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VISUAL PERCEPTION EMBEDDED FIGURE GROUND TASKS
Exampls of REVERSIBLE FIGURE GROUND TASKS
in the VISUAL MODALITY
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Example #1-- Which direction are the birds flying: Do I see them going right or left? Email me the right answer and I will turn over the $10,000 check I have to you.
Answer--Well, they certainly are going. This was a rather simple picture. There is a more elaborate one in the notes to the right of these, on slide 21 of the lesson. Notice, here that how we organize the picture has a great baring on what we perceive. This will become even more wild as we proceed.
Example #2--How many legs does an elephant have? I thought I knew until I saw this picture. This is a figure ground teaser that defies organization. Would you like draw and color this one?
Answer.--We saw this before with the two/three pronged figure. Here we become very aware of the changing peceptual process which makes us see the picture in different ways. Yet this is our reality.
Example #3-- Where's the dot?. Talk about changing images, hee is the famous Necker Cube. Can you describe to me where the small circle is on this cube?
Answer--If your perceptual system organizes the cube one way, you may perceive it from above, and the circle appears to be in the upper left hand corner of the side facing you. But if you watch long enough, your system will automatically select a different set of coordinates and the image will change in your mind. Then you may perceive the cube from below land the circle would apper to be on the upper left corner of the side away from you. And then for me, sometimes the box gets hopelessly tangled!
Example #4-- How many cubes are here? This is a simple task for reality. Just count it (them).
