what you see depends on where you are in the world.
December 14, 2007 – 9:28 amThe influence of culture and environment can have an effect on our visual perception.This theory was first explored by Robert Laws, a Scottish missionary working in Malawi, Africa, during the late 1800’s. Take a look at the picture below. What you see will largely depend on where you live in the world.After you have examined the picture, scroll down for a more detailed explanation.
so what did you see ?
What is above the woman’s head? When scientists showed a similar sketch to people from East Africa, nearly all the participants in the experiment said she was balancing a box or metal can on her head.
In a culture containing few angular visual cues, the family is seen sitting under a tree. Westerners, on the other hand, are accustomed to the corners and boxlike shapes of architecture. They are more likely to place the family indoors and to interpret the rectangle above the woman’s head as a window through which shrubbery can be seen.
after reading i looked again and yeah, i could see that thing at the back as a tree and not the corner of a room, and the window as a box on that womans head.
i like those kinds of things.. it clearly demonstrates that what we see is just our brain trying to make since out of things - based on what it knows already; makes you wonder what reality really looks like.
- Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
source - eyes-and-vision.com
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6 Responses to “what you see depends on where you are in the world.”
Before you post. please, be truethfull. the pic isnt all that clear. nearly everyone will think they are inside, and its either a picture or a window. now, unless your life is always outside because thats where you live. please, post that you saw what the pic is. or if you have already seen the picture and learned what it was. but its pitifull for people to lie so they can “seem” smart or something to other they dont even know. i personally saw them inside a house, or on an inclosed porch. thinking the square shape is a picture.
By No one on Feb 21, 2008
that dog looks like a kangaroo
By mike on Feb 21, 2008
No one - I think you explained it to yourself.. because yea, I think for someone who lives outside their entire life, that corner would make more sense as a tree.
(there is nothing there to imply it’s indoors, so that must have been your brain showing you things you recognize)
for example ,
mike - i’m guessing you’re from australia ? :)
By /ninja on Feb 22, 2008
oh and whats your problem, no one.
i didn’t even make that shit up, check the source at the end of the post.
By /ninja on Feb 22, 2008
i see dead people.
damn.
By TzG on Feb 25, 2008
thats nice TzG !
btw please don’t hate
By /ninja on Feb 25, 2008