Optical illusion can tell you if you need to see a therapist or not READ MORE: Secrets of your psyche: ink blots could reveal your deepest desires By Cassidy Morrison Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 14:11 EDT, 18 October 2024 | Updated: 14:13 EDT, 18 October 2024 e-mail 3 View comments Psychologists warned that people who can identify the shape of a baby in an optical illusion may need to see a therapist. Seeing a child in the ink blot suggests those individuals may be prone to hallucinations and psychosis.
That is because they likely have a more predictive brain that fills in the missing images of the child's head and body. Experts say that the process is useful – it makes us efficient and adept at creating a coherent picture of an ambiguous and complex world - but it can also make some individuals see things that aren't actually there. This black and white image may looks like a random pattern of blotches, but scroll down and look at the photo below and stare at this one again.
It’s likely you will start to make sense of it and see a similar image of a baby. It’s this ability that scientists believe could help explain why some people are prone to hallucinations Psychosis is defined as a loss of grip on reality. It’s a condition marked by delusional thinking, hallucinations – both auditory and visual – and irrational beliefs.
The ink blot was developed by psychologists in the UK to explore how the brain’s processing of visual information dif.