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Poll: in which direction does she rotate? (79 member(s) have cast votes)

in which direction does she rotate?

  1. Clockwise (30 votes [37.97%])

    Percentage of vote: 37.97%

  2. Anti Clockwise (23 votes [29.11%])

    Percentage of vote: 29.11%

  3. She rotates in both directions (21 votes [26.58%])

    Percentage of vote: 26.58%

  4. It's a trick! (3 votes [3.80%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.80%

  5. I am not going to answer questions with political connotations (2 votes [2.53%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.53%

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#1 User is offline   gwnn 

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Posted 2007-December-15, 06:50

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Posted 2007-December-15, 07:06

I see it as clockwise no matter which part of my visual field I put her in.

Not surprisingly, I come out as right-brain dominated in those tests all the time.

My roommate says she changes direction all the time. She's not a bridge player, though.
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Posted 2007-December-15, 07:34

helene_t, on Dec 15 2007, 04:06 PM, said:

I see it as clockwise no matter which part of my visual field I put her in.

Not surprisingly, I come out as right-brain dominated in those tests all the time.

Ditto

I'm trying to force myself to see it move counter clockwise with no luck
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Posted 2007-December-15, 07:40

to me it's obviously counter clockwise :P
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Posted 2007-December-15, 07:47

clockwise ....
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Posted 2007-December-15, 08:42

Initially counter-clockwise,..... to get her to reverse direction, look to the side of the image and allow her to go out of focus.....she will switch directions.
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Posted 2007-December-15, 09:05

Counter-clockwise, and maddeningly resistant to changing directions...
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Posted 2007-December-15, 09:07

Clockwise.
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Posted 2007-December-15, 09:10

My experience when I first saw it a couple of months ago was that I could not get it to appear CCW, no matter what manipulation I did of my eyes (unfocusing, closing one or the other, etc etc). I showed it to someone else to whom I had to swear it had never changed directions before she believed me. She was convinced that it had actually changed directions.

I did manage to get it to appear CCW by covering up the top half of the picture with another window. Then with some focusing it seemed to spin CCW, but it would quickly switch back.

I never managed to see the entire picture appear CCW.
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Posted 2007-December-15, 09:12

Checked again (should have before I posted) and still can't get it to appear CCW without my posted manipulation.
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Posted 2007-December-15, 09:47

Clockwise most of the time. :)
Anticlockwise the rest. :)
But long-term viewing will make you go blind! :P
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Posted 2007-December-15, 09:53

I was expecting something like:

IMO:

CW_: 8
CCW_: 6
Both_: 4

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Posted 2007-December-15, 10:21

I don't get it. How can you make sense of the shadow when you see her turning clockwise?

(And how many of the respondents in this poll mixed up clockwise and anti-clockwise?)

((And how many fell for the optical illusion suggesting that this is a naked dancing girl??)) :P
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Posted 2007-December-15, 11:06

Ack. initially I saw anti-clockwise (and voted thus), but with a slight tilt of my head was easily able to see her going clockwise.

But no matter how I try I can't get her to change back!

cherdano, on Dec 15 2007, 11:21 AM, said:

((And how many fell for the optical illusion suggesting that this is a naked dancing girl??)) :)

I'm sure I can see nipple. So apparently I'm logical until such time as I observe a prominent mammary protuberance at which point I become appreciative and fantasy-based. No great surprises there ;)
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Posted 2007-December-15, 11:42

good one. i tried to see it clockwise and couldn't. her leg in the air is always moving from 6 towards 3 which is anticlockwise.
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Posted 2007-December-15, 12:11

anti-clockwise

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Posted 2007-December-15, 12:39

I can see her rotating in both directions and alternating back and forth.

I am not sure which direction is clockwise - do we assume we are lying on the floor or somehow attached to ceiling?
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Posted 2007-December-15, 12:53

Clockwise.

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Posted 2007-December-15, 13:14

Cascade, on Dec 15 2007, 08:39 PM, said:

I can see her rotating in both directions and alternating back and forth.

I am not sure which direction is clockwise - do we assume we are lying on the floor or somehow attached to ceiling?

I was wondering also. I assumed we were attached to the ceiling.
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Posted 2007-December-15, 13:46

Tell us the truth, Helene - which direction were you really turning? ;)
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