Comments on: The Secret to Optical Illusions: The Brain Looks Into the Future! http://www.neatorama.com/2008/06/03/the-secret-to-optical-illusions-the-brain-looks-into-the-future/ The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:27:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Kristina http://www.neatorama.com/2008/06/03/the-secret-to-optical-illusions-the-brain-looks-into-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-931052 Kristina Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:37:18 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16604#comment-931052 i dont get a lot of optical illusions but any good suggestions for one on a youtube background? i think i found a good one though. i dont get a lot of optical illusions but any good suggestions for one on a youtube background? i think i found a good one though.

]]> By: erik_satie_rollerblading http://www.neatorama.com/2008/06/03/the-secret-to-optical-illusions-the-brain-looks-into-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-594735 erik_satie_rollerblading Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:56:04 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16604#comment-594735 Actually, it's not always a constant 1/10 a second, and this can be controlled with practice. See my website for more details. Actually, it's not always a constant 1/10 a second, and this can be controlled with practice. See my website for more details.

]]> By: your_mum_goes_to_college http://www.neatorama.com/2008/06/03/the-secret-to-optical-illusions-the-brain-looks-into-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-592855 your_mum_goes_to_college Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:26:44 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16604#comment-592855 Interesting theory, but that doesn't explain a lot of similar illusions. This illusion is made up of a bunch of angle expansion illusions, which can be explained by the lateral inhibition theory, and which occur not just in illusions like this where points converge to a vanishing point. So this illusion still works when the stimulus can't be compared to a real-life visuals, and our brain would have no idea of what to expect in "the future". Interesting theory, but that doesn't explain a lot of similar illusions. This illusion is made up of a bunch of angle expansion illusions, which can be explained by the lateral inhibition theory, and which occur not just in illusions like this where points converge to a vanishing point. So this illusion still works when the stimulus can't be compared to a real-life visuals, and our brain would have no idea of what to expect in "the future".

]]> By: Ashley http://www.neatorama.com/2008/06/03/the-secret-to-optical-illusions-the-brain-looks-into-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-592336 Ashley Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:36:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16604#comment-592336 LL - that's what WOULD happen if our brains didn't compensate. Apparently (and I'm basing this only on this article), instead of seeing 1/10th of a second in the past, our brain rapidly figures out what it will look like 1/10th of a second in the future and shows us that instead. Neat article! I'd like to see more research on the subject. LL - that's what WOULD happen if our brains didn't compensate. Apparently (and I'm basing this only on this article), instead of seeing 1/10th of a second in the past, our brain rapidly figures out what it will look like 1/10th of a second in the future and shows us that instead.

Neat article! I'd like to see more research on the subject.

]]> By: LL http://www.neatorama.com/2008/06/03/the-secret-to-optical-illusions-the-brain-looks-into-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-591849 LL Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:38:52 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16604#comment-591849 I think Changizi's got it backwards: if it takes that second for the brain to register, that means that thing out there has happened already, has it not? So that means we're seeing the past. I think Changizi's got it backwards:

if it takes that second for the brain to register, that means that thing out there has happened already, has it not? So that means we're seeing the past.

]]> By: wahberee http://www.neatorama.com/2008/06/03/the-secret-to-optical-illusions-the-brain-looks-into-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-591653 wahberee Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:27:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16604#comment-591653 maybe its just me, but I dont see any curve maybe its just me, but I dont see any curve

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