
This silhouette
wins the award for coolest thing we've seen all day -- and
it's not just because the tiny dancer above is in the buff.
This is a little test that will tell you whether the left
or right hemisphere of your brain is more dominant.
Instead
of concentrating on her chest, concentrate on the woman's
movement. If you see her spinning clockwise, that means
you're using the right side, or more creative side of your
brain. If she appears to be moving counter-clockwise, then
that means the left side, or more logical side of your think
muscle is superior.
At the
Switched office, some of us see her going clockwise, others
see her spinning counter-clockwise. At least one of us claims
to see both, while another one of us opened this animation
in Adobe ImageReady in order to isolate the frames to see
if there's any direction-changing funny business going on.
There isn't.
If you
look at the spinning girl's silhouette below, you will think
it is spinning clockwise, probably. When you check her shadow
below, momentarily the spinning direction changes in your
mind, and now the girl is spinning counter-clockwise.