Do you believe that seeing is believing? If you believe it, take a look at the charts below
After reading the above, do you still believe that seeing is believing? In fact, the above visual phenomena, in general, are called visual deception, which refers to the visual illusion that occurs when people look at certain special image scenes. This illusion makes people feel inconsistent with the scene in reality, and makes people feel a sense of being deceived. Take a look at the image below
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The figure neutral cube, also known as the Necker cube. This cube is an example of a "polystable" stimulus, where the image flips back and forth between different perceptions. Choose the "front" of the cube you think you are, stare at it for a while, and you will notice that sometimes the front side will change to the back and the direction of the cube will change. If you continue to observe, it will switch again, alternating between perceptions of the two cube directions. It's worth noting: There's nothing changed in this graph, so the change must be happening in your brain. Vision is active, not passive. The visual system interprets stimuli in more than one way, so it flips back and forth between possibilities.
There are also even more amazing demonstrations of this active vision principle. A perceptual switch occurs when you show an image to your left eye (such as a cow) and at the same time show a different image (such as an airplane) to your right eye. You can't see both at the same time, and you can't see the fusion of two images. Instead, you'll see one of them, then you'll see the other, and then you'll see the one you just saw. Your visual system is "arbitrating" the battle between conflicting messages, and you can't see what's going on, you can only see that one perception wins over another. Even if the outside world doesn't change, the brain dynamically presents different interpretations.
It's not just the Necker cube that's interesting, look at the picture above. Slowly move the phone back and forth until the dots disappear – about 30cm away from the phone. The reason you can't see the dot is because it falls on your blind spot. Don't think your blind spot is small, it's actually big. Imagine the size of the moon in the night sky, where your blind spot can cover 17 moons.
What we see above is not actually brought to us by our eyes, but what makes us perceive the outside world is our brain.
In fact, our vision and hearing are built by the brain, and when we see the dot disappear in front of us, it is not a white or black void, but a small background pattern made up by the brain. This is when the brain lacks information about a specific location in the visual space, it fills it with the surrounding background.
One of the most common mistakes people make is believing that their visual systems can realistically show the "outside world" like a camera. Take a closer look at the two pictures in the image below.
What is the difference between them? It's hard to discern. In the dynamic version of this test, the two pictures are displayed alternately, for example, each picture shows half a second, with a 0.1 second interval between the two. It turned out that people were completely blind to the astonishing differences in the scenes in the pictures. For example, one of the pictures may have a large box, or a jeep or an airplane engine, and people will not find these differences at all. People's attention wanders slowly through the scene, analyzing interesting places, until the final change is discovered. (The difference between the two pictures is the height of the wall behind the statue) Once the brain locks on the right object, it is easy to see the change. But this can only happen through careful observation. This "blindness of change" highlights the importance of attention: you have to focus your attention on an object in order to see the changes that occur in it.
You don't see the richness of the world in as much detail as you think you do; in fact, you're not conscious of most of what comes into view. For example, you're watching a short film with an actor who makes an omelet. After that, the camera switches to a new angle. When the actor is replaced by another person, you will definitely think you will be able to notice, but in reality, 2/3 of the observers do not notice.
Neuroscientists were not the first to discover the phenomenon that putting something in front of our eyes does not necessarily mean we can see it. Magicians discovered this early on and made the most of this knowledge. By directing people's attention, magicians can play tricks in full view of everyone. Their actions were supposed to fail the magic, but they had no worries because the brain would only process a small portion of the visual scene, not all the information projected onto the retina.
In fact, not only vision, but also our hopes, dreams, fears, inspiration, fascination, sense of humor, and desires all originate from this strange organ of the brain, and when it changes, we also change with it.
Why is your foot on the brakes before you realize there is danger ahead?
Why do we always like to send some emotional text at night?
Why are some people more likely to have extramarital affairs?
Why can't we always keep secrets?
Why are you always unable to control yourself?
From the perspective of brain science, "Hidden Self" reveals the brain operation mechanism behind human behavior and decision-making, and helps you re-understand "who I am". All of these questions have to do with how you perceive yourself, when in fact, you don't know yourself as well as you think. Karl Jung said: "Everyone has another person in his heart who he does not know.".
This book is a great read to improve self-awareness. With an evolutionary vision, the author David Eagleman uses rich experiments, classic cases, cutting-edge technology, supplemented by philosophical thinking, step by step, step by step, to take us to a glimpse of the complex and important organ in the human body - the brain.
"Hidden Self" author Igman is a world-renowned brain scientist, teaching at Stanford University, the leading figure in brain plasticity, time perception, synesthesia and neural rhythm, and has won the American Society for Neuroscience Science Educator Award, the world's most influential neuroscience organization.
In "The Hidden Self", Igman lists a large number of life cases, reading this book, you do not need to have any professional knowledge, just with curiosity and the desire to explore yourself!
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