Does the culture you grow up in shape the way you see the world? In a new Psych Review paper, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I tackle this centuries-old question using the Müller-Lyer illusion as a case study. Come think through one of history's mysteries with us🧵(1/13):
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I love this research! I use visual illusions to explain our tricky brains when talking to kids & parents about how people perceive situations differently, such as
Kid-Stop yelling at me!
Parent-I'm not yelling.
between the line --- and > < end markers
which if included
make it less of "an illusion" because with the > < it
literally IS longer in distance
=s
Isn't it likely that the underlying reason is that all our perceptions are relative, not absolute, in particular, figure relative to ground.
Artists know that 'cadmium red', #E30022, is not the same colour against a light or dark background.
#perception #philosophy
Is it connected to flight or flight or potential danger? (Bigger things eat smaller things, so ...)