancer, or crossing your eyes magic-eye style.
(I actually had to save the gif and look at it frame-by-frame to convince myself this wasn't some computer trick...there's actually two frames that if I flip from the first to the next, I can 'see' her proceed to turn in either direction. Wild!)
absenceofmind) Okay, I don't buy that this actually tells you whether you're left-brained or right-brained (or if it does, the article's got it wrong, left-brainers see it going clockwise) but regardless, I'll be damned if it isn't one of the weirdest optical illusions I've ever seen. The Dancer
Watch it for long enough and the dancer switches the direction she's turning - she usually goes clockwise for me, except sometimes she'll start going counter-clockwise. If you can't get it to switch, try reading elsewhere on the page, or cover up half the dancer, or crossing your eyes magic-eye style.
(I actually had to save the gif and look at it frame-by-frame to convince myself this wasn't some computer trick...there's actually two frames that if I flip from the first to the next, I can 'see' her proceed to turn in either direction. Wild!)
