How Brains Rationalize Ambiguous Visual Data

M.C. Escher’s ambiguous drawings transfix us: Are those black birds flying against a white sky or white birds soaring out of a black sky? Which side is up on those crazy staircases?Lines in Escher’s drawings can seem to be part of either of two different shapes. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Neurology / Neuroscience on November 20th, 2007