By Vurdlak on April 6, 2006, with 269 Comments
Allright here’s what I want you to do - while sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles. Now, while doing this, draw the number “6″ in the air with your right hand.
Your foot will change direction and there’s nothing you can do about it!
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It didnt work…Never has either. XD
it does not work. i am 10 and i can keep my foot in the right direction, with a 6 in the air
this isn’t really an illusion but it is a cool trick
It doesn’t work if you star from the bottom, but if you start from the tail its counter intuitive.
omg! that i so fun! you try and try but you can’t control it!!!
That is impossible! I can’t do it!
HOLY CRAP YOUR RIGHT
I’m not sure. I think this is the same difficulty as doing two different things with your two hands. They’ll try and mimic each other, you have to restrain yourself otherwise. The loop of the 6 is going in a CCW motion. Your foot goes CCW as well. It could be a brain trick, but I’m not positive.
to tell you the truth, at first i thought it wouldn’t work but know i’m banging my head against the wall. Great Job?
One question though, Why did you put a camel foot next to what you wrote?????????????????
AWESOME!!!!!!
when u relax that will happen, but if u will ur foot to stay in the same direction u can do something about it
but for some ppl even if they use all their willpower their leg wud still turn to the opposite direction becuz they have a different kind of brain
If I close my eyes I can do it no problem. It becomes a bigger excercise in mental control with the eyes open.
Yeah I can control it. And that’s why left-handed people rule. :)
I can, i’m ambidextrous! ha
i think it all has to do with timing, and rhythm of your moving leg to be honest
@patty that’s not a camel foot, it’s a horses hoof ;)
easy as pie
The first time I couldnt control it but the next times i did it i could
it didit work but i play piano so that helped
for a moment my foot kept going clockwise, then it changed.
I did it A LOOOOOT of times in a row….only ONCE it did what u said it would do. the other time nothing happened…
son alucinantes wow me encantan
If you move your foot slowly you can do it without switching anything. haha
LOL So, i made my boyfriend do it and he was freaking out cause he couldn’t keep his foot going clock-wise! lol He looked so silly doing this for like 20 min.! Jeza
Fail. I maintained clockwise motion on the first try.
Yea i could do it at the same time..just dont ming your right hand drawing the number six on air focus on your right foot.
Yea i could do it at the same time..just dont mind your right hand drawing the number six on air focus on your right foot.
I could do it without any will-power whatsoever… What does it mean if you can do it?
Alright, here’s what I want you to do….learn how to correctly spell “alright.”
“Alright” is not proper grammar. The correct spelling is “all right”. Get it straight before you criticize the spelling of others. To another commenter that is not a camel’s foot, it is a horse’s hoof.
i can do this easily i don’t get why some people think it is hard
i had no trouble…fun trick, but the implications presented here are a bit misleading – believe it or not, there are people who use the two halves (of their brain) as a whole ;)
Your cranium must be protecting some very vluabale brains.
Actually it only worked for me when I started drawing the 6 from the top and moving down [I normally write it starting from the circle]
Very interesting.
didnt work for me
if u start with the top, it will not be changed
I couldn’t get my foot to change directions at all. It just kept going clockwise.
WOW that actually worked!!!!!!!!!!
Doesn’t work for me
Aha!!! at about the like 15th time, i finally got it!!!
Wow… that’s awesome… even if my foot stays in the same motion, then my hand goes off course and makes waves. It’s the same for your left hand and foot…
a little of topic here but what the HECK is that picture of? its been buggin me since i saw it! XD!
Silly. It’s very easy to do and my foot does not change direction. Neither did it effect the other five people in my office that way. So… my question is why does it effect a very few that way? Birth defect? To much caffeine? Or are those of us who can do it defective and those that can’t not because they have better wiring between feet and hands that leaves there brain free to do more important things?
Concentrate on your foot more than your hand
that is sooooo cool
my foot didnt change directions. is something wrong with my foot?
Well i draw my 6 clockwise so owned.
First of many liars….
If you are able to do it easily, then it points to neurological problems. Office workers, most likely don’t get up and move around enough, allowing proper circulation which can promote the advancement of neurological disorders.
Actually writing 7 with your hand while making a circle is even harder.
Very true buddy…. its very difficult indeed!!
does anyone have an explanation as to why this is happening?
what is the brain doing?
why is the brain not able to give orders to foot and hand in opposing direction?
What.
it’s easy.
and it’s not down to neurological problems.
I walk about 7-8 miles a day.
wow
is it normal for me to be able to keep my foot moving clockwise while i draw a six?
i dont even feel myself trying to change direction
it just doesnt move
FAIL
Another liar. FaIL
It was easy with my right foot and right hand
yet difficult with my left foot and left hand (still clockwise though)
Me too. Perhaps being left-handed has something to do with it?
It’s easy for drummers, who can move both hands and feet independently-or anyone who practices intricate movements like dancers, circus performers, etc.
Helicopter pilots can
Easy.
i can move my right foot clockwise and my right hand draw a 6 without my foot changing direction and im 12 years old
so… what
I’m also 12, i can do the same :P
yep its true… but performing with unlike limbs is a child`s play!
I can do it, if i draw the six from the loop/bottom up, as it is a clockwise motion
I can do it, without changing the direction. It’s only on your brain. Easy. Or I’m a freak. XD
do you realize that you’re not suppose to be able to do this. it’s actually been proven through science. it uses a different part to concentrate with drawing the number,that’s why the leg will switch to match. those who are saying it didn’t happen, are probably not realizing. it’s not a distinct feeling. it’s very subtle.
its called multitasking
There are different types of intelligence.
Those who have not learned muscle memory or physical skills will have a very difficult time with this.
For the average person if they let their instincts do the movement they will have no self control of the body parts independently.
For those of us with any kind of physical training where you learn to move parts of the body through your own choices rather than by letting the brain do so by instinct, this will be easy to do (or at least easy to do with practice)
I can go either way with this. If I do not think about the process and I simply ask my body to do the test, I will fail as expected. If instead I take control of both appendages by choice and create the movements as separate thought processes, it is no problem to do the correct movements without disturbing each other.
As has been stated, drummers, dancers, chopper pilots, martial artists, anyone with physical training who has learned independent control of muscles can do this.
It’s even possible to retrain natural instincts (why do you think repetitive motions are used in physical training? You start out by choosing new movements, you practice them until they replace your instincts and no longer require active thought.
This entire illusion depends on finding average people who have not learned the basics of muscle memory training.
The trick is to disconnect your hands from your hands. Most people have alot of trouble doing tasks that require precise movements with they’re feet while using their hands as well. It’s not something you practice everyday mind you! Drummers usually have this problem when they first pick up their sticks and hit the snare, while in turn trying to keep the bass in rythm. But, practice makes perfect. It is possible to disconnect your hands from your feet…
With training, it can be done… that, or if you draw the 6 from inside to out.
Thought this was a joke. I feel quite humbled that I can’t do this seemingly elementary motor skill.
I’m a drummer and I can do these easily.
thats ligete and difficult nigaroach
OMG THATS SOOO COOL
ik why and im only 11. cause the way u draw a 6 is by starting right and moving left like a counterclockwise clock. your mostly concentrated on drawing the CCwise 6 so you foot goes CCwise 2 !
smart me.
Not that hard
nothing changed, is it because Im left handed?
That was easy and I’m right handed, just draw the six slowly
If you have to TRY real hard, or THINK real hard, it is no longer a “trick”! Jerks!
Liars! I am an athletic, ambidextrous drummer who had to over think the trick and STILL have trouble keeping that foot on track when using my right hand (left hand, right foot is a breeze). Quit lying, you’re just like everyone else…
Btw: I was only a few hours away from getting my helicopter pilots license….Timbo, I’m talking to YOU!
You are supposed to draw an ’8′ to make up for those who start their ’6′ in the middle.
I can do this im left handed and play the piano
IM SO FRUSTURATED I USUALLY CAN DO ANYTHING I WANT BUT THIS IS DEATH TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
XO
ok this is to guy:WTF DUDE
I heard about this a few years ago and had no problem. It takes practice. I always wanted to be a drummer so I found that plays a part.
I can do clockwise circles with right foot, counter clockwise with left, 6′s with right hand, backwards 6′s on left at the same time.
I can barely talk at that point though.
I have to prepare what I want to say before i start, and then I can let it out.
Ok it actually works but I have to wonder if someone made this up just for a chance that someone would walk in the room and see you doing this and think that you are a total idiot?! Becaus e thats what happened to me!!!
is it just me, or does someone else draw six’s from the middle??? so this illusion doesn’t really work with me, am i strange???
I find that I can keep them moving opposite each other when concentrating on other things but when I think about it they go in the same direction….
my foot didnt change, i just had a messed up 6 haha
didn’t work for me for six or seven, I had total control over both hand and foot. Then I tried the number eight- my foot went wacko, I had absolutely no control over it at all.
Very fake does not work never has never will unless you are physically challenged and cannot control your body
I am thirteen years old. I tried it, sitting down on a stool and my right foot impulsively switched its motion direction when drawing a six with my right hand’s index finger in mid air! It worked the first two times, when I just let my body do what It would have instinctively done, but when I actually tried keeping the same direction and concentrated on doing so, I was able to. Neat trick though! ;)