Ambiguous or reversible figures 5

since October 10, 2011


"A schematic explanation of the eye-direction pursuing effect in the hollow face illusion using the crater illusion"

C and D are the upside-down images of A and B, respectively.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2013 (April 30)



"Petri dish"

Perception of a laid petri dish may be changed to that of a stood one, and vice versa.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2012 (June 28)



"Silhouette illusion of silhouette"

The black "silhoutte" appears to be oriented like either the upper or lower. The upper appears to move right-upward, while the lower appears to move left-downward.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2012 (June 28)




"3D Forum silhouette illusion"

The black "3D Forum" appears to be oriented like either the upper or lower. The upper appears to move upward, while the lower appears to move downward.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2012 (June 28)



"Forest area"

Colored triangles of various sizes are observed.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2012 (May 22)




"Mountains"

Greenish triangles of various sizes are observed. White inverted triangles of various sizes are also observed. In addition, there are two stereoscopic appearances.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2012 (May 22)



"Merry Christmas 2011"

For "Merry", one appearance is a view from the upper-right, while the other is a view from the lower-left. For "Christmas!", one appearance is a view from the upper-left, while the other is a view from the lower-right.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2011 (December 21)



"Merry Christmas 2011 #2"

"Merry" and "Christmas!" are hidden.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2011 (December 23)



"Three-fold reversible image"

Sixteen squares of the pattern A in the image below are observed. Or, twelve diamonds of the horizontal pattern B are perceived in front of the background of a vertical stripe. Or, twelve diamonds of the vertical pattern C are perceived in front of the background of a horizontal stripe.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2011 (December 23)

cf.

Long G M, Batterman J M, 2012, "Dissecting perceptual processes with a new tri-stable reversible figure" Perception 41(10) 1163 – 1185



"A silhouette illusion fan"

A rotating fan appears to head for us or away from us. This movie has been created for fans of the silhouette illusion.

silhouetteillusionfan.swf
(Flash file)

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2011 (December 14)

cf.

Silhouette illusion (Kayahara's original)

Sinsteden's windmill

Sinsteden's windmill
Boring, E. G. (1942) Sensation and Perception in the History of Experimental Psychology (Century Psychology Series). New York: D. Appleton-Century. (p. 270)


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cf.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2011 (December 17)



"A silhouette illusion fan 2"

A rotating fan appears to head for us or away from us. This movie has been created for fans of the silhouette illusion.

silhouetteillusionfan2.swf
(Flash file)

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2011 (December 14)

cf. Silhouette illusion (Kayahara's original)



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<modified from Corel Clipart>


"Helicopter"

One appearance is that a helicopter lands, seen from the left-in-front. The other appearance is that a helicopter flies away, seen from the left-behind.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2011 (December 17)



"Duck and rabbit"

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2011 (November 17)

photo from AY, Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan



"Convex-concave reversible image"

Purple squares appear to be convex toward observers for one time, while yellowish-green squares do so for the other time.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2011 (November 2)



"Apparent reversal of a hand"

The hand in the left image appears to be her left hand while that in the right image to be her right one, though they are the same in shape.

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2011 (October 30)



"Asymmetrical vase-face illusion"

Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2011 (October 10)



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