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. 1991 Aug;73(1):107-14.
doi: 10.2466/pms.1991.73.1.107.

Some thoughts on impossible figures

J P Molins

Some thoughts on impossible figures

J P Molins. Percept Mot Skills. 1991 Aug.

Abstract

Based on an artistic analysis of the construction of "impossible figures," their structure and the origin of the perceptual effects they induce are discussed, including the use of a basic indeterminate space of intersection, penetration of indeterminate solids, and symmetry. These and other points are illustrated by 17 progressively more complex figures constructed by the author.

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  • Two notes on impossible figures.
    Molins JV. Molins JV. Percept Mot Skills. 1994 Apr;78(2):370. doi: 10.2466/pms.1994.78.2.370. Percept Mot Skills. 1994. PMID: 8022664 No abstract available.

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