Illusion

[zokitano]

Look at the girl silhouette. It is a well known illusion. The girl is rotating clockwise or counterclockwise (depends on your brain). Then look on her shadow below the silhouette. Return your look again on the silhouette, you're seeing her probably rotating opposite than in the first place.

If you're seeing the girl rotating clockwise (and it doesn't change) than you use your right brain's hemisphere more. Otherwise, your using your left brain's hemisphere more!

If you try to concentrate on the image then you'll probably observe again change in her rotation direction.

I wonder which hemisphere worlds' chromatographers are using more! When I look at the picture I am seeing her rotating clockwise

Have fun!

[Noser222]

I see it counterclockwise. I can't get it to switch by looking at the bottom though. The best I can do is that if I only look at the feet, it seems to oscillate rather than rotate.

Also, I'm glad that the female form was chosen for this illusion

[Noser222]

Ah, now I see it...but I have to focus on the bottom foot and visulaize it clockwise.

[Peter Apps]

At first she was going counter-clockwise. After some practise I can make her change direction more or less at will.

Peter

[chromatographer1]

I report a clockwise rotation.

For a brief instant when I read the text below the image I begin to see a counter clockwise rotation, but only for a brief instant.

A curious phenomenon indeed.

Rod

[Consumer Products Guy]

I see her naked.

[zokitano]

I want to add also the meaning of this illusion:

Researchers have found that

1. The people who can see the girl spinning clockwise (in other words are using the right brain hemisphere more) are
- more sensitive
- orientated toward the "big picture"
- full with fantasy
- philosophers
- they believe
- they appreciate
- have good perception
- are hazarders
- are unpredictable
- are full with ideas and opportunities

2. The people who can see the girl spinning counter-clockwise (are using the left brain hemisphere more) have sense of
- logic
- words and languages
- present and past
- math and science
- are practical
- are realist
- are certain
- make strategies
- have uniform perception

et., etc.,

It's up to you whether you'll believe on this research or not. But it is good to know all these details. I hope that I did not disappoint you

Have fun!

[zokitano]

I see her naked.

Well you have opened another field of research for the shrinks

[JA]

I find a couple of things happen depending on my point of focus.

If I focus on the upper body, the woman is rotating clockwise all the time, whether I try to break my break my focus with the shadow at the lower part of the picture, look away, anything.

If I focus on the swinging leg, I perceive the woman to spin anticlockwise when the leg is in the left half, and clockwise when it's in the right half. As the swinging leg passes the support leg there appears to be a break in the fluidity of motion, like a few frames are missing. If I look at the ankle and foot of the swinging leg, it appears to me that the shape confirms half a rotation in each of the anticlockwise and clockwise directions.

Weird

[gcguy]

I see her going both directions and switching very quickly between the two, but mostly naked!!!