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08 Jan 2017

The Anthropology of Optical Illusions - Sociological Images

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  • Rating: 6; Complexity: 5
    Title: The Anthropology of Optical Illusions - Sociological Images
    Link: https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2016/12/28/the-anthropology-of-optical-illusions

    “The Müller-Lyer illusion, then, is a great example of how our brains get acculturated in ways that shape even simple and straightforward perception tasks.” Illusion doesn’t work for hunter-gatherer tribes and other people not used to such environments around them!