This is a psychological illusion where your upbringing and culture is what decides what you interpret from this image.

When scientists showed a similar sketch to East African people, they all assumed that the shape above the womans head was a box or metal object that she was balancing.  Within a culture containing few angular visual cues, it looks as though the family are sitting under a tree.  Westerner on the other hand, who are used to seeing boxlike architectural structures, interpret the picture as a family sitting indoors.  They see the shape above the womans head as a window with a view of plants outside.

6 Responses to “Psychological Optical Illusion”

  1. i saw indoor only

  2. sonny hates u

    confusing but got it

  3. sonny hates u

    by the i claim this lolz

  4. bethybethybethybeth

    its obvious, they are living in a house that is right beside some plant or tree

  5. I saw a family indoors. Can understand if anyone think the woman is balancing a box (but I see it as a window) but still them as sitting under a tree

  6. **but still can’t see them as sitting under a tree

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