Tag: perception
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Where is what we "see"?
People think what we see is in our brains. Like a small camera obscura. But Sheldrake reminds us of the obvious: What we see is not in our brains but we see it outside of it. A simple idea that could trigger a simple "huh?" by the haste reader. Think about it though: Even if…
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Red: An unusual problem...
Does the color "red" exist? Do not rush to answer. Yes, we see it. But most of the animals do not. And not to mention that there are people who cannot see colour either. Does the majority determine which things "exist" ? Someone with whom I was discussing on the matter said: "Even if one…
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Rats, senses, reality...
US researchers have effectively given laboratory rats a "sixth sense" using an implant in their brains. (1) An experimental device allowed the rats to "touch" infrared light - which is normally invisible to them. The team at Duke University fitted the rats with an infrared detector wired up to microscopic electrodes that were implanted in the…
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Light, Dark, Eyes...
A study, published in the journal Nature, showed that mice spending pregnancy in complete darkness had babies with altered eye development. It indicated tiny quantities of light were needed to control blood vessel growth in the eye. The researchers showed that the retina development requires light that is going through the body during pregnancy. From darkness we come,…
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Cannabis, pain, perception
A study from the University of Oxford suggests that cannabis makes pain more bearable rather than actually reducing it. [1] In particular, volunteers had a cream rubbed into the skin of one leg to induce pain. They where also given either a 15mg tablet of THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) - the ingredient that is responsible for the high when…
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