When shown a picture of a hunting scene, African people perceived the hunter as attempting to kill a baby elephant, while Westerners tended to perceive that the hunter was after another animal and thought that the baby elephant was actually an adult elephant off in the distance. These results were presented as an example of the lack of consistency across cultures of depth cues.

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Monocular depth cues are visual signals that provide information about depth and distance using one eye. Cultural differences in interpreting these cues can lead to different perceptions of the same scene, as demonstrated in the example.

When Shown a Picture of a Hunting Scene, African People