Question

Yasmen is walking in a mall and thinks she sees a man wearing a red dress. she takes a longer look, and realizes she has seen a man in a suit walking next to a woman in a red dress. this is a natural example of _____.

Answer 1

This is an illusory conjunction. This is the phenomenon whereby two stimuli, presented in close proximity to each other, become enjoined as one stimulus, fooling the person making the perception. The closer the two stimuli are presented in time, the more likely it is that the illusion will take place.

Answer 2

the answer is Illusory conjunctions
Illusory conjunctions refers to a psychological effect when a person combined two objects and perceive it as one object.
This type of illusion usually happen when the two objects are exactly align with the line of vision of the viewer.