Spinning Girl: IQ Test
Ever wondered what side of your brain you use most often ? well now the clever people at Yale University have completed a five year study and a simple test to help you work it out. Below is an image of a spinning girl. If you see her turning clockwise you are using the left side of your brain and if you see her turning counter clockwise yes you guessed it, you are using the right side.
Now, if you can see her turning both directions, and obviously not at the same time you are a member of only 14% of the population.
Let us know what way you see her turn.
18 Comments
Left side…
How did you get the model to spin like that? Was she embarrassed when you were doing the shoot?
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she was good about it, got a bit dizzy though but I was there to help. I can see her turning both ways….
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So does that make me good, bad or ugly? And what does it make you?
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apparently more creative and artistic for left side and more logical for right. As for what happens if you can see it both ways – I worry
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I can see her spin both clockwise and counter-clockwise… It takes a while though and it freaks me out because when she’s spinning clockwise her right leg is up and when counter-clockwise, her left leg is up… Mind games!!
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OMG! you’re right! her legs do change!
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i can see her both ways!
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I can see her turning both ways. If I watch her legs carefully, I notice that they do indeed change. But it is really subtle. This is an interesting study. Are you sure you didn’t plan her turning both ways? I’ve watched it several times and it doesn’t seem like I am influencing the change in any way.
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I’ve just managed to get her to dance, half way one way and then half the other and back and so on… then realised how bored I must be…
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I see her turning both ways.
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Can you tell me why it appears which leg and arm she holds out appears to change?
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When I first open the page she is clearly spinning to the left but as I watch she switches direction at the obvious loop point and the leg/arm that are raised coincide with the direction of spin.
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I see her move both ways (primarily anti-clockwise). Just to
make sure the image wasn’t programmed to switch and fool us, i had my wife look at it with me and she saw it only clockwise the whole time.
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Joe, that’s not a loop point. It’s your brain switching which side is processing visual information. I’ve been timing those “loop” points and they happen at irregular intervals.
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Both my son and I watched at the same time. we saw different spin directions and changes were at different times for us. We assume picture changes directions every frame and brain chooses which to ‘see’.
Interesting – would like to know more.
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I see her spin both ways. All of the responses here suggest more than 14% of the population sees it turning both ways. What does it mean if you see her spin both ways?
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Amazing,indeed! she’s not actually changeing legs…the illusion of spining bothw ways comes from the fact that you don’t know wich leg si in fornt of wich…’cause you don’t have any clue of volume and distance,whatsovere. Also, I noticed that if you focus your eyes only on the upper part of the body,you’ll never see her changig directions.I also think that absolutley anyone who can focus his sight on the legs can see her sipning in both directions.Nevertheless, the one who created the picture is a genius. He prooves excellent knowledge of psychology,as far as sensations and perceptions are concerned.
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