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Each of these illusions demonstrates a principle of perception

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Closure
Blobs
the Blot
Now you see it. Now you can't not see it!

AMBIGUOUS FIGURES
ALL IS VANITY


AMBIGUOUS FIGURES
ABORIGINAL HEADS


FIGURE-GROUND ILLUSIONS
GOBLET


More Than You Can Handle at Once.


FIGURE-GROUND ILLUSIONS
M C. ESCHER: SWAN


FIGURE-GROUND ILLUSIONS
M C. ESCHER: KNIGHTS ON HORSEBACK


FIGURE-GROUND ILLUSIONS
CANDLESTICK


AMBIGRAMS
AMBIGUITY


THE POWER OF PRIOR LEARNING

CONTEXT CUES
BANANA CARD


The Power of Experience
BAll & SHADOW


You say you're immune?
BENT PENCIL


Make It Stop!!


Interpreting a new sight
HOME


Everyone Needs Boundaries
Lift


Context Matters!


Humans live with ambiguity.
Reading.



Boundaries as lenses
Barberpole


What did you expect?


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