Scientific American Content | Global Follow Does Culture Change Visual Perception? Debunking the Carpentered-World Hypothesis The downfall of a long-standing theory in psychology raises a question: How much does the environment we’re raised in change how we literally see the world? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-culture-change-visual-perception-debunking-the-carpentered-world/ scientificamerican.com