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... > social science subjects > psychology > cognitive psychology > learning and perception > cognitive processes > perception (psychology) > visual perception > impossible figures
... > social science subjects > psychology > cognitive psychology > perception (psychology) > visual perception > impossible figures

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impossible figures  

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  • When we look at a picture, we can often see the two-dimensional lines and colors on the surface that comprise the picture and what the picture depicts—what it is a picture of—which is typically a three-dimensional object such as a person or a landscape. Depiction is a special kind of pictorial representation, which many think is mediated by resemblance between the picture and what is depicted (although this is contested by some philosophers). [Source: Encyclopedia of Perception; Impossible Figures]

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