Ambiguous image

Definition

An ambiguous image refers to a visual stimulus that can be interpreted in multiple ways, causing uncertainty or confusion about its true nature.

Related terms

Perception:

The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information from the environment.

Gestalt Principles:

Rules that describe how we perceive and organize visual information, such as similarity, proximity, closure, and continuity.

Top-down Processing:

The use of pre-existing knowledge and expectations to interpret incoming sensory information.