The Spinning Dancer Explained
Posted by: Manish in Bizarre, Brainteaser, Entertainment, tags: Best Collection Of Brainteaser, Brainteaser, Spinner Dancer Turns Clockwise Or Anti-Clockwise, Spinning Dancer Turns Bothways
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As I have told in my previous post on The Right Brain vs The Left Brain Test - The Spinning Dancer, there is no trickery used - the fact remains that the image is a constant 34-frame loop representing a full revolution of a dancer, and the effect in which the viewer perceives the dancer to be revolving clockwise or counter-clock wise is entirely caused by the ambiguous frames where the spinning dancer’s legs and arms cross over each other.
However, it seems many people are finding it difficult to see the dancer turning clockwise and counter-clockwise.
So, here are the two animated images which clearly shows it turning clockwise (on the left GIF image) and counter-clockwise (on the right GIF image).
The only difference that these images are from the previous Spinning Dancer image is: This one has the legs marked as “L” and “R” which clears such ambiguous perception for a more clearer view.
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This is an excellent illustration of our eye/mind playing tricks with us. To me both seem like synchronized dancers, either they both spin clockwise or they both spin counter clockwise.
I am with Ivs, they both appear to be spinning in the same direction to me.
I’m clearing seeing the left one moving clockwise and the right one moving anti-clockwise. You must be looking at both images at once, hence making your brain more difficult to interpret the rotation. Just try to concentrate on one image with “L” marked on the leg and you’ll find it moves clockwise.
At first glance I saw them moving on the same direction until I opened 10 tabs for ec dropping which made loading the window slow and made the dancer move gently, I can see clearly the first image is moving clockwise while the other is moving counter clockwise.
Wonderful illustration! Because I’m an animator, I was able to see the difference pretty quick … but not immediately. The difference is in the grey/white line down the pivoting leg. If you focus on that, it’s easier to distinguish left and right. Otherwise, the deceptions occurs because the silhouettes appear to be front or back, as they are void of back or front details. Thanx for the exercise.