当一个图形对人类的视觉系统来说,是具有歧义性时,就会引发多稳态知觉的现象。如一些知名的例子如奈克方块Necker cube、运动中探知结构(structure from motion)、单眼竞争(monocular rivalry)和双眼竞争binocular rivalry。但更为人所知的是暧昧图形(ambiguous image)。因为这些图形通常会在两种知觉状态之间相互交换,所以又称为双稳态知觉。通过横向抑制,其中一个图像在受到刺激时会抑制邻近图像的活动。<ref>{{cite journal | url = http://neuro.bcm.edu/eagleman/papers/Eagleman.NatureRevNeuro.Illusions.pdf | title = Visual Illusions and Neurobiology | last = Eagleman | first = David | journal = Nature Reviews Neuroscience | date = 2001 | volume = 2 | issue = 12 | pages = 920-926 | doi = 10.1038/35104092 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927212714/http://neuro.bcm.edu/eagleman/papers/Eagleman.NatureRevNeuro.Illusions.pdf | archivedate = 2007-09-27 }}</ref> | 当一个图形对人类的视觉系统来说,是具有歧义性时,就会引发多稳态知觉的现象。如一些知名的例子如奈克方块Necker cube、运动中探知结构(structure from motion)、单眼竞争(monocular rivalry)和双眼竞争binocular rivalry。但更为人所知的是暧昧图形(ambiguous image)。因为这些图形通常会在两种知觉状态之间相互交换,所以又称为双稳态知觉。通过横向抑制,其中一个图像在受到刺激时会抑制邻近图像的活动。<ref>{{cite journal | url = http://neuro.bcm.edu/eagleman/papers/Eagleman.NatureRevNeuro.Illusions.pdf | title = Visual Illusions and Neurobiology | last = Eagleman | first = David | journal = Nature Reviews Neuroscience | date = 2001 | volume = 2 | issue = 12 | pages = 920-926 | doi = 10.1038/35104092 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927212714/http://neuro.bcm.edu/eagleman/papers/Eagleman.NatureRevNeuro.Illusions.pdf | archivedate = 2007-09-27 }}</ref> |