Young or Old

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When you have spent a moment looking at the figure above, your age can be guessed: if you see a young woman with her face averted, you are probably young yourself: if you see an old woman, you are probably no spring chicken.

That, at any rate, is the consensus from the Exploratorium in San Francisco, where this picture, originally conceived by E.G. Boring, an American psychologist, is on display. As a rule, it takes a while to switch views. But the effect is dramatic once you do so. (When you are familiar with the picture, it is quite easy to control which one you want to see. Just direct your gaze at the place in the picture where the eye of the desired figure will appear -- then you can spot the whole woman at once) ~ Page 185

The British neuropsychological Richard L. Gregory has spent a lifetime collecting visual illusions like these. For they reveal great deal about our way of seeing. Gregory has formulated his understanding of the illusions thus: Our sight really consists of a hypothesis, an interpretation of the world. We do not see the data in front of our eyes; we see an interpretation. ~ Page 186

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