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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 11.
Published in final edited form as: Daedalus. 2015 Jan 16;144(1):22–41. doi: 10.1162/DAED_a_00315

Figure 6. Demonstration of the Influence of Temporal Context on the Interpretation of a Sensory (Retinal) Stimulus.

Figure 6

To most observers, this figure initially appears as a random pattern with no clear perceptual interpretation. The perceptual experience elicited by this stimulus is radically (and perhaps permanently) different after viewing the pattern shown in Figure 8. Source: Paul B. Porter, “Another Puzzle-Picture,” The American Journal of Psychology 67 (3) (1954): 550–551.