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ambiguous figure

ambiguous figure An ambiguous figure is a visual stimulus that stays physically the same while perception switches back and forth between different, mutually exclusive interpretations.

An ambiguous figure is a visual stimulus that stays physically the same while perception switches back and forth between different, mutually exclusive interpretations. It is used to study internally driven changes in perception because the reversals come from endogenous brain processes rather than from changes in the stimulus.

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Drafting source: Kornmeier Jürgen; Friedel Evelyn.; Hecker Lukas; Schmidt Stefan; Wittmann Marc. What happens in the brain of meditators when perception changes but not the stimulus?. 2019; DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0223843; article XML SHA-256 526d60442214729adf0b8c72660743d79b98449c395b0ed988259b4fdfd43d99. “What happens in the brain of meditators when perception changes but not the stimulus?” (10.1371/journal.pone.0223843).
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