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http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22556281-661,00.html

Let me know what you see?

Seen this on the SS forum too but didn't reply over there.

When i open it i see it turning anti clockwise... but concentrating on it i can change it to turn clockwise.... and even back to anti clockwise... does that make me a weirdo.?.

Patrick.

Yes saw this on SS also.

I showed it too my kids and it just evoked a heated debate. Its very well done.

I see woman moving clock wise!

(i am left handed)

Ant-clockwise when I opened the link and then she turned around and only went clockwise (lefthanded)

Funny thing is that I have been in the IT industry for over 20 years, yet I see her going clockwise (and only clockwise).  I have asked about a dozen other IS staff to look at it with the following results:

4 men see her only going clockwise;
3 women see her initially going clockwise, but then changing direction every now and then;
2 men see her initially going clockwise, but then changing direction every now and then.

Out of the group I polled, nobody only sees her only going counter-clockwise.

One question that came out of it was "what is the definition of clockwise/counter-clockwise?"  In my poll, we all determined that we would be looking down on her to determine the circular direction.  But others might determine direction by looking upwards towards her.

I haven't check this current link, but it mus the same I was sent the other day.  I can see her turning in both directions, mostly clockwise, but eventually counterclockwise. I didn't find a way to guarantee I see her turning counterclockwise, even doing math like I was told (tried square roots).

Regards,
Adelaide

Yes, I've now seen her going anticlockwise. It took a while, but suddenly she switched and I couldn't get her to go back to the way I first saw her.

I found it helps switch direction if you cover up the shadow/reflection of her feet.

As for the right/left brain thing ... I'm suspicious of that. I showed it to my wife (who is a very much more organised and process-oriented person than me) and she saw it going clockwise too. I think most people see it going clockwise because of the shadow/reflection of one of her feet that appears and disappears. It makes more sense for that to happen when she's going clockwise.

I see her turning clockwise when I first look but after a while I can get her to switch back and forth.  I find moving my eyes in the opposite direction and blinking gets her to switch.

HA HA HA

That works, but only until I move my head back. I really don't think it reflects on whether you're right or left brained.

Since there is no such thing as left or right brained, I wouldn't get too concerned about it.  The whole concept is nothing but a popular myth based on a flawed study. When the study was repeated to verify the data, the results were completely reversed.

This won't stop people from believing in astrology, the full Moon effect or other popular myths, but at least everyone here can know that they are using all of their brains. 

ps I saw it counter-clockwise first, until I concentrated, and changed it. It's possible to make it turn either direction with practice. Nifty optical illusion. Human perception is an amazing area.

Something about taking a course in human perception and having the professor use Andreas Feininger writings and photos, as some examples, always stuck with me. If you stick your nose up close to a wide angle photo and can focus, it's not distorted at all.

I have tried and tried and tried. And I feel dumb. I can't see her spinning clockwise.