https://padlet.com/reaper9916/essay4 Title-Essay 4 en-us 2019-11-20 17:50:26 UTC 2025-04-15 15:20:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f635.png reaper9916 https://padlet.com/reaper9916/essay4/wish/414188103 In Chapter 2, Eagleman presents a great question of "how much of this reality is a construction of your brain...?". He wants us to understand that the brain is capable of generating our own perception of reality.]]> 2019-11-20 18:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/reaper9916/essay4/wish/414188103 reaper9916 https://padlet.com/reaper9916/essay4/wish/414206485 The "spinning dancer" is an optical illusion type known as ambiguous. The dancer can be perceived spinning to the left or right. This happens because the image doesn't provide any depth cues that give the brain a direction to go.]]> 2019-11-20 18:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/reaper9916/essay4/wish/414206485 reaper9916 https://padlet.com/reaper9916/essay4/wish/414213009 An optical illusion is a visual perception that is different from reality. There are three different main types of optical illusions; physical visual,
physiological visual, cognitive illusions.]]> 2019-11-20 18:33:46 UTC https://padlet.com/reaper9916/essay4/wish/414213009 reaper9916 https://padlet.com/reaper9916/essay4/wish/421775596 Kirk Zamieroski explains that vision is perceived when light is bounced off objects and into our eyes and processed. He focuses on how the brain is constantly being streamed a large amount of information. With all this information it is difficult for the brain to keep up which is why it uses shortcuts. These shortcuts are then able to be exploited by optical illusions.]]> 2019-12-09 18:30:22 UTC https://padlet.com/reaper9916/essay4/wish/421775596 reaper9916 https://padlet.com/reaper9916/essay4/wish/422475887 The brain becomes fixated on the moving tiles. After several seconds the video will transition into a still photo of a bee. Our brain will see the illusion that the bee is moving towards us.]]> 2019-12-10 22:28:21 UTC https://padlet.com/reaper9916/essay4/wish/422475887 reaper9916 https://padlet.com/reaper9916/essay4/wish/422485951 Ambiguous images are images that have multiple perceptions. The visual system tries to interpret the single image into two different images.]]> 2019-12-10 23:08:00 UTC https://padlet.com/reaper9916/essay4/wish/422485951 reaper9916 https://padlet.com/reaper9916/essay4/wish/422490302 TED-Ed explains how the brain comprehends the world. As well as how the brain is too busy to capture every little detail. Therefore instead, the brain constructs it's own reality and is overwhelmed by optical illusions.]]> 2019-12-10 23:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/reaper9916/essay4/wish/422490302 reaper9916 https://padlet.com/reaper9916/essay4/wish/422500084 2019-12-11 00:15:16 UTC https://padlet.com/reaper9916/essay4/wish/422500084