Or left, I'm not sure. Unfortunately, I don't know the validity of this claim, since I can very easily change the direction she spins, but the claim is:
If you were viewing her from the top, a counter-clockwise spin means you're Left-Brained (Logical), and Clockwise spin means you're Right-Brained (Creative).

Now, granted, I have opened this up a few times and seen her spinning in different directions on different occasions. After a little, I tried making her change directions by concentrating, and it's not too hard. Try looking at her feet, and understand that the foot going behind the leg and to the left is going to make her spin counter-clockwise, and behind and to the right is clockwise. If you start at the feet, get it to switch, then focus on the whole thing, it's not too hard to change. We're a little more complicated than "left or right brained," i'm afraid.



EDIT: Mixed up the brain hemispheres

For me it switches when I take my eyes off of it.

I love that one and love other illusions like it.

POST MORE OPTICAL ILLUSIONS!

I saw this a while ago...and couldn't make it spin counter-clockwise....and still...it keeps rotating clockwise for me.

OH SHIT THATS NUTS!

Originally Posted by AutopsySoldier

I saw this a while ago...and couldn't make it spin counter-clockwise....and still...it keeps rotating clockwise for me.

+1

Seriously. Am I missing something? I can't even figure out how I'm supposed to see her spinning a different way... does this mean I've been using the wrong side of my brain all along? o.o

It switches for me every time I glance at the the foot reflection and back up.

Originally Posted by Mezz

+1

Seriously. Am I missing something? I can't even figure out how I'm supposed to see her spinning a different way... does this mean I've been using the wrong side of my brain all along? o.o

scroll down so you only see the reflection for a bit...then quickly drag the mouse up fast scrolling all the way back up and at the same time take your eyes off it by looking at the polycount banner very fast. The figure then goes counter-clockwise in your peripheral vision and you can slowly look down at it and it'll remain counter-clockwise.

What side of brain are you when you see her boobs facing you the entire time she spins?

it started by spinning clockwise. but i can change it to counter clock wise with ease. niiiiice

Originally Posted by killingpeople

What side of brain are you when you see her boobs facing you the entire time she spins?

Amygdala.

I've seen this before and I can make it go both ways. I prefer the way it looks going counter clockwise though. Not that that makes any difference. Is there any more optical illusions like this?

Here's another one. It looks like segments of the grid are rotating, but it's really just one grid. Very frustrating, and I already have a headache:


EDIT: and a better example:

hehe
one trick to change her spin : try 'switching' it when the two legs become one silhouette. Easy!
Not sure why they put the weird floaty castshadow tho. I dont think it adds anything to the illusion?

Mezz, don't worry, that just means you're a girl :P
OH SNAP!!!!!

well it seels im too tired to get it atm (being tired is an emotion) so it spins clockwise
edit:now it spins counter clockwise

Originally Posted by Vassago

It switches for me every time I glance at the the foot reflection and back up.

I could only seen clockwise, tried what u said then she turned!

it was clockwise for me like 10 minutes looked away looked back. was anti-clockwise. MIND WAS BLOWN

but according to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spinning_Dancer

"The illusion has been incorrectly[3] identified as a scientific personality test that supposedly reveals which hemisphere of the brain is dominant in the observer. Under this unproven interpretation, it has been popularly called the Right Brain–Left Brain test,[4] and was widely circulated on the Internet during late 2007 to early 2008."

Originally Posted by sampson

MIND WAS BLOWN

This. Couldn't figure out why my brain didn't work (was spinning clockwise), then BAM! The devious wench goes and changes direction, just to fuck with me. What manner of arcane trickery is this?

Wild! I couldn't get her to spin counter clockwise for the longest time, then bam! she switched.

Strange that what I saw at first was a clockwise spin, I've always thought of myself as left-brain dominant.

Hmm... maybe that's why I chose art over programming as a career.

i hate spinning siluettes, always confuses my brain with switching and looking weird if its rotating the wrong way(perspectively)

D: cannot get it to spin counter clockwise

Oh actually I got it after squinting hard core for like 3 minutes.

Clockwise here

I will try again when I'm drunk

nope ... seen this a load of times and tried all manner of things, but for me it's 100% clockwise.

btw - the whole logical OR creative thing is utter, utter bollocks.

At first glance I see it spinning clockwise, but after some practice it becomes quite easy to switch rotation at will, just don't stare at it, but keep it out of the focal spot, (look at the left or right of the whole picture, a picture wise) and think about the rotation you want to visualize, that's it. Not having to deal with visual details, the brain will fill in with the information you feed it with.

Glad to finally get this out of my system, been wanting to post it in the beautiful men thread