Kanizsa triangle
Gregory’s Indirect Theory (1974) Top-down theory of perception
Gregory’s indirect theory Perception process of construction Based on: Sensory data Previous knowledge Hypothesis about what is out there
Hypothesis testing Necker cube
Hypothesis testing: Rubin’s vase
Hypothesis testing
Previous knowledge Rotating masks: http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/fcs_hollow-face/index.html
Previous knowledge
Previous knowledge What shape is this?
Muller-Lyer Illusion Which one is longer?
Depth cues
Auditory Expectations Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven http://jeffmilner.com/backmasking.htm Lyrics: “Oh here’s to my sweet Satan. The one whose little path would make me sad, whose power is Satan. He’ll give those with him 666; there was a little tool shed where he made us suffer, sad Satan.”
Palmer (1975)
http://www.richardgregory.org/