Which way is the 'dancer' spinning?

[sff_corgi_lj]

An exercise in perception.



[Poll #1088490]

I'll explain it in a separate post after I see some voting in here. :)

Comments

[cerrberus.livejournal.com]

It is an image in black of a woman's figure, apparently spinning. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, bur deosil and widdershins are antique counterparts to clockwise and anti-clockwise [also known as counterclockwise to at least us Yanks]. Totally visual illusion.

[erised1810.livejournal.com]

so theyr'e just other words for the same directions? and this is where we shoud lguess which wa yshe's going? hmmm...

[cerrberus.livejournal.com]

I believe so. If one can see the figure, it appears to be spinning; and there are some perceptual differences in people that interpret the figure spinning one way or the other, or sometimes alternating. I've not looked at such an illusion for years, and do not remember the psychology behind this.

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

Thank you for taking care of those answers for me, Cerrb. :)