Cognitive illusions are assumed to arise by interaction with assumptions about the world, leading to "unconscious inferences", an idea first suggested in the 19th century by Hermann Helmholtz.
Psychologists have long been interested in how people interpret ambiguous, bistable images, such as the examples below. Bistable images. Top left: faces or a vase. Top right: rabbit or duck. Bottom ...
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Optical illusion: People swear there’s a face in this painting; neuroscience says otherwise
A viral painting appears ordinary at first, but many viewers claim a face emerges after prolonged viewing. Neuroscience ...
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