This has been all over the Internet tubes this week, but I just have to post it anyhow. Is the girl spinning clockwise or counterclockwise for you? For me, she is unquestionably clockwise; I can't even force myself to see her go the other way. I find this stuff fascinating!
So, who out there sees clockwise, counterclockwise, or both? If you can see both, I'd like to know what you do to force yourself to see the other way.
Update (7:14 p.m.): I saw her switch to counterclockwise! Here's what to do: While she's spinning, focus on the shadow of her foot at the bottom and she'll switch! Wheeeeee!
Definitely counter-clockwise for me. I tried to see it the other way, and for one brief second I thought I did. But then I blinked and now I don't know if I really did.
Posted by: Deborah | October 17, 2007 at 01:50 PM
Definitely counter-clockwise. No way I can see it any other way.
Posted by: Lynn | October 17, 2007 at 02:08 PM
Clockwise. I have no ability to see it the other way.
Posted by: scott | October 17, 2007 at 02:15 PM
Clockwise. I can concentrate and get her to switch at will, though. It was tough the first time, but now it is much easier.
Definitely the tendency is toward clockwise every time I see it again.
Posted by: James | October 17, 2007 at 02:20 PM
Clockwise first. On second look I saw counter clockwise. Then back to clockwise. Interesting.
Posted by: Dona | October 17, 2007 at 02:48 PM
OMG. That is so weird. At first I only saw her turning clockwise. I couldn't understand how anyone could say otherwise. Then I focused on the shadow of her feet for a few seconds, and when I looked up again, she was turning counter-clockwise!
Posted by: Elena | October 17, 2007 at 03:14 PM
Counter. Tried but was unable to see it clockwise. James- I'm surprised, I would definitely have picked you as being left brained.
On other tests I've been pegged as being slightly left brained. On one that assigned percentages I ranged from 51 - 55% left brained.
Posted by: B.O.B. | October 17, 2007 at 03:16 PM
I see her consistently both directions. I look at her, clockwise. I look away and look at her again, counter-clockwise. Does that mean I'm ambibraindous?
Posted by: Karan | October 17, 2007 at 03:39 PM
Counter at first then then she switched and went back. I got her to switch again and then couldn't go back. I'll give it a rest and see what happens. I want to be able to control which direction she is spinning.
Posted by: susan | October 17, 2007 at 03:59 PM
100% clockwise. I can't for the life of me see it anything but!
Posted by: Tonya | October 17, 2007 at 04:03 PM
At first, I saw her counter-clockwise. Tried to concentrate & make her change direction and couldn't, but then POOF! all of a sudden she started going clockwise. Turns out I can make her change direction by focussing somewhere else on the page for a bit.
Posted by: Melanie | October 17, 2007 at 04:10 PM
I can only see her spinning counter-clockwise no matter what tricks I use!
Posted by: Cheryl | October 17, 2007 at 05:02 PM
Counter at first and then she suddenly switched. Now I can't get her to turn the other way! Does that mean I've lost my capacity for logical thought?
Posted by: Carolyn | October 17, 2007 at 05:35 PM
Okay ... what does it say about someone who can see her spin either way or just sway back and forth with no spin at all? I had to look away to see any spin. I see her sway from the left to the right and back again - no spin!
Posted by: ja | October 17, 2007 at 08:54 PM
Clockwise. Does anyone else have her singing?
Posted by: Tammy | October 17, 2007 at 09:47 PM
I just keep getting annoyed that they picked a skinny, perky-boobed, naked chick for this.
Posted by: Janeen | October 18, 2007 at 09:54 AM
She switches back-and-forth pretty much every time I look away, which makes sense as I'm the kind of person who loves math so much it makes me cry.
Posted by: steve | October 18, 2007 at 02:14 PM
Clockwise. Surprisingly clockwise. I have been able to switch one time, for only a nanosecond.
Posted by: Kelly | October 18, 2007 at 02:23 PM
Hi Karen -
I love stuff like this. I definitely see it clockwise and my wife counterclockwise only. I understand the silhouette principle of having decide more or less subconsciously when she's facing forward and how that dictates the perception, but I couldn't for the life of me see it counterclockwise UNTIL I used a more elaborate version of your method: I covered up everything but the shadow of the foot, convinced myself that it was going counterclockwise and slowly revealed the rest of the image, consciously incorporating each body part into the counterclockwise motion. But when the whole thing is there I definitely see it clockwise.
No time to reread ! I hope I didn't make any typos.
Posted by: DJay | October 20, 2007 at 10:12 AM