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Let us assume, then, that past
experience with pictures is not
necessary to perceive pictures
as representations of objects or
scenes. It is not mere
convention that leads us to this
capability but the detection of
an intrinsic similarity between
the picture and the object.
Recognition therefore occurs.
But along with recognition
come certain aspects of
perception that would not
otherwise occurΓÇöΓÇônotably,
depth perception. An example is
the perceptual change that
occurs in viewing a fragmented
figure of the kind illustrated at
left, at the moment of
recognition. At first, the
illustration seems to be a
rather meaningless array of
fragments. Suddenly, it is
recognized as a man sitting on a
bench, and it then looks three-
dimensional. This example
suggests that, while prior
experience with pictures may
not directly govern picture
perception, past experience
with the objects represented
may play an important role in
picture perception. Thus, to us,
as well as to the 2-year-old
child reared without exposure
to pictures, the picture of the
hand or a picture of a shoe
might be perceived differently
from the way in which it
appears were it not for our
accumulated experience in
daily life with structures of
these kinds.