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Science 22 February 1963:
Vol. 139. no. 3556, pp. 769 - 771
DOI: 10.1126/science.139.3556.769
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Cultural Differences in the Perception of Geometric Illusions

Marshall H. Segall 1, Donald T. Campbell 2, and Melville J. Herskovits 2

1 Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City
2 Department of Psychology and Program of African Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Data from 15 societies are presented showing substantial intersocietal differences of two types in susceptibility to geometric optical illusions. The pattern of response differences suggests the existence of different habits of perceptual inference which relate to cultural and ecological factors in the visual environment.


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