Tag: perception
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The power of words...
Hearing the name of an object appears to influence whether or not we see it, suggesting that hearing and vision might be even more intertwined than previously thought. [1] See the image above. Do you see anything? What about if I told you to look out for the dogs? Magicians always said words have a…
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Rubber hand, "reality", perception…
First demonstrated over 14 years ago, the rubber hand illusion has proven a valuable tool for investigating how the brain combines information from different senses – including proprioception, the body's sense of its own position – to create our sense of bodily ownership. Fifteen volunteers took part in an experiment in which one of their…
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BIID, self, matter...
People with BIID want to paralyze them selves or have their (healthy) limbs cut off! [1] But we do not let them do it. You see, our modern science only recognizes our bodily material nature. And we cannot accept destroying it. Even if our mind tells us so.
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Sad Wedding...
"Our life is not so much threatened as our perception. I grieve that grief can teach me nothing, nor carry me one step into real nature" - Emerson [1]
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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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