Famous optical illusion — what do you see?

[Still Waters 35,200]

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"My Wife and My Mother-in-Law" is one of the most well-known optical illusions in the world.

It hinges on facial perception: You can either see a young woman turning away or the profile of an older woman staring solemnly towards the left side of the drawing. However, you can only see one at a time.

If you've ever wondered why you see whichever woman you see first, an Australian study conducted by two psychology professors concluded that it has to do with your age.

https://www.thisisinsider.com/study-says-age-affects-optical-illusion-2018-9

 

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The study claimed that whichever woman you saw first depended on your age — people between 18 and 30 tended to see the young woman first, whereas people over 30 first spotted the older woman.

Not true in my case. I saw the young woman first and I'm a long way over 30.

[Susanc241 823]

5 minutes ago, Still Waters said:

 

Not true in my case. I saw the young woman first and I'm a long way over 30.

Me too, and I am 70!

[Vlad the Mighty 40,905]

I see Donald Trump! 

[Habitat 5,583]

Where is the old woman ? Just kidding, but it took a while, and I sometimes wish I was 30 again, but can't remember back that far !

[Essan 4,933]

35 minutes ago, Still Waters said:

 

Not true in my case. I saw the young woman first and I'm a long way over 30.

Me too - although I do still thing of myself as 25  

[oldrover 5,251]

I saw the old woman first. But I've got a truly vile hangover today, so perhaps it's that. Mid 40's. 

Edited September 20, 2018 by oldrover

[RoofGardener 8,871]

I saw the old woman first. However, on my small computer monitor, I couldn't see the entire picture (I had to scroll from left-to-right, and up-and-down)

 

[lightly 5,228]

I saw the young woman....I had to look for a couple minutes until the old bird popped up !     

         I'm  a little over 30....twice.

[Stiff 4,149]

I saw Yanny first then looking harder, I saw Laurel.

Seriously though, I struggled to see the old woman at first , especially in the cropped image but the older woman stood out more in the full image. 

And I'm just over a half century old.

[newbloodmoon 2,595]

When I glanced at it I saw the young woman, when I was much younger and saw it for the first time I saw the old woman first.

Edited September 23, 2018 by newbloodmoon

[seanjo 4,774]

Meh tried it on the family, mixed results.

[StarMountainKid 9,471]

I saw the old woman, as expected. As one of the oldest members here, I think, well.... to me she didn't look that bad. 

[DirtyDocMartens 189]

I saw an old woman the first time I saw this, way before I was thirty. Now I see a painting by Toulouse-Lautrec. 

[The Skeptic Eric Raven 80]

Saw young lady and I am 46.

[OverSword 37,676]

When I saw the cropped image on the front page I thought it was an ol woman. When I clicked in and saw the entire picture it was clearly young. Too bad I saw the cropped version now I’ll never know.

[tcgram 44,875]

I saw the young lady first, then the older lady and I'm old enough to have a 30 yr old.   

[carolinacottontail 7]

Saw both! Girl and Crone. 69 years young!

[kobolds 62]

I don't get it , I only see young women , where's the old women ? and i 50

[Calibeliever 1,439]

On 9/24/2018 at 10:54 AM, kobolds said:

I don't get it , I only see young women , where's the old women ? and i 50

Same here. I came to the comments hoping someone could point the old woman out to me. I can't see it... and I'm oooold.

[TripGun 180]

I see them both at the same time. What's happening to me!!

[Calibeliever 1,439]

21 hours ago, Calibeliever said:

Same here. I came to the comments hoping someone could point the old woman out to me. I can't see it... and I'm oooold.

Finally saw it. The necklace is the old woman's mouth and the bottom of the neckline is her chin. hth

[LucidElement 969]

So many of these great optical illusions . I�m 33 saw the younger then older, but I�ve seem that picture years ago. Those are always fun.

Remember those magic eye books?

[GoldenRabbit 111]

I seen the old woman first but i can also see the younger lady as well but it seems my brain wants to see the old lady if i focus on looking at the young lady i keep reverting back to only seeing the old lady. Very interesting optical illusion im 45 years old

Edited October 2, 2018 by GoldenRabbit

[Blizno 139]

I saw the young woman first and the old woman a bit later. I'm 63.