Meaningless black and white patches or something else? (IMAGE)

Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown

Meaningless black and white patches or something else?

Caption

Learned concepts and prior knowledge of what a Dalmatian dog looks like helps you to interpret this seemingly meaningless pattern of black and white patches.

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David Marr (Book: Vision by David Marr, MIT Press)

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