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    Left or Right?

    http://www.danharlow.com/blog/2007/1...n-do-you-have/

    I only can see her moving clockwise - which seems to indicate I'm a woo-ist!

    I believe this left/right brain thing is a bit of a myth/simplification etc, but I'm happy to be put right on that one.
    Mousse from a bowl is very nice, but to put it on a person is demented!

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    Re: Left or Right?

    Anti clockwise predominately. However I find you can 'flip' quite readily. Bit like the Necker cube.
    See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necker_cube

    I don't know what the hell is in there, but it's weird and pissed off whatever it is.

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    I can't for the life of me see her going any way but clockwise. Can't flip at all. And believe me I've tried.

    Suppose there's no hope for me, then.
    It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. (James Thurber 1894-1961)

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    Same as median - first clockwise and then t'other way. But I am more right brained than left, given the characteristics.

    If you scroll down the page until you can only see the bottom half of the legs, you can 'flip' it more easily.

    But that could be cheating. 8)
    Confucius he say: Learning without thinking is useless. Thinking without learning is dangerous.

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    Re: Left or Right?

    Nope, still only clockwise for me.
    Mousse from a bowl is very nice, but to put it on a person is demented!

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    Re: Left or Right?

    I saw it go both ways but then realised you can see her nipples.

    Sort of lost it after that...
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    Re: Left or Right?

    Quote Originally Posted by wooo_oops View Post
    Same as median - first clockwise and then t'other way. But I am more right brained than left, given the characteristics.

    If you scroll down the page until you can only see the bottom half of the legs, you can 'flip' it more easily.

    But that could be cheating. 8)

    Hurrah!!

    Thanks for that. I had to scroll down till I could just see her toes, then squint a lot and force myself to see counter-clockwise movement, and then it worked! Scrolling up again to see the whole thing, it seemed so easy!

    I'd like to bet my first reaction whenever I look at it afresh will still be clockwise, though.

    Fascinating.
    It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. (James Thurber 1894-1961)

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    Re: Left or Right?

    I saw it go clockwise then I blinked and it was going anti clockwise, I blinked again and it was going clockwise. Is that good or bad?

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    Re: Left or Right?

    Quote Originally Posted by John Jackson View Post
    I saw it go both ways but then realised you can see her nipples.

    Sort of lost it after that...
    They explain that as you using your other brain...
    Confucius he say: Learning without thinking is useless. Thinking without learning is dangerous.

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    Re: Left or Right?

    I'm sorry to say that you have all been had.

    Watch for a little while longer and you will see the animation change.
    At one point she is standing on her left leg, then a while later she switches to her right leg.

    it's still cool though (and not just cos the nipples) as either way you can make your brain see it both ways if you miss the clues.

    nathan.... still watching it (and not just cos the nipples).

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    Quote Originally Posted by n8rae View Post
    I'm sorry to say that you have all been had.

    Watch for a little while longer and you will see the animation change.
    At one point she is standing on her left leg, then a while later she switches to her right leg.

    it's still cool though (and not just cos the nipples) as either way you can make your brain see it both ways if you miss the clues.

    nathan.... still watching it (and not just cos the nipples).
    No i was just plain wrong, it was way too clever for me.
    I think i need to be more skeptical.

    nathan... editing it in final cut pro.

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    Re: Left or Right?

    Hi,

    John Jackson
    I saw it go both ways but then realised you can see her nipples.

    Sort of lost it after that...
    I saw the figure rotating ant-clockwise initially, but then the figure flipped clockwise, maybe due too some creative imagination. Like John I have to blame it on those nipples and also I see black as beautiful.

    BillB
    If you can't prove it, why waste your breath? (senaculum advocatus)

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    Re: Left or Right?

    Quote Originally Posted by FarSideOfTheMoon View Post
    Clockwise for me every time no matter what I do.
    Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. - Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

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    Re: Left or Right?

    Widdershins first, then clockwise.

    I've found a way of switching it at will: look at the leg she's dancing on and imagine it's the right, then imagine it's the left. This seems to alter the apparent direction in which she's turning. Works consistently for me, anyway.

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    Re: Left or Right?

    Sorry, wooo oops. I've just noticed that you had a similar idea.

    I suppose you and I must be " legs" men. Unlike John:-)

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