Spinning Woman
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Topic: Spinning Woman
Posted By: TheCaptain
Subject: Spinning Woman
Date Posted: February 03 2009 at 18:42
 I'm aware this is somewhat old but it still amazes me. If you see her turning clockwise you are right-brained. If she turns counter-clockwise you are left-brained. If she does both at the same time then you are lying and I ask you to leave. ------------- Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal. |
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Posted By: rpe9p
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 00:49
| I refuse to believe she is spinning the same way the whole time, I swear she keeps changing directions |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 00:59
| I chose option 6 |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 01:01
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Every time I look away, she starts spinning in the opposite direction. Kinda neat.
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 02:02
Mainly clockwise - I can make her go either way just by concentrating on the raised leg and deciding which way it's going - HOWEVER the shadow is wrong for anti-clockwise  ------------- What? |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 02:08
I see it only clockwise. However this test gives relevant information about my brain and the way it works. The thing is that I can hardly concentrate at something other than the lady's breasts.  |
Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 02:10
I always thought that the erect nipple was a nice touch.
Clockwise normally but you can force yourself to see it both ways if you try hard enough. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Swan Song wrote:Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 02:39
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Counter-clockwise. In a flash I thought that she was spining clockwise, but it was easy to correct myself.
But it depends on the direction in which the clock turns. I have seen clocks turning in both directions.
When I say 'counter-clockwise' I mean that when it is 12 o'clock, the pointer is moving to the right.
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 03:01
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Where on earth was this? ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 03:05
| You should never turn a clock in the wrong direction, it's bad for the machinery. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 03:06
If the clock is transparent it depends on which side you stand on. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 03:18
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 04:17
I know this one, a friend of mine tells me she spins in both directions but I fail to see it, for me she only turns clockwise ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 04:21
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it's just an illusion, more a measure of perception than left/right brain I'd say |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 04:25
I can turn her by waving my mouse on her. 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 05:14
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Stereo
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Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 05:32
| Having done this a couple of times now, it's pretty much 50-50. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 05:39
It was in a local pub. Behind the bar was a mirror. On the opposite wall was this clock, which was meant to be viewed through the mirror.
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Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 05:41
Dean, the pair of them is freaky, especially when one spins clockwise and the other one anti-clockwise 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 07:07
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OK that's just weird the before I answered the poll she was going clockwise and after counter clockwise. I think I'm gonna hurl. Good thing I picked the last option. I dunno, but it's time for me to go. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 07:25
no, it's a visual trick. if you click hard enough on the picture, it'll start spinning the other way around. |
Posted By: TheCaptain
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 11:43
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To all the people that thought they were cool because they voted for the option without any text have now confessed to smelling bad. Haha, jokes on you losers.
------------- Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 11:53
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sniff sniff, what the hell is that? Oh crap! She's spinning clockwise on this computer. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 12:16
| I didn't try for too long, but I can only see a clockwise rotation. |
Posted By: limeyrob
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 12:36
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Not seen this before but it is about the same in both directions. The stereo pair is weird especially when each are spinning in different directions.
Nice one.
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Posted By: Mikerinos
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 12:40
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 13:43
I have just wasted fifteen minutes of my life. 
------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 14:01
That's nothing, I've stared at the thing for hours now.  |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 14:23
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Dean's stereo pair are both going in the same direction fellas |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 14:29
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Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 14:39
Sometimes. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 14:47
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their rotation is off-set, but the direction is the same |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 14:57
I have a slight confession to make...
The two images in the stereo pair are not the same, the first one is spinning anticlockwise:
...of course this anticlockwise image can give the illusion of spinning clockwise (easier if you obscure the shadow) ------------- What? |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 15:00
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oh my mistake, ^ but looks clockwise to me |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 15:11
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5.1 Surround. Engineered and produced by Steven Wilson of course.  ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: June
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 15:53
| Only clockwise for me. But I don't think I'm mainly a right-brain type. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 15:54
But aren't men three-brained beings?  
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 15:58
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^ I doubt there's any correlation between the image and being left or right brained. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 16:05
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strange thing about the 5 images Doc posted is that the shadow is different than in all the other images posted-- here the shadow of her extended foot arcs from right to left across the bottom, but in the others the foot shadow arcs from left to right |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 16:06
I can only see counter clockwise  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 16:20
Sorry - I didn't fully explain how my second image was different - I reversed the animation so it rotates in the opposite direction. ------------- What? |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 16:24
Damn. Here I was going to tell him that I had special magical powers able to reverse the animation of the shadows.
 Anyway, I see it both ways. Sometimes she spins clockwise, then I look away for a bit, come back and she's spinning counter-clockwise, then I look away, come back and she's doing handstands. Anyone else notice the handstands? ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 16:27
Same here.
------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 16:29
yeah I got that, shadows are still different in Doc's images regardless of what direction she is - or is perceived to be - going in |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 16:31
| I cast my final vote - both, but clockwise is prominent. There is definitely a point in the sequence where there is a direction change. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 16:38
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My head hurts. I voted counter-clockwise, but now that I look at it she seems to go both ways. ------------- 
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 16:38
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I just split it into frames, looks clearly like a counter clockwise rotation around an axis. The fact that the figure is 3d but entirely black is what's confusing everyone. check it out http://gifworks.com/cgi-bin/gifworks.pl?com=effect_split_page&img=00_19988.gif&orig=00_19988.gif - http://gifworks.com/cgi-bin/gifworks.pl?com=effect_split_page&img=00_19988.gif&orig=00_19988.gif ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 16:54
^ Ha - spot-on Ansen, I completely missed the fact the image is back-lit (kind of shoots down the theory that right-brained people would see the image rotating clockwise - artisiticly inclined people should interpret the light-direction and shadow angles correctly, so see the image rotating anticlockwise)
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 16:57
Yay, I'm artisiticly inclined! Well actually I'm just very good at orientation in space and spotting detail. I wish i had real talent  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 18:05
Whatever you say, buddy. Because when I got to the bottom of the page, that broad was a-going the other way! ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Plankowner
Date Posted: February 04 2009 at 18:55
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Initially it's rotating counter clockwise.. until I started reading the comments, then I can switch between the two. If not trying to, it goes counter clockwise... |
Posted By: rpe9p
Date Posted: February 05 2009 at 01:20
Yeah it seems to me that there is a definite point where it changes. I think that it is just supposed to screw with people and make them think the change is in their head |
Posted By: toolis
Date Posted: February 05 2009 at 01:38
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i swear, i see her taking a step forward!!!! what does this mean? ------------- -music is like pornography... sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more... -sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue... |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 05 2009 at 02:26
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I think I'm in love |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: February 05 2009 at 02:34
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Okay, this was strange...every time I've seen this before, I've always said, "DUDE! What are you talking about? She always spins clockwise...farging nonsense it is." So I look at it here, sure enough, the little twerp is spinning clockwise like there's no tomorrow. I look up, look back down again... THE LITTLE TRAMP HAS CHANGED DIRECTIONS ON ME!!! What giveth? ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 05 2009 at 04:15
Nipple!   |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: February 05 2009 at 04:32
I wish there was a spinning insurance chick. 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 05 2009 at 05:12
{Pssst. Even though she's in silhouette, that actually is the insurance chick.}
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: February 05 2009 at 05:26
^ She is?  But . . . she looks nothing like her!
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: February 05 2009 at 05:36
that would be something to do with the persistence of vision - try looking at it through squinted eyes.
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: February 05 2009 at 06:17
I find this strangely calming to watch. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 05 2009 at 07:04
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: February 05 2009 at 07:12
^ 
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Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: February 05 2009 at 15:44
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I can clearly see it counter-clockwise no doubt about it Edit: I can now see she's changing directions as well, but mainly counter-clockwise |
Posted By: npjnpj
Date Posted: February 06 2009 at 02:51
| Why's the light off? |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 06 2009 at 16:17
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It automatically goes off when you shut the door after climbing into the refrigerator. Look out for copius ants.
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: February 06 2009 at 17:10
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I see both
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: February 11 2009 at 01:59
Wow, that's creepy. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 11 2009 at 07:54
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I still haven't fathomed the trick that this thing is playing me. When I entered this thread for the first time,I could swear that this woman spinned just counter-clockwise, but after I voted I saw her spinning clockwise more often. Splitting up the animation didn't give me a clue either: the loose images are definitely arranged in a clockwise order and the interval between the images is always 30 milliseconds, so the woman should perform one full circle in nearly one second. Maybe it's a combination of the actual speed of the spinning on the PC in combination with the retardation that occurs in the processing of visual perception. Or maybe it's just one of my mental disorders popping up at unawares... |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: February 11 2009 at 08:10
You stole my line.  |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: February 11 2009 at 12:30
| Where's the option for..."Who cares?! that's a near perfect female form. |
Posted By: fil karada
Date Posted: February 11 2009 at 15:54
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WTF. When I first looked at it she was turning counter-clockwise and then.. I looked at it. To see if I still liked it. And she was turning clockwise this time! The fact is... No matter how closely I study it, No matter how I take it apart, No matter how I break it down, It remains consistant. But seriously that img is freaky. ------------- 
Some people find joy in knowledge. Some people find joy in ignorance. Some people just enjoy music. |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: February 11 2009 at 19:38
Thanks for quoting Crimson there.
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: February 19 2009 at 22:41
I'm too lazy to go through all the posts, but James's signature has the same effect as the spinning woman. I tried it.. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Zitro
Date Posted: February 23 2009 at 19:51
| I love this trick, I can make her spin both ways very easily if I focus on her feet. |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: February 23 2009 at 19:58
It does. I see both this picture and the spinning woman counter-clockwise each time I look at them. ------------- 
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