Hi Jim: Yes, it sounds like she didn’t understand the assignment or was trying to squeeze by.
BTW, the png extension doesn’t indicate she used a camera. PNG is a more up-to-date image format protocol for showing raster images. See our buddies on *oogle- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Network_Graphics <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Network_Graphics> Ken --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Professor Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu <http://www.psych.appstate.edu/> Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > On Nov 8, 2015, at 4:48 PM, Jim Matiya <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > Thanks for all your replies to my question. A friend of mine, who is a > psych teacher, asked about the illusion. It was an assignment, I believe. I > am guessing that students had to find find five illusions and explain them. > The teacher sent me the girl's powerpoint. I tried to insert the picture into > my e-mail, but I could not. > Then as I was trying to save the image, I noticed it had a png extension, > which tells me, she took a picture of this image and used it her powerpoint > illusion. I changed the extension to jpg and then I could paste it in a word > document. The thought of a virus never crossed my mind. Sorry I won't do that > again. > In her powerpoint, she said she had "problems" understanding this illusion. > The teacher asked for a reference and, of course, this student did not do > that part of the assignment. > > I thought I could ask my colleagues, because maybe I was missing something. > > Thank you for your input. > > Jim > retired FGCU > > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Nov 8, 2015, at 11:19 AM, Mike Palij <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 07 Nov 2015 16:40:36 -0800, Jim Matiya wrote: >>> Has anyone on the list ever seen this illusion. >> >> Alas and alack, I had the same problem that Annette had, >> that is, the digest form does not allow attachments. Fortunately, >> this time, the Mail Archive did contain the Word document >> that had the image. >> >> Can we all come to an agreement that attachments should not >> be sent out with posts to Tips because (a) they don't appear >> in the digest, (b) an attachment may appear on the >> Mail Archive or it may not, and (c) the main reason most >> mailing lists do not allow attachments is because this is >> one of the easiest ways to spread computer viruses, either >> intentionally or unintentionally. Is it really so difficult to >> find a place on the web where images or text can be >> accessed? >> >> So, how about it? >> >> To Jim: why did you call this picture an illusion? I mean, what >> was its source? The simplest description of it is that it is a >> minimalist representation of a meeting table from the view of >> looking over the shoulder of the person at the head of the >> table. It uses the simplest elements to represent the forms. >> That being said, the question arises as to whether alternative >> interpretations can be made of the forms. However, if the >> forms used are relatively close to the prototypical representations >> that people may have (i.e., how a long table looks from one end, >> how well figures represent humans, and so on), there may be >> severe limitations on the number of interpretations that are >> possible (i.e., few "degrees of freedom"). >> >> One possible alternative interpretation of the image is that the >> table is actually a Christmas tree and not a table but this interpretation >> is violated by the central human figure and the human figures >> along the sides. The "degrees of freedom" associated with this >> image is quite limited unless there are key features that need >> to be pointed out in order to see alternative images. This may >> be best represented by the "my wife and my mother-in-law" aka >> "young woman and old lady" illusion. For background on this >> illusions see: >> From the Wolfram website: >> http://mathworld.wolfram.com/YoungGirl-OldWomanIllusion.html >> From Wikipedia: >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Wife_and_My_Mother-in-Law >> From YouTube which has a video that shows which features >> have to be altered to limit perception to the young woman or >> old lady: >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f1G6Nx5VDw >> >> So, I have to ask again: in what sense is your image an illusion >> outside of it being a minimalist representation of things in the >> real world? >> >>> A student submitted as a an example...but I have never seen >>> it before. I am a little slow, can anyone see the figure-ground illusion? >> >> Why should you see a figure-ground illusion? How does this >> image contain the elements that are typically found in such >> illusions? To what extent is the illusion produced by processing >> by the perceptual system and is immune to cognitive intervention >> (the classic vase-two faces image seems to fall into this >> category) and to what extent does it depend upon knowledge >> of objects/forms that can be mapped onto a pictorial representation >> and compete for being the "key" interpretation of the image >> (the young woman-old lady image seems to fall into this category; >> speaking for myself, it took years for me to see the young woman >> because the old lady interpretation was so compelling -- it >> took an analysis of the features that contribute to the perception >> of the young woman to allow me to switch between the two >> interpretations)? >> >>> I have attached the picture >> >> Attachments are bad, m'kay? >> >> -Mike Palij >> New York University >> [email protected] >> >> >> --- >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe click here: >> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13283.28aec02f231f4c4baa9a4a58ae139710&n=T&l=tips&o=47309 >> or send a blank email to >> leave-47309-13283.28aec02f231f4c4baa9a4a58ae139...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13524.94845a3ed9806f1cef14973830dd8c39&n=T&l=tips&o=47310 > or send a blank email to > leave-47310-13524.94845a3ed9806f1cef14973830dd8...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. 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