We do see the future through our eyes

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Written by Team Josh
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
Can you visualize the future? If your answer is no, then think again. A new study by US scientists suggests that the human visual system is equipped with the ability to foresee the future. In a study it is revealed that it takes nearly one-tenth of a second for the brain to perceive what the eyes see. Mark Changizi, an assistant professor at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, further adds that to compensate for such neural delays, the visual system has developed the ability to generate perceptions of what will occur one-tenth of a second into the future. Changizi organise and explain more than 50 types of visual illusions that occur because the brain is trying to perceive the near future. According to Changizi - “Illusions occur when our brains attempt to perceive the future, and those perceptions don’t match reality, there has been great success at discovering and documenting countless visual illusions. There has been considerably less success in organising them.” So, now you may change your stand that you can only visualize what is present. Set as favorite Bookmark Email This Hits: 979 Trackback(0) TrackBack URI for this entry Comments (0) Subscribe to this comment's feed Write comment Name Website Comment smaller \| bigger Subscribe via email (Registered users only) I have read and agree to the Terms of Usage. Write the displayed characters
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