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reality is not exactly as it seems our brains tend to see what we expect to see
and they are always looking to make connections close gaps and see patterns
as a means of running efficiently and conserving energy in fact they're so
good at doing this that they can miss inform us with things that aren't
actually there at all or quickly eliminate information that might be
useful we can prove this to ourselves with a few simple illusions let's start
with one known as Troxler fading stare at the black cross in the middle of this
clip for just a few moments
after a short time it may appear to you that the lilac circles surrounding it
begin to fade away here's an image with the same effect once again stare at the
black cross in the middle of the image for just a moment
for most the background begins to fade away or become one solid color this
neural adaptation effect is known as Troxler fading named after the Swiss
physician who identified it in 1804 summed up any unvarying stimuli can
disappear from our awareness neural adaptation are what's known as sensory
adaptation is a gradual decrease over time and how the sensory system responds
to a constant stimulus the sensory neurons that initially responded are no
longer stimulated to respond so when we fixate on a particular point anything
that doesn't change surrounding that point will start to fade away and
disappear from our perception the brain will simply ignore it because the focus
is elsewhere why is this important to our personal reality what you focus on
may not be what another person is focusing on in the same field of
perception therefore what fades away is a constant stimulus or what the brain
begins to ignore from a sensory level will vary from person to person meaning
and the physical networks of the brain differ from one individual to the next
for example take a look at this image that went viral a few years ago a
bride-to-be was sent this photo by her mother the photo is of a dress that the
mother was going to wear to the wedding when the bride and groom viewed the
image they couldn't agree on whether the dress was blue with black stripes or
white with gold stripes which do you see because it seemed to be such an odd
thing to disagree about they sent the image to people they knew and just as
many people agreed with the bride as the groom making it an even odder incident
that became widespread with numbers of people seeing it one way and numbers of
people seeing it the other so what happened here it's all about
neuroscience and the answer involves the way in which light enters an
individual's eye the impulse that's delivered to the brain and the extremely
rapid decision that that individuals brain makes about the information that's
being received and it all happens on a subconscious level so the question is do
our brains give us access to what is truly reality do we
know what the world really looks like if there were one true reality it seems as
though we would all see things in the exact same way but reality varies from
person to person it's subjective based on our personal and internal stored way
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information and meanings what we believe on the inside has a direct effect on
what we experience on the outside we know approximately what the world looks
like but our perception of the world is individual to each of us let's examine
some other ways our perception works according to gist alt psychology there
are laws of perceptional organization that explain how what appears to be
whole is actually different from the sum of its parts the brain automatically
puts together the pieces of the puzzle to form a distinct perception I'll go
over a few of the laws from this principle here for instance in this
image known as the knesset triangle there is the perception of a triangle
that isn't actually there Gestalt psychologists use this optical illusion
to describe the law of closure according to this law grouped together objects
have a tendency to be seen as part of a whole the brain will often ignore gaps
as previously mentioned and image the lines that form the perceived triangle
in order to make the image appear as uniformed and whole from this principle
the law of closure states that things are grouped together if they seem to
complete one thing once again the brain fills in the gap ignoring any
information that says otherwise in this image it's most likely that your brain
fills in the gaps in such a way is to create a meaningful image and you
probably see a circle and a rectangle rather than a bunch of dashes and curved
lines the law of similarity points to the fact
that the brain will group things together even when they're not really in
a group in this image you probably see distinct groups of either black or white
circles in rows rather than just a collection of dots this type of grouping
occurs with both visual and auditory stimuli
here's another popular allusion that has circled the web it's called the spinning
dancer many people claim to be able to see her spinning in both a clockwise and
counterclockwise direction if you're only able to see her moving in one
direction and not the other you may be surprised to learn that it's possible to
see her moving in both directions with some practice to get her to switch
directions spontaneously try watching her for a moment and then blinking for
some this will change her direction you can also focus on one specific part of
the dancer to cause this change but here's what it looks like when the lines
are present this video helps you see the dancer spin either way if you look at
the dancer all the way to the right and then look at the middle dancer you
should be able to see them spinning in the same direction and if you look at
the dancer all the way to the left and then once again look at the middle
dancer it should be spinning the other way numerous websites videos and blogs
have incorrectly referred to this as a test for left and right brain dominance
however this illusion is related to what is known as bi-stable perception
bi-stable perception basically means that an object can be perceived as
either form a or form b neither of which is correct or the only option
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in other words it can be seen from two different perspectives and in this case
of the dancing ballerina because there's no third dimension the brain tries to
construct space around the figure thomas sita Pino
chair of the Department of Psychology at Villanova University stated in a New
York time column what's happening here too cause the flip is something
happening entirely within the visual system if we can understand why it is
these figures reverse then we're in a position to understand something pretty
fundamental to how the visual system contributes to the conscious experience
and that's ultimately what reality is subjective conscious experience human
perception is a fascinating area of cognitive science because it can measure
taste and 3d localization of sound recognize patterns group things together
as a whole use neural adaptation to quickly eliminate information and fill
in gaps of information and that's only a fraction of how human perception works
because our brains take stimulus from our environment filter through it at
lightning speed and assign meaning almost instantly in a way that makes
what is happening appear as simple as possible it may just be that our outer
reality isn't in fact outer at all much of reality is created internally visual
information that enters the brain is unclear until it's processed and the
brain almost always relies on usefulness over accuracy just the act of seeing
itself is a process in which it's essential to make decisions about what
to perceive from an unclear stream of information we rely on this perceptual
skill to make instinctive decisions about our life as we move through the
world however much of this information clearly reveals that just because we
sense something visually we don't necessarily see the reality of it
all perception is your brains construction of past information the
brain only uses the past to predict what will appear in the present moment as
well as in the next moment so how do we change it if we don't like the
experience questioning our own assumptions is what creates change
because it prompts the brain to explore the unknown target what you assume to be
reality and then asked yourself why you've made that assumption your own
personal truths are simply highly connected assumptions that have become
beliefs and when you change your assumptions you have the ability to
change the whole perceptual system in your brain
this moves you into a space of possibility and from possibility you can
create new outcomes when you change your space of possibility by going outside of
the bounds of what you think reality is you can change your conscious experience
your personal reality and your future
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