Nov 30, 2006
Ambiguous Visual Illusion
By: Caroline Latham
What do you see?        
Do you see a series of black shapes on a white background, or do you see a white word on black background?
This image is an example of an ambiguous illusion — a picture or object that requires perceptual switching between the alternative interpretations of figure and ground. Our visual system simplifies visual scenes into a foreground figure that we focus on and a ground which is everything else and forms the background. And although you may be able to switch the figure and ground back and forth to see one image or the other, your eyes will not let you see both images at the same time. Our visual perception is created by our brain’s interpretation in the cerebral cortex of visual information entering through the visual pathway.
[...] 33. What do you see. [...]
LIFT
LIFT
I can see both, whichever I want
I can see both but it seems to switch back and forth as I move my eyes across the picture.
The word Lift
LIFT
the word lift
Lift
LIFT
The word LIFT
LIFT
YES LIFT
LIFT, although I can see both figures and word.
i see the word ‘laughed’. oh…oh wait, it reads: lift.
LIFT
i see both but it’s a lot harder to just see the shapes rather than the word lift
I see a white word on a black background.
lift is the answer. why was this question so much easier?
LIFT is what i see
i see the word LIFT in white
the first few seconds i only saw the shapes, but after that i saw the word lift. now i can see both…switch back and forth
Lift works
Shapes works
LIFT
i can see lift
can see both white and black background and the word lift
couldn’t see anything but background even though i knew the word was lift because link brought be in at bottom…. let myself look a bit…. still bkg…. then by picking up the bottom of the l was able to grab and easily see the word
Actually, I can see both, and alternate between the two.
Was actually looking for the Old woman and young woman visual, that one I can see both and the Old woman and swith to the young woman. Would like to see more of this, Does anyone out there know where this site might be that has lots of visuals?
Thanks,
Gary R
a white word on a black background
I SEE
OBAMA