Rashomon effect

English Etymology From en ja 羅生門 rashōmon, after Akira Kurosawa's film Rashomon (1950), in which a crime witnessed by four individuals is described in four mutually contradictory ways. Noun Rashomon effect en psychology The effect of the subjectivity of perception on recollection, by which observers of an event are able to produce substantially different but equally plausible accounts of it. en Technology in People Services: Research, Theory, and Applications Marcos Leiderman 1993 And, in accordance with the "Rashomon effect," depending on who is doing the telling, the reported effect of computerization in the same agency may differ widely. en 2017-07-19 Lisa Provence Rashomon effect: Police chief defends tear gas; activists allege police brutality c-ville.com 17 Feb 2018