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[xparrot]

(from 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!)

Comments

[lukita.livejournal.com]

I must be one of those people who have the most logical daydreams... all the time. Cause for a lefty and someone who remembers things using pictures, that girl is spinning counter-clockwise. Either that or I'm mixing up my clockwise and counter-clockwise. XD

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Like I said, I think the article got it wrong; from a casual poll, left-brainers all see it going clockwise, and right-brainers such as yourself see it going counter-clockwise...