Demonstration in Emergent Lucia Hraskova March 2016 Necker cube Demonstration in Emergent Lucia Hraskova March 2016
Multistable perceptual phenomena unpredictable sequences of spontaneous subjective changes evoked by stimuli that are too ambiguous to be recognized with one unique interpretation visual, as well as auditory and olfactory three characteristics: exclusivity, randomness, inevitability usually alternate between two rival interpretations –> bistable EXAMPLES
Schröder’s stairs: ambiguous figure reversible figure bistable figure …inspired Escher: << ‘Convex and Concave’ ‘Relativity’ >>
Monocular rivalry Binocular rivalry
Necker cube Louis Albert Necker, 1832 Impossible cube (inconsistent)
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