Believing is Seeing: A Perspective on Perceiving Images of Objects on the Shroud of Turin

For many years, the Shroud of Turin has been famous for images of a body and face which many believe were formed during The Resurrection. More recently, however, claims have been made that the Shroud also contains evidence of other objects, and these claims have been used to support the view that th...

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Autores principales: Sheen, Mercedes (Autor) ; Jordan, Timothy R. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: SAGE Publishing 2016
En: Archive for the psychology of religion
Año: 2016, Volumen: 38, Número: 2, Páginas: 232-251
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B Sudario de Turín / Resurrección / Fe / Materialidad / Ver
Clasificaciones IxTheo:AE Psicología de la religión
CB Existencia cristiana
Otras palabras clave:B Shroud of Turin religiosity illusory perception pareidolia context expectation
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Verlag)
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Sumario:For many years, the Shroud of Turin has been famous for images of a body and face which many believe were formed during The Resurrection. More recently, however, claims have been made that the Shroud also contains evidence of other objects, and these claims have been used to support the view that the Shroud is the burial cloth of Jesus. However, these claims are based on marks that are barely visible and the psychological processes known to be involved in perceiving objects under data-limited conditions have been largely ignored. Here, we consider these processes and assess the claims that objects can be seen on the Shroud. We conclude that the viewing conditions provided by images of the Shroud are likely to lead to the illusory perception of objects, and knowing the psychological processes underlying these perceptions is crucial for accurately determining the provenance of the Shroud and other material artefacts.
ISSN:1573-6121
Obras secundarias:In: Archive for the psychology of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15736121-12341320