i can choose the rotation direction. Its not that hard really, its not a real test, you are not physiologically bound to one perception or the other(at least im not, but since this was in wikipedia, then i guess others can change direction too).
Are You Left-Brained or Right?
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Re: Are You Left-Brained or Right?
#12From its Wikipedia article: "The illusion has been incorrectly[3] identified as a scientific personality test that supposedly reveals which hemisphere of the brain is dominant in the observer. Under this unproven interpretation, it has been popularly called the Right Brain–Left Brain test,[4] and was widely circulated on the Internet during late 2007 to early 2008." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spinning_Dancer
That Wikipedia article makes it easier to change the direction. If you scroll the frame-by-frame stills at the bottom in either direction, and look at the animation again, you'll probably see it in that direction.
Re: Are You Left-Brained or Right?
#13as near as I can tell, there is little illusion here. The woman's right leg is on the floor and the point is rotation. This sets up the animation to be counter-clockwise.
Maybe if the body being turned was uniform, no clear front or back, there would be interesting merit. Maybe not.
Re: Are You Left-Brained or Right?
#14http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a259/Immortal_Daemon/Spinn... makes both rotations clear, if it's driving you nuts.
ok, now I see. if I close my right eye and turn my head, the animation appears to reverse itself.
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Re: Are You Left-Brained or Right?
#16as near as I can tell, there is little illusion here. The woman's right leg is on the floor and the point is rotation. This sets up the animation to be counter-clockwise. Maybe if the body being turned was uniform, no clear front or back, there would be interesting merit. Maybe not.
Funny thing is that if you have the alternative (ie clock-wise rotation) then the left leg is on the floor.
Anyone know more about this interpretation flipping? It's kinda weird, and makes me wonder if people that have lost the use of one eye ever have this kind of thing happen in real life.
Re: Are You Left-Brained or Right?
#17According to this article: http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=27 This news article, like many others, ignores the true source of this optical illusion and instead claims it is a quick test to see if you use more of your right brain or left brain. This is utter nonsense, but the “right-brain/left brain” thing is in the public consciousness and won’t be going away anytime soon. Sure, we have two hemispheres that…
Totally nothing to do with the hemispheres - nonetheless, really frustrating that I can't seem to control which way I see her 'spinning' - that all happens behind the scenes in my head. ah!
It's not hard to flip her spin direction, just focus on the point of her toes and tell yourself that her toes are going from (left->right) or (right->left) and that'll change the way you interpret her spin.
Re: Are You Left-Brained or Right?
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Totally nothing to do with the hemispheres - nonetheless, really frustrating that I can't seem to control which way I see her 'spinning' - that all happens behind the scenes in my head. ah!
It's not hard to flip her spin direction, just focus on the point of her toes and tell yourself that her toes are going from (left->right) or (right->left) and that'll change the way you interpret her spin.
That was a good tip. I spent the last 5 minutes making her change direction all the time. In the end I could make her switch almost every time by focussing on her down-foot for a while, just as you said, and then slowly blinking (eyes mostly closed) until I hit an animation phase that triggered the switch.
Nonetheless still interesting how hard it is to make her switch. Right now, only 30 seconds after I lost interest, I don't think I could repeat the trick without re-focussing for a few minutes first.