what is the trick to the spinning cat optical illusion?

Jul 23, 2010 by Sarah Snickerdoodle | Posted in Physics

I saw the illusion of the spinning cat and it is possible that you switch it to spin the opposite direction. i was wondering how do you get it to change directions on command? it's driving me crazy!!


its best to focus on the paws... when they are facing away or towards you, imagine they are facing the opposite way... i can make it flip flop, rotate either way, etc...

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| Jul 23, 2010

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The mind then fills in the area where the circle used to be with the white that surrounds it. It's worth doing an image search on Troxler Effect, since there are a ton of illusions with it on the internet. This is called the Troxler Effect, or Troxler Fading. The brain, when faced with a lot of stimulation, only some of which is considered relevant, will tune out the non-relevant parts, filling in what it can from the general area. You are probably unaware of anything outside of the range of the computer screen, and you probably haven't noticed minor changes to that. Sitting at your computer now, you're probably unaware of the feel of the seat under you, your clothes against your skin, and any lingering smells you might have noticed (no judgement) when you walked into the room. The brain will zoom in on a desired area, and the rest of the space will fade away. The brain doesn't have the energy or the processing power to notice everything all the time. After less than thirty seconds,...

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To be able for me to see it make a full turn now, I have to concentrate on it’s butt/lower stomach area and really concentrate on the depth it should have on both sides if it were to turn a certain direction (if that makes sense), then I can see... The first time that I saw this optical illusion (yesterday) I was at work and had two other coworkers looking at the illusion with me. For me, it took FOREVER for the cat’s direction to change (it eventually did)but my coworkers learned the trick... See, now that I have it mastered, I now have the problem of not being able to see it make a full turn in a circle anymore. Now that my brain has figured out the trick, all I am able to see it as is it flopping side to side, or back and forth, if that makes sense. Eventually one of my coworkers got so good at changing the cat’s direction that it just seemed to “dance” back and forth....

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