There is the ISIS, called the most difficult puzzle ever. It sure had put many minds and brains to test, but here is something that’ll put the two halves of your brain confronting head-on for supremacy? Asking your witty bit to decide which half of it was more dominating, helping you figure out things, and did you always figure them out correctly.
It is the test of the Right brain with the Left brain, and it’s time to concentrate, not on the lady, but her movement, that’s gonna decide the rest. If you see her moving clockwise, then you’re using the creative side of your brain, that is the Right. Whereas, if you see her move anti-clockwise, then you’re using the logical part of your brain, that is the Left.
My first impression of the dancer was that it is moving anti-clockwise, and that’s how most of you would see it too. However, if you try and focus, who knows you may see it move clockwise, if you do, please let us know, by leaving your experiences in the comment section.
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I see it both ways. So does my brother and my sister. =)
Well I certainly see it going clockwise. And only clockwise. Other tests I’ve done show that for a male I’m rather special; I use both halves equally. Yes, I’m straight too. What do I do for a living? Used to be a computer programmer - now I’m a lawyer, hehe.
ha, I guess it’s us smart computer people who see it clockwise. I only see it clockwise and I am IT professional.
I guess you’re right.
Though I can see it rotating counter-clockwise sometimes as well. No concentration required, just when I scroll down and back up sometimes I see it going in a different direction.
(I’ve been working with computers since I was 4.)
IT Pro here as well,
Going clockwise for sure.
I only see it clockwise... I’m a fashion designer by the way...
Hey i can see her tits moving in a clockwise direction...but not sure what part of my brain is in use
For me this funny female is getting sprayed in all directions ...
My Gosh... That’s amazing. Frankly speaking, it seemed to me moving anti-clockwise but, after I concentrated a bit more, it was moving clockwise...only clockwise. Great find, buddy :-)
Huh…….. I couldn’t decide whether my left brain is more active or the right one, as the dancing lady first appeared movin clockwise and after a short while on the opposite direction.
But one thing is for sure that the designer of the puzzle must have used his both brains, creative as well as logical, as he successfully stretched a number of brains to find whether a person is creative or logical.
Smart chap!
Like I said above here I only saw it going clockwise. What’s freaky is that I discovered that when I read text it instantly changes direction!
Since the right half deals with images (clockwise) it naturally switched to the left (anti-clockwise) for the language center.
the proper rotational direction [clockwise] can be determined by observing the lower foot of the figure . it is positioned 90 degrees off of the rotational axis . cover up the lower foot and it is easier to see the counterclockwise rotation [ look at the shadow ]
At first I saw her going clockwise... then she switched to counter clockwise, and then back to clockwise. I was able to control which way I saw her... if you hum a song or do something you need to use your creative side, then she will turn one way. Then try reading or doing a math problem... she’ll go the other way... worked for me at least.
She is switching feet. Several minutes into rotation, they switch from left foot down to right foot down. Left foot anchored is clockwise and right foot anchored is counter. See for yourself.
At first look it’s always clockwise, and then after a bit I see it counter clockwise. After a bit of looking I could see it either way by command.
ISIS’s spinning is an optical illusion. As others have pointed out, when she appears to be spinning clockwise, she looks as if she’s pivoting on her left foot, and when she appears to be spinning counter clockwise, she looks as if she’s pivoting on her right foot. Yet, if you look at her very closely when she seems to change direction, you’ll notice that she never actually switches her pivoting foot–the same foot always remains down.
She isn’t really spinning completely around; the only reason she appears to be is because we see her as a silhouette, which takes away our depth perception, preventing us from being able to tell whether her limbs are really swinging toward us or away from us, though we think we can tell which way they’re swinging.
She is an animation that is probably actually turning only 180 degrees in one direction and 180 degrees back again repeatedly (one method), and our own shifting perception is what makes her silhouette appear to spin completely around either to the left or right–or both left and right. Another, more complex method would be to use mirror images.
It’s a wonderful optical illusion! And it’s a great mental illusion, as well; because it actually makes people believe that they can determine which side of their brain is dominant based on which way they see her spinning!
I have my nineteen-year-old son, Joe, to thank for helping me figure this one out! I noticed that the same foot stays down all the time, but Joe explained two of the ways this illusion could be created, as well as the role that the silhouette plays in affecting our depth perception.
This is a nice optical illusion. I initially saw it rotating counterclockwise and doubted that it would change. After a bit, and finding where to look, I saw it switch. I can now make it switch back and forth.
However, I think that it can be proved that it is actually turning counterclockwise by the shadows. First, the shadow of the pivit foot coming directly at you, the observer, shows that teh light is on the other side of the dancer and high up. Maybe at 30 degrees or so. In that case, the dancers spinning foot would break the light adn case the shadow only when the foot was low and on the other side (away from the observer). This is what you see when you see her rotating counterclockwise. When she rotates clockwise, the shadow shows when the foot is on the observer’s side of her body. In reality, the shadow at that time would be the least visible of the entire spin.
Am I being too left brained.
Andy
I too can switch the direction at will. A fun optical illusion though.
I only saw this moving in the Counter Clockwise rotation.
I saw her spinning in both derections and noticed that when she is spining clockwise she has her left arm sticking out and is standing on her right leg but when she goes counter clockwise it is the oposite... right arm and standing on left leg. Very good job on this one.
If you’re having trouble getting to see it change direction, and you are on a laptop, turn the screen over. For me and my buddy, she immediately reversed direction. Then by righting the screen slowly, you may be able to preserve the new rotation. I had to move it back and forth through the transition point a few times. Of course, it may have had to do with the fact that she was spinning clockwise for me, and by studying the transition, I was engaging my logical mind.
Does this work for any of you inherently logic folks.
This is just a hoax. The lady goes in both directions if you wait long enough and is probably supposed to. No need to concentrate. When she moved counter clockwise her left arm and left leg are out. When she moves in clockwise then her right arm and right leg are extended. If this was just a test on the brain then the arms and legs would not change, only the movement would change.
At first I saw the image moving clockwise, then after a minute I was able to see it move anti-clockwise. However, now I am able to get the image to change directions every half turn. Strange. I wonder how many working hours have been spent looking at this spinning women???
Oh, I noticed a trick. If you focus on the calf muscle that’s standing, and follow the moving foot when it crosses calf, you could make it switch directions.
For example, if you’re looking at the calf muscle and then follow the moving foot when it crosses and goes right, you could make it go clockwise. Then the other way around, if you’re looking at the calf and then follow the moving foot when it crosses and goes left, you could make it go counter-clockwise.
To switch directions, it’s important that you don’t continue following the moving foot as it moves from one end to the other. You have to start from the middle to make the illusion switch easily.
But well... I’m not sure how great a test this is for creativity or logic. It just looks like a cool optical illusion to me. Essentially the image is 2D with the moving foot going left and right, but our minds assign a 3D bias to it... which makes her look like she’s spinning.
I don’t care which way she’s turning, I’d just like ta have her phone number.
I was able to see both clockwise and counter-clockwise. When I looked at an area below the figure she moved clockwise halfway and the counter-clockwise halfway.
I think the answer to this optical illusion is much simpler. It’s just a matter of perspective (it might be a left-brain / right brain thing, I don’t know). But if you think of the point of origin that you are looking at something when you consider the concept of ”clockwise” or ”counterclockwise,” that is key to understanding which one it is. Imagine if you could look at a clock from behind the wall. The direction of the hands would actually be moving in a counterclockwise direction. Same goes for this exercise: If you’re thinking of the spinning woman from the top of her head, looking down, then she is spinning counterclockwise. However, if you’re under the floor, looking up at her feet, then she is spinning clockwise. It’s as simple as that. You can test this by holding an object in your hand (such as a pencil), and look down upon it, and spin it clockwise with your fingers. Keep on spinning it the same direction, but move it up over your head. You’ll notice that it is now spinning counterclockwise. It’s all about the perspective that you happen to use instinctively.
I can see both pretty regularly. It seems to change when I blink, sometines.
i see her moving clockwise... no matter how long i stare, or if i do math problems or listen to music or whatever, the direction doesn’t change
like what mic said..
THIS IS JUST A HOAX..
”This is just a hoax. The lady goes in both directions if you wait long enough and is probably supposed to. No need to concentrate. When she moved counter clockwise her left arm and left leg are out. When she moves in clockwise then her right arm and right leg are extended. If this was just a test on the brain then the arms and legs would not change, only the movement would change.”
IT IS VERY VERY FUNNY that so many STUPID people ARE SO GULLIBLE! HAHAHA!
Wow. I downloaded the animation to my desktop to analyze it frame by frame. It is not a hoax. It is a 34 frame looping animation which never reverses itself. The observation of the pivot foot changing from right to left or vice versa is purely perceptual. I can now alternate my perception of the rotation direction easily now, but only by directing my focus on her lower body and momentarily hiding her upper body from view. At first I saw it as counter-clockwise and was ready to submit a comment that anyone who saw it rotating clockwise was simply subject to to the power of suggestion. Glad I gave it some further analysis. It took me an hour to see it as clockwise because it was so hard for me to ”unsee” it as counter-clockwise once I had formed my initial opinion. I am sooooo left brain.
i start out seeing it clockwise but if i concentrate i can see it moving counter-clockwise. i find it is much easier for me to go from counter clockwise to clockwise than clockwise to counter clockwise
it is moving clockwise only clockwise ok
It is moving 180 degrees left and right. =) haha!
Cool and clever, yet quite disturbing to me in the way the dancer’s moving leg switches instantaneously from the right one to the left one depending on which way she seems to be rotating. It seems wrong somehow that the fundamental sense of left and right can be toyed with by this illusion.
It’s also very freaky when you see her switch direction.... there’s a moment of cognitive dissonance in that I see it happening but don’t quite believe my eyes! That’s probably what is most disturbing about this illusion to me.
If I’m feeling stressed, the image seems to rotate counter-clockwise; when I’m relaxed, it goes clockwise. Clearly my dominant personality under stress is logical. :)
What’s really strange is that I downloaded the picture and have it showing in two different windows... and I can see one dancer going clockwise while the other goes counter-clockwise! No joke... but the second I try to analyze the details of what’s going on, the one going clockwise immediately switches direction and both dancers go counter-clockwise.
Lol, my brain is too logical. When I first saw it, It was moving clockwise, then as soon as I read about it, I could only see it moving counter clockwise.
Then, using creative logic, I made a way to trick my logic side into seeing it move clockwise. I opened up 3 versions of it, and every time it would get to the point that the foot on the ground disapeared, I would switch to another browser, in about 4 seconds, I could switch which way all three were moving at will.
After looking into it further, it’s not a hoax. There is no ”Wait long enough” If you’ve figured it out, you can switch it at will no matter what.
My trick is, Look at the foot, and just the foot. When you can see the entire foot from the side, imagine the body spinning a different direction. If the foot is in motion to go around with the toes to the rear, imagine the toes coming towards you. A nice brain exercise is to see how long you can constantly make it switch before you see a full rotation.
The reflection gives it away. It’s definitely turning counter-clockwise. Because you can see a reflection of the extended toe when it appears to be moving right to left, the toe is obviously farther away. That would make it impossible to be turning clockwise. You’ll notice the awkwardness of the reflection when you picture her turning clockwise, but not when you picture her turning counter-clockwise. And it is a reflection because it doesn’t have the correct perspective of a shadow.
If i look once its going clockwise,,then if i read a single word or line,,it seems to switch directions,im not sure why i have to read a word or line to make it change but thats the only way it changes directions for me,,interesting piece,,
When I read the text the dancer moves only left to right.
Intresting Bharat,during observing an illusion our brain work sharply and with curosity.With practice a person can use,both left and right lobes of the brain.
i just couldn’t understand how u all can see it anti-clockwise :S Can someone tell me how u can see it ?
ok, i used to be able to see the dancer moving CCW, but now i only see her moving CW.
also, i highly doubt that it has anything to do with hemispheres of the brain. feel free to correct me if i am wrong, but my theory is that over the course of its frames, each frame covers an arc of over 180 degrees, meaning that however fast you can perceive the changes will determine the direction, like when you look at the wheels of a car in a commercial, and the spokes of the rims look like they are turning in reverse. another example would be in a marquee, with the odd-numbered bulbs switching on when the even-numbered bulbs switch off and vice versa. depending on when you blink and the direction of movement of your eyes, the lights can look to be progressing either CW or CCW.
also, whoever says anything about it being impossible for it to turn in one direction because of her toes is also full of it, because she is a totally symmetric motion path. if anyone ever saw the video of Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage solve rubik’s cubes, one with his hands and the other with his feet, you’d think they were able to do it. however, they later demonstrated how they were able to do it - they started with completely solved cubes and scrambled them - then reversed the frames. however, this time, they included sounds of them talking to prove that the ”solving” video was in reverse. the point is that certain motions, ie SPINNING, can look perfectly natural whether played forwards or in reverse.
however, if anyone wants to please tell me how to see it turning CCW, let me know.
Initially, I see a clockwise movement of the girl. However, I can change the direction at will. This requires that I move my eyes from below her feet upwards, slowly. I don’t know how this works, but it does.
It took me forever to figure out that if you just focus on the shadow of her foot you can make it ”change” direction. Initially, I could only see her spinning anti-clockwise. Once I figured out to focus on the shadow foot it was flipping direction so fast I went cross eyed looking at it!!
All i can see is a girl spinning on her left foot clockwise.No matter which way I look at it i can’t make it change direction.The only weird thing is,that if I look at it through a mirror she is still spinning on her left foot clockwise.(nice nipples though)
All i can see is a girl spinning on her left foot clockwise.No matter which way I look at it i can’t make it change direction.The only weird thing is,that if I look at it through a mirror she is still spinning on her left foot clockwise.(nice nipples though)
For me the image is not ¡§moving¡¨ anywhere. If we imagine this is a 3D image, then we must also imagine a ¡§point-of-view¡¨. If we make our point-of-view over the image, she would be rotating clockwise. If we make the point-of-view below the image she is rotating counter clockwise. If someone is seeing this ¡§turn¡¨ another way, well I am not ƒº.
Wow!!! I must be messed up!! at first glance she was moving clockwise...then I started reading I saw her moving counterclockwise, and at times she would rotate one half turn clockwise and then counterclockwise for on half turn
It started off clockwise, and I stared at it for ages thinking it would never change. Read through all the comments to see if I could get any ”tips” on how to make it change, scrolled back up to the picture, and bobs your uncle, she started moving anti-clockwise.... Course now I cant get her to go back to clockwise **sigh**
i am a chicken and i fuckin eat cabbage lol hahaaahahaahhahahaha fuk me cowboy i could only see dis bitch movin clockwise, probably cos im so messed up in the head due to peeple being cunts to me, I created my own world to escape emotional torture!
Darn, whatever I do, even with the tips I read here, I can’t make her move Counter Clockwise. I tried covering her waist down, looking at her from the bottom-up, etc, and she still moves clockwise.
What does that imply?
I am left handed and dyslexic. Most left brain/right brain tests i take have me in my right mind.
The lady was spinning clockwise for me at first. However i found that if i looked away and started reading the text below, in my peripheral vision she was spinning counter clockwise. if i looked at her then she would continue to spin in a counter clockwise motion for a while, until I started to focus on her. In witch instance she would start spinning clockwise again.
I saw clockwise first then counter clockwise. Then alternately when I returned to looking at it from below. When I watch the reflection of her foot on the floor, it’s clearly counter clockwise (if that is indeed a reflection and not a funky shadow ...)
I can see it both ways (not sure which was first). I tried switching back and forth between the two rotations and it seemed to get easier each time I tried.
to all those ppl who think that this is a trick.. sit with another fren of urs.. and then see which direction this lady is moving.. u can always increase the number of ppl around.. as to increase the probablity of same sided ppl.
She is definately spinning anti-clockwise.
it’s only spinning clockwise
I initially saw her going clockwise. Then I tried to make her switch, which she did after a couple minutes. Then I could make her switch back after staring a while. At first I thought it was a hoax. But then I got the hang of it and I can switch her every step by shutting my eyes, visualizing the other way with my eyes closed, then opening them, then voila she goes the other way. Then I started writing and analyzing and then she got stuck going counter clockwise! Then someone told a funny joke and I relaxed and laughed and she went clockwise again. Then I went back to making her switch clockwise and counterclockwise at will and I think I have it down now. No hoax! I do vajrayana buddhist meditation BTW. So my perception is perhaps a bit flexible HAHA!!!
You gotta be kiddin me.
Its obvious that this flash was done so that part of the animation is clockwise and part of it is counterclockwise.
I can exactly see the moment of the spin change and it is periodical.
Where is teh illusion here !!??
First I saw clockwise, when I looked at the shadow I was able to see counter-clockwise. Now I can switch back and forth almost at will
i can see clockwise & counter clockwise
the trick is to look only on the feet keep you bowser down and think that its a paper flipping imagine that its turning right, then bring up the image and you will see its clockwise. then look at the feet again and imagine that its turning left, now you’ll see it running counter clockwise. try it! ^_^
if the lady was doing a 180 motion back and forth, then you would see her lower foot swinging back and forth it clearly goes in a circle
i seem to be able to swap her direction at will
you people are crazy
how is anybody seeing it go anti-clockwise or both?
it’s going clockwise
if she’s hovering over a big clock with her leg out over the big hand say. It’s going clockwise
Unless you look from the bottom but that’s not the view point.
I’m amazed if people honestly don’t see that.
wow
after..
3 months
I forgot about this but I completely changed my comment, haha
I was looking at it. I saw it going clockwise still. I took my eyes off for half a second and it went the other way. It’s really bizarre because it will do it while i stare too
pretty cool
i’d assume it’s moving but the first time it changed directions i took my eyes off for half a second. it could not have known so i guess i changed my perspective
The first time I saw this, she only went clockwise for me. Now I can seem to get her to go either way by not thinking about it. What does that mean?
She moves counterclockwise every time I first look at her, but she switches directions out of the blue and it’s just a few seconds one way and then a few seconds the other way. I really thought it just changed directions and have had 4 other people from the office look and she only spins one for all of them...
I am very right brained.... I see her spin both ways.... clockwise initially so long as I am not payin attention to the words .... as soon as I read *bOOm* counterclockwise. I can make her go back and forth tho which is fun :)
I only see the dancer going clockwise. I can’t see her going counterwise.
I used to be able to make her go counterclockwise by thinking of algebraic equations. No longer. Been doing lots of creative work and seemed to be stuck in that mode now. Not a bad thing.
i see it clockwise
I see it only clockwise, no other way.
all i can see is moving in both way. i got dizzy staring at the girl spinning.