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Multistability

Multistability is a system property. It refers to systems that are neither stable

Stability

Stability may refer to:...
nor totally instable

Instability

Instability in systems is generally characterized by some of the outputs or internal state growing without bounds. Not all systems that are not stability are unstable; systems can also be marginal stability or exhibit limit cycle behavior....
, but that alternates between two or more mutually exclusive states over time.

In vision science, multistable perception

Multistable perception

Multistable perceptual phenomena are a rare form of visual perception phenomena which is characterized by an unpredictable sequence of spontaneous subjective changes....
characterizes the wavering percepts that can be brought about by certain visually ambiguous pattern such as the Necker cube

Necker cube

The Necker Cube is an optical illusion first published in 1832 by Switzerland crystallographer Louis Albert Necker....
, monocular rivalry

Monocular rivalry

Monocular rivalry is a phenomenon of human visual perception that occurs when two different images are optically superimposed. During prolonged viewing, one image becomes clearer than the other for a few moments, then the other image becomes clearer than the first for a few moments....
or binocular rivalry

Binocular rivalry

Binocular rivalry is a phenomenon of visual perception in which perception alternates between different images presented to each eye.When one image is presented to one eye and a very different image is presented to the other, instead of the two images being seen superimposed, one image is seen for a few moments, then the other, then the fir...
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Multistability is a system property. It refers to systems that are neither stable

Stability

Stability may refer to:...
nor totally instable

Instability

Instability in systems is generally characterized by some of the outputs or internal state growing without bounds. Not all systems that are not stability are unstable; systems can also be marginal stability or exhibit limit cycle behavior....
, but that alternates between two or more mutually exclusive states over time.

In vision science, multistable perception

Multistable perception

Multistable perceptual phenomena are a rare form of visual perception phenomena which is characterized by an unpredictable sequence of spontaneous subjective changes....
characterizes the wavering percepts that can be brought about by certain visually ambiguous pattern such as the Necker cube

Necker cube

The Necker Cube is an optical illusion first published in 1832 by Switzerland crystallographer Louis Albert Necker....
, monocular rivalry

Monocular rivalry

Monocular rivalry is a phenomenon of human visual perception that occurs when two different images are optically superimposed. During prolonged viewing, one image becomes clearer than the other for a few moments, then the other image becomes clearer than the first for a few moments....
or binocular rivalry

Binocular rivalry

Binocular rivalry is a phenomenon of visual perception in which perception alternates between different images presented to each eye.When one image is presented to one eye and a very different image is presented to the other, instead of the two images being seen superimposed, one image is seen for a few moments, then the other, then the fir...
.

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Multistable perception
Multistable perception

Multistable perceptual phenomena are a rare form of visual perception phenomena which is characterized by an unpredictable sequence of spontaneous subjective changes....
Gestalt psychology
Gestalt psychology

Gestalt psychology or gestaltism is a theory of mind and brain that proposes that the operational principle of the brain is holism, parallel, and analog, with self-organizing tendencies; or, that the whole is different from the sum of its parts....
Paradigm shift
Paradigm shift

Paradigm shift is the term first used by Thomas Samuel Kuhn in his influential book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions to describe a change in basic assumptions within the ruling theory of science....