Blotted letters – a Gestalt phenomenon

 

letters-ink

 

These look like random shapes... until you move the mouse over them.

 

Comment

 

The effect presumably is related to the fact that the borders of letters vs. background are indistinguishable from the borders of letters vs. ink blot.

 

Source

 

Bregman AS (1981) Asking the “What-For” questions in auditory perception. In: Kuy M, Pomerantz J, Perceptual Organisation • Erlbaum

 

Created: 1999-06-13

Last update: 2013-10-04