Rashomon effect

The Rashomon effect or Rashomon principle is an idea about how the human mind works and in the study of how we can know whether something is real. The Rashomon effect is when people see the same thing happen but when they talk about it later, their stories and memories are not the same. People have seen the Rashomon effect in art, science, medicine, and real-life crime.
Name.
The Rashomon effect is named after the 1950 movie "Rashomon". In that movie, four different people tell four different stories about a murder. This movie was based on the combination of events described in two short stories ('Rashomon' and 'In a Grove' written by Ryunosuke Akutagawa. The word 'Rashomon' refers to a gate in ancient Kyoto city.
Valerie Alia decided to call the real-life effect the Rashomon effect.
In popular culture.
Many works of fiction have used the Rashomon effect, for example movies:
Many television shows have episodes that use the Rashomon effect, for example: