Imagine you’re visiting a foreign country, and you notice that the people there have a different way of seeing things. Is it because of their culture? Well, some researchers thought so. But a new study is challenging that idea! They found that cultural differences don’t actually affect our basic visual perception. It’s like trying on a pair of glasses with colored lenses. The color might change what you see, but the underlying mechanism of vision is still the same. So, even if we grow up in different cultures with different beliefs and practices, our eyes see the world in pretty much the same way. This doesn’t mean that culture has no influence at all. It just means that when it comes to basic vision tasks, our cultural background doesn’t give us a unique perspective. So next time you travel abroad, remember that despite cultural differences, our eyes are more similar than we might think!
