The picture of the duck/rabbit is ambiguous.However,consider someone who is inspecting a visual image of this form.If the person does not already know how to reinterpret this picture,the person is unlikely to discover the alternative interpretation by inspecting the image.But hints such as "Try thinking about the form as facing to the right" can help the person to see both aspects of the image.Why would this hint help?

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By suggesting that the form is facing to the right, the hint is altering the reference frame used to interpret the image. Prior to this suggestion, the viewer may have been interpreting the image from a different reference frame which did not allow for the alternative interpretation. This shift in reference frame can allow the viewer to see both the duck and the rabbit in the image. The other options (mental rotation, altering the depiction, retrieval pathway) do not accurately capture the effect of this particular hint.

The Picture of the Duck/rabbit Is Ambiguous