This is Boring's 'Old/Young Woman'. It is a figure which is reversible. The figure can be perceived as the profile of a young woman's face with the tip of her nose just visable, or a much older woman, where the young woman's chin can be seen as the nose of the older woman.
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Thanks kindly to David Anthony, who left the internet link to this image. Michelle
Strange. Now you have put it on your site, I can only see the young woman...
Funny how we can switch from one to the other but not see both. I can consciously switch but I couldn't tell how the switch occurs. Greta illusion Michelle.
*Great illusion* typing too fast I guess.
I've always seen the pretty young woman in this one. Oh well, maybe that is just a reflection of a proclivity of mine.
Ian
She's definitely a younger woman in mye yes too.
Well, I've seen this before. I normally see the old woman first but this time I saw the young girl and it took me a while to "flip". I guess nuances of light and shade (e.g. on computer screen as opposed to printed page) must make a difference as to how one first perceives it.
Hmmm. Very Freudian, don't you think, doctor?
Well even squinting I find it hard to see the old woman, and I am old! Unless I really concentrate I can only see the young one. Yearning perhaps?
Regards
jmb
no matter how hard I try I can only see the young woman
wow amazing i just got the old womans face too...
Only the young woman for me too until you mentioned the chin. On your other post I saw both the faces and the vase. :)
Interesting - unlike the previous image were I could see both images - in this image I don't see the old lady.
I've seen the old woman now too, what an interesting image.
So many thanks for all your comments here - this picture is a personal favourite of mine and I'm glad to see you all enjoyed spotting the 2 faces in one picture. Thanks again for all your kind comments. All the very best. Michelle
What is interesting here is the inability to hold both versions in your head at the same time.
Is there some psychological principle in play here ?
I have to confess I saw the young woman first in this case (maybe being brighter on a computer screen helps)- but when looking at the same picture in other books I've always seen the old woman and had real trouble switch to the younger.
try as i might to see the older woman, i was only able to see the young woman.
well, I have looked and looked, and I only saw the young woman!
then jsu at the last, I glimpsed the old woman but she disappeared!
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