I actually saw this image going counter-clockwise and had problems switching it to clockwise. Then it suddenly switched and I couldn’t get it to go back to moving counter-clockwise.

For me, the fastest way to switch the direction of movement is to cover the rotating image with my hand, picture the figure moving in the other direction, and then remove my hand. Looking away from the image alone did not work because I could see it moving in my peripheral vision.

Your blog is awesome, though I started reading it a year or so after this was posted. Shoulda come sooner

Concentrate on the hand of the dancer that is slightly raised or of the leg that is raised, and then while thinking about that appendage think about your own corresponding body part.

So if you think about your right hand when you concentrate’s on the dancer’s hand that is raised, it will allow your brain to assign left and right to both hands, and once it’s done that, it will orient the figure in 3D space and determine which direction it is turnning.

Now to crank that control to the point that you can make the dancer no longer even turn in a circle but merely pivot back and forth that would require….

rapid blinking.

Yes, rapid blinking in conjunction with assignment of Left and Right to the appendages can make it much easier to control your perception of the image.

Just a guess, but I don’t think that the results of a person’s perception of this image is pre-disposal toward left-brain or right-brain dominant. It’s probably a better indication of what handed you are.

Wanna hear something funny? The reason I can control the figure isn’t because I’m a brainiac. It’s because I’m a dancer. LOL

Love your blog! Please post more goodness like this!