Question about information and perception

[SmallTalk201]

when I was a child I used to read folk tales.
stuff about scary stories of monsters, demons, vampires ect.

I would also walk in my neighborhood at night. I experienced a weird phenomena. Whatever information I was obsessively consuming would shaped what I would see in the shadows in tree s, alleys, shadows projected on the sidewalk. If I was reading about demons I would see demons in these shadows and gaps often seen in low lighting. If about animals I would see animals everywhere. If I was reading about ghosts id see ghosts. When I stopped reading the shadows became just shadows aga in.

What can you tell me about how information shapes perception and the science behind it?

 

[VV 422]

what you are describing is called "being an impressionable child"
it's a pretty common phenomenon. most people grow out of it
the ones who don't tend to end up with kiwi farms threads

 

[XE 600]

the ones who don't tend to end up with kiwi farms threads

Halal thread on OP when?

 

[Sperglord Dante]

Apophenia - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Apophenia (/æpoʊˈfiːniə/) is the tendency to mistakenly perceive connections and meaning between unrelated things.[1] The term (German: Apophänie) was coined by psychiatrist Klaus Conrad in his 1958 publication on the beginning stages of schizophrenia.[2] He defined it as "unmotivated seeing of connections [accompanied by] a specific feeling of abnormal meaningfulness".[3][4] He described the early stages of delusional thought as self-referential, over-interpretations of actual sensory perceptions, as opposed to hallucinations.[1][5]

 

[SmallTalk201]

Apophenia - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Apophenia (/æpoʊˈfiːniə/) is the tendency to mistakenly perceive connections and meaning between unrelated things.[1] The term (German: Apophänie) was coined by psychiatrist Klaus Conrad in his 1958 publication on the beginning stages of schizophrenia.[2] He defined it as "unmotivated seeing of connections [accompanied by] a specific feeling of abnormal meaningfulness".[3][4] He described the early stages of delusional thought as self-referential, over-interpretations of actual sensory perceptions, as opposed to hallucinations.[1][5]

so seeing things after watching a scary movie while trying to fall asleep is start of schizophrenia?
What about political spergs who see commies everywhere or current day nazis everywhere due to watching only msnbc?
or those who see Jesus in their toast?

What about the satanic panic? Or guy so obsessed with the Lotto he begin seeing winning numbers everywhere?

What about what seen in a salt tank when complete lack of sensory input is the setting? https://www.healthline.com/health/sensory-deprivation-tank#how-it-works

or the rorschach test?

I'm talking about what effect a steady diet of information from a specific source has on everyday people, the science behind it and how it affects perception, behavior and world at large.

Thought this be considered an interesting top ic. Guess not