Cultural differences in the perception of geometric illusions

Science • Vol/Iss. 139 • Published In • Pages: 769-771 •
By Segall, Marshall H., Campbell, Donald T., Herskovits, Melville J.

Abstract

"Data from 15 societies are presented in an effort to show substantial intersocietal differences of two types in susceptibility to geometric optical illusions. The results suggest the existence of different habits of perceptual inference which relate to cultural and ecological factors in the visual environment."

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Differences in visual inference systems will vary with ecological and cultural factors in the visual environment (770).Supported
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