Sometimes one comes across pictures that seem to say more than was intended, here are some innocent pictures that dirty will easily thwart.
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Images affect our minds a great deal, to some very innocent persons, the pictures above will really tell no new story, but some others, can and will try to discern all the seemly sexual innuendos embedded within.
However these pictures were innocently taken, and in all honesty do not necessarily co-note any dirty act or thought whatsoever.
The situation can be likened to the “Rashomon effect” , which refers to contradictory interpretations of the same event by different people.
The phrase is derived from the film Rashomon, where the accounts of the witnesses, suspects, and victims of a rape and murder are all different.
The idea of contradicting interpretations has been around for a long time. It is studied in the context of understanding the nature of truth(s) and truth-telling in journalism.
According to psychologist, Richard Gregory, almost 90% of what we see is lost by the time it reaches the brain. Therefore, the brain has to make the best guess based on past experiences or prior knowledge.
Visual information we see is combined with previously stored information about the world, which we have built up as a result of experience.
Also perceived from his various examples on the top-down processing theory are that the meaning of surroundings provides context to aid understanding.
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