I see it both ways. So does my brother and my sister. =)

Well I certainly see it going clockwise. And only clockwise. Other tests I’ve done show that for a male I’m rather special; I use both halves equally. Yes, I’m straight too. What do I do for a living? Used to be a computer programmer - now I’m a lawyer, hehe.

Hey i can see her tits moving in a clockwise direction...but not sure what part of my brain is in use

For me this funny female is getting sprayed in all directions ...

My Gosh... That’s amazing. Frankly speaking, it seemed to me moving anti-clockwise but, after I concentrated a bit more, it was moving clockwise...only clockwise. Great find, buddy :-)

Huh…….. I couldn’t decide whether my left brain is more active or the right one, as the dancing lady first appeared movin clockwise and after a short while on the opposite direction.

But one thing is for sure that the designer of the puzzle must have used his both brains, creative as well as logical, as he successfully stretched a number of brains to find whether a person is creative or logical.

Smart chap!

Like I said above here I only saw it going clockwise. What’s freaky is that I discovered that when I read text it instantly changes direction!

Since the right half deals with images (clockwise) it naturally switched to the left (anti-clockwise) for the language center.

the proper rotational direction [clockwise] can be determined by observing the lower foot of the figure . it is positioned 90 degrees off of the rotational axis . cover up the lower foot and it is easier to see the counterclockwise rotation [ look at the shadow ]

At first I saw her going clockwise... then she switched to counter clockwise, and then back to clockwise. I was able to control which way I saw her... if you hum a song or do something you need to use your creative side, then she will turn one way. Then try reading or doing a math problem... she’ll go the other way... worked for me at least.

She is switching feet. Several minutes into rotation, they switch from left foot down to right foot down. Left foot anchored is clockwise and right foot anchored is counter. See for yourself.

At first look it’s always clockwise, and then after a bit I see it counter clockwise. After a bit of looking I could see it either way by command.

ISIS’s spinning is an optical illusion. As others have pointed out, when she appears to be spinning clockwise, she looks as if she’s pivoting on her left foot, and when she appears to be spinning counter clockwise, she looks as if she’s pivoting on her right foot. Yet, if you look at her very closely when she seems to change direction, you’ll notice that she never actually switches her pivoting foot–the same foot always remains down.

She isn’t really spinning completely around; the only reason she appears to be is because we see her as a silhouette, which takes away our depth perception, preventing us from being able to tell whether her limbs are really swinging toward us or away from us, though we think we can tell which way they’re swinging.

She is an animation that is probably actually turning only 180 degrees in one direction and 180 degrees back again repeatedly (one method), and our own shifting perception is what makes her silhouette appear to spin completely around either to the left or right–or both left and right. Another, more complex method would be to use mirror images.

It’s a wonderful optical illusion! And it’s a great mental illusion, as well; because it actually makes people believe that they can determine which side of their brain is dominant based on which way they see her spinning!

I have my nineteen-year-old son, Joe, to thank for helping me figure this one out! I noticed that the same foot stays down all the time, but Joe explained two of the ways this illusion could be created, as well as the role that the silhouette plays in affecting our depth perception.

This is a nice optical illusion. I initially saw it rotating counterclockwise and doubted that it would change. After a bit, and finding where to look, I saw it switch. I can now make it switch back and forth.

However, I think that it can be proved that it is actually turning counterclockwise by the shadows. First, the shadow of the pivit foot coming directly at you, the observer, shows that teh light is on the other side of the dancer and high up. Maybe at 30 degrees or so. In that case, the dancers spinning foot would break the light adn case the shadow only when the foot was low and on the other side (away from the observer). This is what you see when you see her rotating counterclockwise. When she rotates clockwise, the shadow shows when the foot is on the observer’s side of her body. In reality, the shadow at that time would be the least visible of the entire spin.

Am I being too left brained.

Andy

I too can switch the direction at will. A fun optical illusion though.

I only saw this moving in the Counter Clockwise rotation.

I saw her spinning in both derections and noticed that when she is spining clockwise she has her left arm sticking out and is standing on her right leg but when she goes counter clockwise it is the oposite... right arm and standing on left leg. Very good job on this one.

If you’re having trouble getting to see it change direction, and you are on a laptop, turn the screen over. For me and my buddy, she immediately reversed direction. Then by righting the screen slowly, you may be able to preserve the new rotation. I had to move it back and forth through the transition point a few times. Of course, it may have had to do with the fact that she was spinning clockwise for me, and by studying the transition, I was engaging my logical mind.
Does this work for any of you inherently logic folks.

This is just a hoax. The lady goes in both directions if you wait long enough and is probably supposed to. No need to concentrate. When she moved counter clockwise her left arm and left leg are out. When she moves in clockwise then her right arm and right leg are extended. If this was just a test on the brain then the arms and legs would not change, only the movement would change.

At first I saw the image moving clockwise, then after a minute I was able to see it move anti-clockwise. However, now I am able to get the image to change directions every half turn. Strange. I wonder how many working hours have been spent looking at this spinning women???

Oh, I noticed a trick. If you focus on the calf muscle that’s standing, and follow the moving foot when it crosses calf, you could make it switch directions.

For example, if you’re looking at the calf muscle and then follow the moving foot when it crosses and goes right, you could make it go clockwise. Then the other way around, if you’re looking at the calf and then follow the moving foot when it crosses and goes left, you could make it go counter-clockwise.

To switch directions, it’s important that you don’t continue following the moving foot as it moves from one end to the other. You have to start from the middle to make the illusion switch easily.

But well... I’m not sure how great a test this is for creativity or logic. It just looks like a cool optical illusion to me. Essentially the image is 2D with the moving foot going left and right, but our minds assign a 3D bias to it... which makes her look like she’s spinning.

I don’t care which way she’s turning, I’d just like ta have her phone number.

I was able to see both clockwise and counter-clockwise. When I looked at an area below the figure she moved clockwise halfway and the counter-clockwise halfway.