According to the Danish psychologist Edgar Rubin (1921/2001), when there is an ambiguity of border ownership for images with black and white regions, the border between the two regions is perceived as belonging to:
A) the white region only.
B) the black region only.
C) one region or the other.
D) both the regions simultaneously.

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Rubin's figure-ground segregation theory suggests that when there is ambiguity in images, the border between black and white regions can be perceived as belonging to either region, depending on how the image is interpreted by the viewer. This means the perception of border ownership can switch between one region or the other.

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