We are used to the idea that perception can be ambiguous — there are visual illusions such as the famous Necker cube that can be perceived in two completely different ways. We accept that both ...
You need an idea. A solution. A creative new way to solve a challenging problem. But how likely is it that you’ll come up with that idea? A simple test might provide an indication of your level of ...
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 ...
One of the newly discovered tactile illusions is called “tactile rivalry”, a haptic version of a wider class of illusion called perceptual rivalry. The best example of perceptual rivalry is the Necker ...
THE BRAIN ABHORS ambiguity, yet we are curiously attracted to it. Many famous visual illusions exploit ambiguity to titillate the senses. Resolving uncertainties creates a pleasant jolt in your brain, ...
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 ...