http://mindhacks.com/2010/03/10/in-the-exploratoriums-distorted-room/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:47:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2010/03/10/in-the-exploratoriums-distorted-room/#comment-5017 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:22:25 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/in-the-exploratoriums-distorted-room/#comment-5017 It has been claimed that those in societies which have less need of looking at things in the far distance (e.g. jungle dwellers) never learn to intepret 3D dimentions in the way we do. See here for example http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Modules/MC10220/visper04.html
But I’m skeptical. All people need to tell how far away things are – otherwise picking up a cup or throwing a stone at a target would be impossible. The distorted room uses a number of these different clues to depth, so even if an individual was lacking a reliance on one, he or she would probably be fooled by the others.

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2010/03/10/in-the-exploratoriums-distorted-room/#comment-5016 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:55:13 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/in-the-exploratoriums-distorted-room/#comment-5016 I’ve heard that the illusion only works in societies with square rooms. I don’t have a source for this though…

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