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Source: Roth & Bruce (1995). Source: members.lycos.nl/amazingart/. Source: members.lycos.nl/amazingart/. What did you mind have to do for you to ‘see’ things in the black and white patterns?. ?.
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What did you mind have to do for you to ‘see’ things in the black and white patterns?
? The mind takes in the impoverished sensory input and matches it to a schema derived from past experience. The schema is used to ‘fill in the blanks’ in the input and to give it a meaning. Your ability to ‘see’ what’s there depends on your having an appropriate schema.
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