Cultural Differences in Perceptual Reorganization in US and Pirahã Adults
Visual illusions and other perceptual phenomena can be used as tools to uncover the otherwise hidden constructive processes that give rise to perception. Although many perceptual processes are assumed to be universal, variable susceptibility to certain illusions and perceptual effects across populat...
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| author | Yoon, Jennifer M. D. Witthoft, Nathan Winawer, Jonathan Frank, Michael C. Everett, Daniel L. Gibson, Edward A. |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences |
| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Yoon, Jennifer M. D. Witthoft, Nathan Winawer, Jonathan Frank, Michael C. Everett, Daniel L. Gibson, Edward A. |
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| description | Visual illusions and other perceptual phenomena can be used as tools to uncover the otherwise hidden constructive processes that give rise to perception. Although many perceptual processes are assumed to be universal, variable susceptibility to certain illusions and perceptual effects across populations suggests a role for factors that vary culturally. One striking phenomenon is seen with two-tone images—photos reduced to two tones: black and white. Deficient recognition is observed in young children under conditions that trigger automatic recognition in adults. Here we show a similar lack of cue-triggered perceptual reorganization in the Pirahã, a hunter-gatherer tribe with limited exposure to modern visual media, suggesting such recognition is experience- and culture-specific. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/924852022-09-27T23:14:16Z Cultural Differences in Perceptual Reorganization in US and Pirahã Adults Yoon, Jennifer M. D. Witthoft, Nathan Winawer, Jonathan Frank, Michael C. Everett, Daniel L. Gibson, Edward A. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Gibson, Edward A. Visual illusions and other perceptual phenomena can be used as tools to uncover the otherwise hidden constructive processes that give rise to perception. Although many perceptual processes are assumed to be universal, variable susceptibility to certain illusions and perceptual effects across populations suggests a role for factors that vary culturally. One striking phenomenon is seen with two-tone images—photos reduced to two tones: black and white. Deficient recognition is observed in young children under conditions that trigger automatic recognition in adults. Here we show a similar lack of cue-triggered perceptual reorganization in the Pirahã, a hunter-gatherer tribe with limited exposure to modern visual media, suggesting such recognition is experience- and culture-specific. 2014-12-23T20:33:37Z 2014-12-23T20:33:37Z 2014-11 2013-12 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1932-6203 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92485 Yoon, Jennifer M. D., Nathan Witthoft, Jonathan Winawer, Michael C. Frank, Daniel L. Everett, and Edward Gibson. “Cultural Differences in Perceptual Reorganization in US and Pirahã Adults.” Edited by Michael H. Herzog. PLoS ONE 9, no. 11 (November 20, 2014): e110225. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5912-883X en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110225 PLoS ONE Creative Commons Attribution http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf Public Library of Science Public Library of Science |
| spellingShingle | Yoon, Jennifer M. D. Witthoft, Nathan Winawer, Jonathan Frank, Michael C. Everett, Daniel L. Gibson, Edward A. Cultural Differences in Perceptual Reorganization in US and Pirahã Adults |
| title | Cultural Differences in Perceptual Reorganization in US and Pirahã Adults |
| title_full | Cultural Differences in Perceptual Reorganization in US and Pirahã Adults |
| title_fullStr | Cultural Differences in Perceptual Reorganization in US and Pirahã Adults |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cultural Differences in Perceptual Reorganization in US and Pirahã Adults |
| title_short | Cultural Differences in Perceptual Reorganization in US and Pirahã Adults |
| title_sort | cultural differences in perceptual reorganization in us and piraha adults |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92485 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5912-883X |
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