Comments on: Which Way Do You Spin… Left Brain or Right Brain?

By: dom

dom — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:45:39 +0000

The dancer can be said to be spinning counter-clockwise if you picture the clock over her head (ceiling mounted) and facing down… It’s easier to picture her spinning while standing on top of a clock which is facing upwards, thus having her spin clockwise.
It’s all relative to clock position.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:33:42 +0000

Yeah, when I look at the animation, I can make the dancer spin both ways just by wanting her to. I have checked the functions and I have a very balanced set of both. I also possibly have a mild case of Schizophrenia so I’m not sure if it is related.

By: Miroslav Lucan

Miroslav Lucan — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:37:53 +0000

Clockwise…totally natural, can t even imagine her rotating the other way, even if I try hard… but then really… I am an artist, so there must be something to it ))

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:57:45 +0000

View it from a cell phone then angle the phone differently…that’s what finally worked for me

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:55:56 +0000

At first I thought it was on a timer….but as I’m viewing this from my phone I decided to angle it differently and voila! She changed directions.it takes a little bit of time but you can train yourself to make her change directions or bounce left to right without making full circles….pretty damn cool I must say!

By: Nimishtya Dejahsu

Nimishtya Dejahsu — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 04:06:46 +0000

Its changing from counter clock wise to counter.

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By: anne doyle

anne doyle — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:40:53 +0000

Very interesting…I first saw her turning clockwise and then I just stared at her foot and then she was turning counterclockwise and turned clockwise eventually ……..using our ‘left side of our brain’ more than our ‘right side’ probably makes sense…we are in our comfort zone when we do things our way, for years and years and when we have to learn different techniques relating to ways we have been doing, eg drawing or painting and perspective……it’s difficult to do it another way, especially when it is a correct way taught by an Art Teacher. Our brain gets confused?? am I right in thinking that?

By: Jerre Levy

Jerre Levy — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:54:34 +0000

I posted an answer to this previous, which I copy again here:

Jerre Levy says:
December 7, 2009 at 12:29 am

When observing an ambiguous figure that has two possible perceptual interpretations, the brain alternatively constructs each possible perception. We first see one perception and as observation of the figure continues long enough, the perception fatigues and is replaced by the alternative. When this fatigues, we again see the first alternative, etc. Simply stare at the dancer long enough and the direction of her twirling will reverse.

There is no such thing as “left-brained” and “right-brained” people unless an individual has half the brain surgically removed or inactivated by anesthetic. Both sides of the normal brain are always active, in interaction with each other, and participating in learning, memory, perception, imagination, and emotion. No normal human being thinks with one side of the brain at a time.

By: John

John — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:42:34 +0000

What if I can see her spinning both ways or either way? Initially she spun counterclockwise for me.