Shadow Footprints

Wanderings in Virtu and Verity.

Monday, January 19, 2004

Find the dog - a visual perception challenge

Find the Dog
Here is a visual-perception challenge for you. See how quickly you can find the dogs in the picture below. Read the text below before looking at the picture.

Typical comments by people taking the test:

  • "I couldn't see a dog and I stared at the picture for a good 10 minutes."
  • "I think it is one of those pictures where you have to stare at it in a certain spot and then everything comes into focus, but it never happened to me. I'll give it another try later."
  • "I almost didn't find the dogs at all!"
  • "There is a dog in this picture? Where?"
  • "This must be a joke; there are no dogs in this picture."
Men seem to do better at this than women. For some reason, the following are average time frames the picture had to be viewed for men and women: Women - 28.46 minutes, Men - 1.23 seconds

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Hint: The dogs appear to be white with black spots.
Good luck and happy hunting.