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. 2018 Dec 26;9(6):2041669518816711. doi: 10.1177/2041669518816711

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Figure 1. — Two demonstrations of amodal completion. (a) One has a curiously compelling and definite impression of a long horizontal cylinder extending unbroken behind the vertical cylinder. Even when one knows that there are just two short cylinders behind the vertical cylinder (c), the impression evoked by viewing panel (a) persists. (b and d) Amodal completion may also evoke perceptual impressions that are impossible in the sense that they are at odds with our general knowledge of objects (Gerbino & Zabai, 2003; Hazenberg & van Lier, 2015).