Comments on: Left or Right?

By: Rutger

Rutger — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:25:52 +0000

At first I saw it turning clockwise, but when I’m doing a simple equation in my head it starts to spin the other way, really funny thing this is

By: Eddie

Eddie — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:17:44 +0000

I can only see a clockwise spin.
I’m not even certain how it is possible to see her spin counter-clockwise.

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By: Zachary Good

Zachary Good — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:12:41 +0000

Ha! Wonderful. She was originally turning clockwise for me but it only took 10 or 15 seconds of concentrating to make her turn around. For those of you who can’t get her to turn try this:

1) If she is originally turning clockwise think of a random three digit number (nothing round) and a random single digit number, divide one into the other. Or start doing simple math problems that you don’t immediately know the answers to. She will turn. If you start doing a sing-song poem (2 and 2 are 4, 4 and 4 are 8, 8 and 8 are 16…) then you are still using the right side of your brain and it won’t work.

2)If she is originally turning counter-clockwise then think of your favorite character in a book (one that hasn’t been made into a movie) try to imagine what they look like. For me even trying to invent a middle name of someone whose middle name I didn’t know or trying to invent an address for an acquaintance triggered the right side of my brain.

Let me know (zgood@hillsdale.edu) if that works for you. I ended up having a lot of fun just turning her back and forth at will.

By: Akemi

Akemi — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 00:19:14 +0000

Amazing!! At first, she was turning counter clockwise and I thought there was no way she was moving other way round, but she did change her direction — now I have see it happen several times and still cannot figure how it happens. You mentioned to focus on her ankles, so I scrolled the screen to the point I can only see her feet, and I still cannot figure what happens.
Akemi

By: Cat

Cat — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:29:25 +0000

This is fascinating. I doubted she rotated anti clockwise at first but I can found I can flip her. However my brain prefers her going clockwise.

I find if I look to the left and just concentrate out of the corner of my eye she will change direction. Try looking to the right if she is going anti clockwise to start with.

My son and I both saw her spinning in opposite directions at the same time otherwise I might have been dubious.