Angela V. Edwards

It doesn't matter how I shift my eyes or if I look at it out of the corner of my eye, I can't make that thing go counter-clockwise.

anomaly

crazy!!

at first she was anti-clockwise ...

then i scrolled back up to your words and could only see half of her and she started going clockwise ....

and now everytime i look she is going clockwise ...

insane!!

ExRat

Hi,

RE - the gorilla. I followed the instructions for that video and was impressed/a little shocked when I watched it the second time.

I would guess that it's because your eyes are drawn down lower (the white team bounce it lower at the right point) and you are consciously ignoring the dark team's legs in order to focus on the white team.

Interesting stuff.

tomw

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Thomas

tomw

Believe it or not, I saw the "gorilla" the first time I watched it, but nobody believes me when I tell them so.

Thomas

Peter Bestel

Angela, if you can be bothered, take a piece of paper and cover up the picture but show only the shadow. Slowly lift the paper up the screen. This may allow you eyes to be tricked to seeing it move in the opposite direction.

Peter

DBofBES

Clockwise . . . I put it on my desktop to watch and it moves slower yet still clockwise.

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Steven Wagenheim

I'm curious about something.

The picture IS moving, right? That part isn't an illusion.

Which means it has to be going in some kind of direction, right?

Well there's only two directions that I know of, right and left.

So which one is it?

This kind of stuff drives me crazy.

Honestly, I really don't get how it can't be moving in some direction.

Is there some kind of scientific piece somewhere that explains this?

Frank Donovan

Steven, you've just answered your own question. Right and left isn't the same as clockwise and counter clockwise.

Think about it.


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Thomas Belknap

Are you talking about the basketball video Thomas? If so than how can anyone miss the gorilla. I saw it the first time as well.

If something else then post the link. I always liked this type of stuff.

Thomas

tomw

Yeah...that's the one. Great minds...or is it great names, eh Thomas?

Thomas

Thomas Belknap

I will take all the help I can get. lol

Thomas

Steven Wagenheim

Okay, my wife just came home and we conducted a test.

Take what you want out of it.

I told her to look at the picture turning. I asked her what direction she saw
it turning in. I saw it left to right. She said the same thing.

I then said to her, okay, when you see the picture change direction to right
to left, yell "now". I'll do the same.

Each time the picture changed direction we both yelled now at the same
time.

The picture is changing the way it is bouncing, rotating or whatever you
want to call it. We did this for 5 minutes, each time successfully telling
when the picture changed direction.

Either are brains are connected or there is some actual random programming
to this photo.

Like I said, take what you want out of it.

Thomas Belknap

I asked my wife to do the gorilla test and she missed it the first time. lol

You should have seen the look on her face when I asked if she saw the gorilla.

Thomas

Peter Bestel

All animation is an illusion Steven. Tom and Jerry is just a series of stills played close enough to trick the eye in believing it's moving

The animated gif will occasionally stutter, it's not changing 'direction' it's merely faltering in its rendering. The reason both you and your wife saw it change direction at the same time was simply that your eyes were given the chance to perceive it changing because of the stutter.

ExRat

Hi,

For the gorilla video, I presume the best approach is to tell someone to watch it and count the white team passes. If anything, allow them to formulate the idea that the trick is something to do with catching them out regarding how many passes are made.

If there is no mention of gorillas, or no hint that they should be focussing elsewhere, then I guess it increases the likelihood of the illusion working.

You crack me up Steven.

Hi Thomas B,

I asked my gorilla to to do the test and he said, "Where are the people and the basketball?"

Hamida Harland

Very cool - for me she's always turning clockwise. Except when I focus on the shadow only, then she turns anticlockwise.

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seye

which type of brain test is this

Peter Bestel

The one between most people's ears

Thomas Belknap

Rog, what kind of house are you living in?

I may send my wife over. hehe

Thomas

Paul Myers

Steven,

Dude, you're SOoooo determined to make this something sinister and sneaky. More drama? Or just a desperate focus on appearances being simple and dependable?

I'll assume you've seen the picture that, from one perspective, looks like a beautiful young woman at a dressing table, and, from another, looks like an ugly old woman in a scarf. This is somewhat similar in effect, although not precisely.

Perspective depends on a lot of things. Most perspective is subjective, and that causes some people a big problem. They want appearances, as they perceive them, to be constant and unchanging.

Stuff like this will mess with a lot of folks, because they don't want to believe their eyes will play tricks on them, much less their minds, which are what does it for these types of demonstrations.

Your brain constantly interprets things, filling in gaps, assigning meaning and "fact" based on recognition skills, momentary laterality (which side of the brain you're using as primary right now), lighting, and a ton of other factors.

Understanding that, as it plays out in day to day life, is what creates "the wisdom of age." It's not about experience, it's about understanding the role of experience in how we interpret things, and knowing just how often those interpretations can be completely wrong.

I spoke with a woman earlier today who "gets" this at 30, and has for a long time. I've spoken with plenty of people in their 70's and 80's who still don't get it. (We in the trade call those people "old fools.")

Instead of looking for a conspiracy, take this as a lesson in the mutability of perception. That's not only more accurate, it's more productive.

Understanding just how much of our daily experience is a matter of how we choose to look at things is a liberating lesson.


Paul

ExRat

Hi Thomas B,
"Welcome to the monkey house Mrs. Belknap. Would you like a cup of tea? We're having a party...when I grow up I want to be a monkey God."

tomw

PG Tips I trust...or is it more of the Lewis Carroll variety?

Thomas

Louis Raven

How cool is that

One question.. what does it mean when it flips vertical?

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Thomas Belknap

Brain Aneurysm.

Thomas

tomw

Paul you have brilliantly summed up the whole point of this thread.

I would also really love to hear Paul Hancox take on this too...



Thomas

Louis Raven

Steven,

She is neither moving counter clockwise or clockwise.

Pixels are moving from left to right, up and down.

No spinning what so ever just going to one side to another

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Frank Donovan

Ooh. I'm saving that one



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The brain work weird and is very mysterious....

Thanks so much for that!

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ExRat

Hi TomW,

PG tips of course.

Hi Paul (also Seye post #69),

My personal perspective is that peoples' reactions and conclusions are the most interesting test results from this. And the reason I feel that these things are valuable is that I think it's beneficial for anyone (particularly those in business) to consider increasing their ability, and inclination to -

a) ask questions of themselves about the things that they see around them that make them go 'hmmm'

b) quickly arrive at logical decisions about how something 'works' and lessen the time it takes to reach a final conclusion

c) apply the lessons that they learn from these processes to other areas of life to see if new lessons are learnt

Put another way, it's wise to develop a habit of 'looking behind the curtain' and double-checking oneself for faulty assumptions.

For example - consider how much time each of us might spend reading/learning/absorbing information, and bear in mind that a small increase in one's ability to recognise and discount a large proportion of what is put 'in front' of us, is going to allow us to get to the meat a lot quicker - hence the gains from the time and effort spent on these things, is going to increase exponentially.

{added clarification - this was in response to Paul's post, as a follow on, but it's worth mentioning that it was from reading his views in the first place that I became more interested in the above approach. I hope that that's clearer.}

Paul Myers

Thomas,Tankeweverrymutch! For my next trick, watch me pull a rabbit out of... HEY! What's a rabbit doing in my hat?That would indeed be interesting.


Paul

tomw

I think it escaped from Roger's tea party...it probably prefers a sly sip of fine malt to Darjeeling...



Thomas

carmene

Tomw,

You've ruined my perfectly good day because now I can only see it going clockwise and I'm totally bothered!!

Paul Myers

Thomas,Glenlivet to Glengettie? Laphroaig to Lipton? Edradour to Earl Grey? Blue to Bigelow? Or, stepping down a notch... Original Grouse to orange pekoe? Chivas to chai?

Good rabbit. We'll have the grouse for lunch instead.


Paul

carmene

Wow, I'm excited. I can see it going left!!

I squeezed my eyes nearly shut and peeked out a little and then it turned the other way. When opened them, it continued to turn left until I squinted real hard and it turned right again. But I can do see it both ways at will now.

Sylvia Meier

Tom,
I love this pic. I saw it in the mind warriors forum before and right from the start I could see her going in both directions. It is all about perceptions. Some will see it one way and one way alone, others will see it the opposite way and still others control their own perception and the ways in which they veiw the world and this image.

Great to see all the different minds in here and the way others view and perceive things.

Sylvia

Mike Long

Bizarre....

At first I could only see it spinning clockwise. Finally with much effort, if I looked down at the shadow, I could change my perception and see it spinning the other way for only a few seconds, before it randomly started to spin clockwise again.

Continuing to practice, I'm now at the point where I can control which way I see it spinning by looking at the shadow of the shoe, and I'm gaining a bit of control over which way it spins by looking at the whole thing.

If I continue to practice, I think I could develop complete control over which way I see it spinning.

Fascinating....I'm right brained by nature, but apparently easily trainable. Hmmmm.....that's information I should probably keep away from my wife.

Paul Myers

Roger,

That's one effective lesson to take from it. The time savings alone can be huge, not to mention the expense avoided from bad decisions.

For me, the most useful parts of figuring out that perspective is malleable were learning to adjust my own and to see those of others. It's very hard not to like people when you realize how much we're all alike.


Paul

Eric Stanley

Did you guys see the 'find the man in the coffee beans' picture as well?

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tomw

Or Bruichladdich to Big Red Robe Oolong, which is exactly what I have just done...probably anathema, but it helps me sleep better.

It's getting late here!



Thomas

tomw

Thanks Sylvia. Yes, reading others' views and reactions has been a real treat. It was part of the motivation for posting and ultimately formulated a considerable amount of the "message," by creating real examples!

Great blog post today btw.



Thomas

Sylvia Meier

Thanks Tom, glad you enjoyed it

ExRat

Hi Paul,

(I added a note to my previous post)

Likewise, for the first sentence. But I must admit the major benefit you mentioned in the second would be different for me. I can see the benefits of that benefit though.

I find that currently it is helping me to have more accurate expectations, and therefore be more comfortable with outcomes - whether they are my own, or of others. And in a way, perhaps rather than helping me to see how alike people are, that was something that I over-estimated previously. Perhaps, I didn't realise how differently I saw things to other people, or why.

Also, by realising how much perceptions are malleable, we can take more personal control of them and be more picky about who we allow to alter them. Time for bed. I'm overstraining my pea-sized head-jelly.

Bruce NewMedia

WOW!..this is unbelievably cool.

I saw it running counterclockwise at first then when I scrolled down and refocused on it again it went clockwise. Which shocked me. I started to think like Steve Wags and thought it was a timed animated GIF.

Great fun!
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Bruce

Paul Myers

Interesting.

In the article Eric pointed to, the author suggests that this effect has nothing to do with laterality. Okay, I can buy that. I tried a different approach, and found that you can get the change by shifting focus a bit at the right time.

What's fun, and somewhat interesting, is that doing a lateral shift created the same change for me. Clearly it's not indicative of lateral dominance, but is it affected by it?

Interesting stuff indeed.


Paul

Bruce NewMedia

OK I figured it out now. As another poster suggested just focus on the shadow of the two feet at the bottom. Just look away and look back and it will change direction. I can now do it at will. Over and over again.

Very interesting.
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Bruce

Paul Myers

Roger,

That the benefit of the second would be different for you is a matter of perspective.

Seriously, I believe we're talking about "alikeness" from different angles. I mean something very much at the root of what we all want and need. The surface stuff is, lergely, a matter of how we choose to go about getting it.

And yeah, it's great for learning to set boundaries and expectations. When we see how people go after what they want, we can more easily see where their approaches will conflict with our own.


Paul

BSM

I would like to go back to this thought about who might be more successful as an IMer...I'm thinking that RT brained individuals might come up with new concepts & services, while the LT brained folks would be the better implementers. Being RT brained myself, I'm always excited by the big picture, but struggle with making the nitty gritty happen. Any comments?

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dancom96

Clockwise, that's really cool!