Man and crane, Mangas-Mimbres pottery motif, ca. 1000 CE, showing figure-ground reversal. Perceptual grouping, a necessity for recognizing objects.

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Man and crane, Mangas-Mimbres pottery motif, ca. 1000 CE, showing figure-ground reversal. Perceptual grouping, a necessity for recognizing objects through vision, to identify a figure from background.

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