Perceiving either a vase or two facial silhouettes looking at each other was used to illustrate the Gestalt principle of _____; perceiving two ambiguous characters numerically as 13 or alphabetically as the letter B was used to illustrate _____.

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The vase or two facial silhouettes example illustrates the Gestalt principle of figure and ground, where the focus can shift between the vase (the figure) and the silhouettes (the ground) depending on what the viewer perceives as the figure. The perception of the characters as either 13 or B depending on the context illustrates context effects, where the context influences how the ambiguous information is interpreted.

Perceiving Either a Vase or Two Facial Silhouettes Looking at Each