Ambiguous Illusions

Ambiguous illusions are visual stimuli that can be perceived in multiple ways. These illusions often involve a figure-ground reversal, where the same image can be interpreted as either a foreground or background image depending on the viewer’s interpretation.

Examples of ambiguous illusions include the Rubin vase, the duck-rabbit illusion, and the Necker cube.

These illusions demonstrate that perception is not always a passive process and that the brain actively constructs meaning from visual information.