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

By: Davidson

Davidson — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:00:15 +0000

I don’t know about testing my left or right brain, but all I know that she was hot.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:07:17 +0000

I agree with Beth, I am convinced that it only spins clockwise. If you stare at it long enough you can begin to trick your visual-spatial perception though. I work for a brain fitness company (HAPPYneuron – http://www.happy-neuron.com) and we have a few different visual-spatial games that really work the brain. If Beth is right and it is truly spinning clockwise (which is what I see) then what does that say about the people that are tricked into seeing the image go in reverse (my left-brained friends)?

By: Lois

Lois — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:49:51 +0000

Is there a similar exercise showing a dancing man rather than a naked lady? I want to show it to some very conservative people who will find the lady offensive Thank you

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:13:57 +0000

Hey i can get her spinning different ways each time her arm(that is reached out), comes passed infront of her. Also i printed off the picture and seen that it doesnt move on paper. It gave me a thought that maybe it is indeed whether you use your left on right side to visualise it, just as if any one is left handed or right handed. A standard picture but the brain sees it in whatever way/angle it is functioning in.

By: MFinelli

MFinelli — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:00:51 +0000

Contrary to what some think, she is not programmed to switch directions. It’s just an optical illusion. That’s like saying the black and white illusion where you can either see 2 black silouettes facing each other or a white vase in the negative space between the faces is programmed to switch from face to vase.

How do I know, because by concentrating on and visualizing what leg she is using as her axis, left then right then left then right and so on…I can make her appear to never fully spin around. She just swings her leg and arm out in front of her 180 degrees from the left side to the right then back again. I can make her spin all the way around in either direction if I choose to as well but that’s kind of boring. It’s more fun to play with it. I know it doesn’t say much about left brain v. right brain, but it’s a fun mental challenge to master the control of her spinning direction.

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