Comments on: Does the “Right Brain vs. Left Brain” Spinning Dancer Test Work?

By: keith

keith — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:44:52 +0000

when i blink my eyes, it will change direction..lol. i have done test that says that i use my left and right brain equally..

By: Jessica Yang

Jessica Yang — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:33:44 +0000

I can see double.it turns when i close and open my eyes.It’s amazing.

By: Josh Quinn

Josh Quinn — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:02:14 +0000

She is obviously spinning clockwise!!

By: amy

amy — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:32:29 +0000

I believe the dancer to be a complete fraud.

To test my theory, I left the window open and simply randomly looked up every few minutes, while doing nothing else.

One time she was going left. One time she was going right.

And then, to make it easier for me to prove my theory, my internet connection suddenly slowed down and I was privy to witness the image actually BOUNCE as it changed directions.

So, everyone…sorry to tell you, but this is simple a flash image that is programmed to change randomly.

It’s not real.

By: Julia

Julia — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:14:28 +0000

after awhile i was able to control it on a dime-it may just be an optical illusion, but it may have something to it because i’m a lefty and each time, when i click on it, it initally always looks like its going clockwise

By: Clare

Clare — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:38:19 +0000

initially when I look it goes clockwise then it starts to flip from right to left and doesnt turn around at all. She just flips like a page being turned back and forward! its very mesmerising.
I think looking at the shadow and the foot raising and lowering helps to make it flip like this.
I love optical illusions!! :O)

By: tibipop

tibipop — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:31:29 +0000

trick.
covers the upper with your hand and close the eyes 2 seconds.
open yours eyes and you see the legs rotating in clockwise,
after you remove your hand the whole body dancer arm will rotate in that sense.

By: McKenna Carpenter

McKenna Carpenter — Sun, 31 May 2009 22:06:30 +0000

WOah… that is so interesting! At first I could only see it going clockwise and thought for sure “this is rigged”

As a matter of fact, I got quite frustrated with it until I tilted my head to the left (I normally always tilt my head to the right when I think…like a dog) and, just for a moment, I saw it change!!! weird. I really wonder if it works.

I cant get it to spin anti clock for more than 2 or 3 turns…and when it changes back I cant fathom how it changed…

but the right brain description does match me better… o well. thanks for the interesting article :)

By: Henry

Henry — Sat, 23 May 2009 03:34:07 +0000

I have a question I hope someone can answer.

Clockwise = right side/creative, etc.

Anti-clockwise = left side/logic, etc.

I am majorly right sided, and after a lot of work got her to spin the other way, the logic, left-brained way. Once I did that, I stopped and walked away.

Here’s my question, can we put ourselves in a more left-brained, or right-brained, oriented state by seeing focusing on a particular direction (say, I chose anti-clockwise and focus on seeing her the left-brained way)?

Once I see her the left-brained way, and don’t flip her back to the right-brained way, will I be more keyed in to m left-brained faculties? Will I be thinking in a more left-brained way, if I focus on her going anti-clockwise, achieve seeing her that way, and then go off to do my math homework?

thanks.

By: stephanie

stephanie — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:05:21 +0000

okay so when you watch the dancer, you either see her spinning clockwise or counter clockwise. If you want to see her the other direction do this:
if you are seeing her clockwise, her right leg should be out. if you are seeing her counter clockwise, her left leg should be out. So whatever way you see her, wait until her leg is pointing directly to the side. and if it is the leg in front, picture it as the leg in back right as it is facing the side. this should make your brain think the other leg is out, and she will switch directions. it may take a few tries. but be looking at her hip/upper leg area when you are trying to switch.
my brain switches her direction every few minutes. i think im right brained because she moves clockwise when i look at first, but i can switch her whenever.