The moment the duck-rabbit photo is posted online, social media is in commotion.
What do you observe? A duck or a rabbit?
There have been a lot of responses to a drawing that was uploaded more than 100 years after it was first made.
Can you simultaneously see both, like some individuals can see a rabbit and others a duck?
What you see (and how quickly you see it) may serve as an accurate gauge of how quickly and creatively your brain processes information.
In 1899, American psychologist Joseph Jastrow utilized the duck-rabbit metaphor to support his claim that knowing involves both one’s style of thinking and what they perceive.
The main goal of Mr. Jastrow’s research was to determine how quickly people could switch from seeing the first animal to seeing the second one and how quickly they could change their initial perception of the artwork.
According to the research, when you can finish activities quickly, your brain functions more swiftly and you are more creative.
The test’s outcomes seem to change at different times throughout the year.
While a duck is more common in October, people are more likely to first encounter a rabbit during the Easter season.
The initial anonymous publication of the image with the heading “Which animals resemble one another the most?” appeared in the German journal Fliegende Blätter.