***View the Donaldson, J. (2016, July). The duck-rabbit ambiguous figure. The illusions index online.
The following figure is an ambiguous figure where viewers often see one of two animals: a duck or a rabbit. Since information received through our senses must be processed by our brains to be perceived (i.e., top-down processing), our expectations can influence what animal we see.
Part 1:
Imagine that you are showing this image to a group of people and you want them to notice the duck before they notice the rabbit. How might you achieve this? Provide at least one specific example.
Explain how top-down processing is different from bottom-up processing. What information is gained from a bottom-up perspective?
Why do you think a human brain processes sensory information instead of allowing us to experience the information exactly as our senses acquire it?
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