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Pictorial Perception and Culture

Do people of one culture perceive a picture differently from people of another? Experiments in Africa show that such differences exist, and that the perception of pictures calls for some form of learning

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 227 Issue 5This article was originally published with the title “Pictorial Perception and Culture” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 227 No. 5 (), p. 82
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1172-82