Psychologist explains reason people see different things in optical illusion
Optical illusions can be seriously confusing, but fun for all ages, especially when it's asking you to look at an image and work out what you see first. Especially when it may say something about your personality. But a British psychologist has explained with his theory why some people see one thing, rather than another, and it's apparently all down to the external stimuli that are present around us.
So look at the image below and think about what you see. Do you need a hint? It's either a man or a mouse. Which one do you think it is? Well, there's an actual answer and explanation according to Jagran Josh.
What do you see first in this image? (AMNH)If you see a man's face or a mouse, in both cases, you are correct. But why do some see a man, and some see a mouse? The answer is found in the top-down processing theory proposed by British psychologist Richard Gregory. According to this theory, our eyes gather a lot of information in the form of stimuli, but when it gets to the brain, most of it has been lost. As a result, the perception that is created is not exactly what our eyes initially saw.
Jagran Josh explained: "As our brain has evolved over time, it filters out those things that it cannot understand to quickly reach a decision, or in this case, decide whether it's a man's face or a rat. To arrive at a decision, our brains form hypotheses based on our knowledge of the world around us, which is not always true.
"As our brain focuses more attentively on the image, it gathers more information and is, therefore, able to understand that the image looking like a man's face can also be that of a rat and vice versa", which is interesting, and explains why we see certain things in optical illusions that others may not.
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