Comments on: Spinning dancer illusion; left brain vs. right brain hype? http://edgeofvision.com/2007/10/11/spinning-dancer-illusion-left-brain-vs-right-brain-hype/ A Caltech grad student's random-ish musings about vision, brains, and artificial intelligence Sat, 24 Mar 2012 01:20:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Matee http://edgeofvision.com/2007/10/11/spinning-dancer-illusion-left-brain-vs-right-brain-hype/comment-page-1/#comment-17472 Matee Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:21:51 +0000 http://edgeofvision.com/2007/10/11/spinning-dancer-illusion-left-brain-vs-right-brain-hype/#comment-17472 I cannot tell a lie, that really heepld. I cannot tell a lie, that really heepld.

]]> By: Gary C. Cunningham http://edgeofvision.com/2007/10/11/spinning-dancer-illusion-left-brain-vs-right-brain-hype/comment-page-1/#comment-17148 Gary C. Cunningham Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:24:18 +0000 http://edgeofvision.com/2007/10/11/spinning-dancer-illusion-left-brain-vs-right-brain-hype/#comment-17148 Surprisingly, the first four people I shared her with claimed clockwise rotation. How do you see her? I found that on first glance, she turned clockwise for me, and would continue to do so for as long as I cared to look. Then I found that if I started to read the first paragraph again, my peripheral vision changed her direction of rotation, which then would remain constant until I once again switched from central vision to peripheral vision. What is amazing about this test is certainly there can be a change in the direction of rotation, but when it happens, SHE ACTUALLY PIVOTS ON THE OPPOSITE LEG! Surprisingly, the first four people I shared her with claimed clockwise rotation. How do you see her? I found that on first glance, she turned clockwise for me, and would continue to do so for as long as I cared to look. Then I found that if I started to read the first paragraph again, my peripheral vision changed her direction of rotation, which then would remain constant until I once again switched from central vision to peripheral vision. What is amazing about this test is certainly there can be a change in the direction of rotation, but when it happens, SHE ACTUALLY PIVOTS ON THE OPPOSITE LEG!

]]> By: Jonathan Crabtree http://edgeofvision.com/2007/10/11/spinning-dancer-illusion-left-brain-vs-right-brain-hype/comment-page-1/#comment-16930 Jonathan Crabtree Sat, 09 Jan 2010 07:05:22 +0000 http://edgeofvision.com/2007/10/11/spinning-dancer-illusion-left-brain-vs-right-brain-hype/#comment-16930 Hi Neil and Emily I'm going to test the correlation between the spinning dancer and my right brain left brain multiple quiz at http://thebrainteacher.com/BrainBalanceQuiz.html This may put the issue to rest! Best wishes, Jonathan Crabtree http://thebrainteacher.com Hi Neil and Emily

I’m going to test the correlation between the spinning dancer and my right brain left brain multiple quiz at
http://thebrainteacher.com/BrainBalanceQuiz.html

This may put the issue to rest!

Best wishes,
Jonathan Crabtree
http://thebrainteacher.com

]]> By: kevin http://edgeofvision.com/2007/10/11/spinning-dancer-illusion-left-brain-vs-right-brain-hype/comment-page-1/#comment-16169 kevin Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:12:28 +0000 http://edgeofvision.com/2007/10/11/spinning-dancer-illusion-left-brain-vs-right-brain-hype/#comment-16169 Been making a game of this for over a year. I try to see consecutive reversals (every half turn). My record had been 5. Third try tonight it clicked. Saw over 50 times until I quit. Looked away couple of minutes and it was still automatic when I tried again. I can't do it if i look at her head. Been making a game of this for over a year. I try to see consecutive reversals (every half turn). My record had been 5. Third try tonight it clicked. Saw over 50 times until I quit. Looked away couple of minutes and it was still automatic when I tried again. I can’t do it if i look at her head.

]]> By: Emily http://edgeofvision.com/2007/10/11/spinning-dancer-illusion-left-brain-vs-right-brain-hype/comment-page-1/#comment-8502 Emily Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:56:17 +0000 http://edgeofvision.com/2007/10/11/spinning-dancer-illusion-left-brain-vs-right-brain-hype/#comment-8502 me and my friends just got into a huge screaming match over this, trying to make each other see each way. after a LONG time i was finally able to see both ways, but i have to sort of look somewhere else, picture her going the other way and then look back. I read somewhere that it's not actually a dancer spinning, but a 2-D dancer going back and forth but our brains are programmed to see it as a 3-D object spinning, which has nothing to do with left-brain vs right-brain dominance. me and my friends just got into a huge screaming match over this, trying to make each other see each way. after a LONG time i was finally able to see both ways, but i have to sort of look somewhere else, picture her going the other way and then look back. I read somewhere that it’s not actually a dancer spinning, but a 2-D dancer going back and forth but our brains are programmed to see it as a 3-D object spinning, which has nothing to do with left-brain vs right-brain dominance.

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