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[[File:Duck-rabbit explanations.png|center|700x700px]] | [[File:Duck-rabbit explanations.png|center|700x700px]] | ||
[[File:Duck or rabbit?.jpg|alt=Duck or rabbit?|thumb|'''''Figure 1.''''' Duck or rabbit? Or both?]] | [[File:Duck or rabbit?.jpg|alt=Duck or rabbit?|thumb|'''''Figure 1.''''' Duck or rabbit? Or both?]] | ||
'''Actually, it's a duck—looking to the left.''' | '''Actually, it's a duck—looking to the left.''' | ||
What's happening here is called '''framing'''. Your brain takes the suggested "''duck''" as a shortcut instead of | If you haven't seen this image before, initially being told it's a duck makes you more likely to see it that way. In reality, the picture is ambiguous, it could be either a duck or a rabbit (see '''Figure 1'''). | ||
What's happening here is called '''framing'''. Your brain takes the suggested "''duck''" as a [[Heuristics|shortcut]] instead of expending energy to analyze the image critically. When information is unclear, we often rely on external cues—especially from [[Authority Bias|authority figures]]—rather than thinking deeply ourselves. | |||
'''Lastly, try this [[Coffer Ambiguous Figure|Coffer, ambiguous figure]]... There are 16 rectangles, can you see them?''' | '''Lastly, try this [[Coffer Ambiguous Figure|Coffer, ambiguous figure]]... There are 16 rectangles, can you see them?''' | ||
[[File:Coffer-illusion.jpg|alt=Coffer Illusion|center]] | [[File:Coffer-illusion.jpg|alt=Coffer Illusion|center]] | ||
[[File:Solved coffer illusion.png|alt=Solved coffer illusion|thumb|Solved coffer illusion]] | |||
'''''Actually, there are 16 circles above.''''' | '''''Actually, there are 16 circles above.''''' | ||