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[[File:Gestalt switch.png|alt=Gestalt switch|thumb|'''Figure 1'''. Gestalt Switch - ''Can you see the Eskimo?'']]Optical illusions are a great initiation point for people to start to explore [[Pivotal Mental States]]. Optical illusions provide the observer a quirk of perception which may seem strange at first however they can often be explained from a evolutionary psychology perspective. | [[File:Gestalt switch.png|alt=Gestalt switch|thumb|'''Figure 1'''. Gestalt Switch - ''Can you see the Eskimo?'']]'''Optical illusions are a great initiation point for people to start to explore [[Pivotal Mental States]].''' Optical illusions provide the observer a quirk of perception which may seem strange at first however, they can often be explained from a evolutionary psychology perspective. | ||
== Gestalt Switch == | == Gestalt Switch == | ||
In psychology, a | In psychology, a ''Gestalt Switch'' is when a person's perception suddenly changes from one visual interpretation to another. For instance, the initial interpretation of '''Figure 1''' is usually a face, however, given time, people can also see an eskimo. The reason the majority of people initially see a face first is that this is a prioritised type of human perception. It has been found that there are inbuilt mechanisms in the brain which canalize ambiguous information into the face processing part of the brain. | ||
=== ''Magic Trick'' === | |||
Gestalt Switches can be [[Framing|framed]] or [[priming|primed]] so that the presenter can force others to seeing one version of the image opposed to another. For instance, if you take '''Figure 1''' and present it to someone else with the framing: ''"here is a a picture of an eskimo entering a cave"'' you will be able to force their perception into primarily seeing the eskimo. | |||
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== Grid Illusion or ''Scintillating Grid'' == | == Grid Illusion or ''Scintillating Grid'' == | ||