Vision is a 'Reflex'

Posted by Hemos on Monday January 13, 2003 @12:30AM from the understanding-the-brain dept.

kernkopje writes "A recently publicized book by two neurobiologists at Duke University introduces an interesting emperical theory on vision. Rather than postulating a visual system that generates a picture of what actually exists in front of the viewer, they theorize that evolution, as well as life experience, has created a visual system in which perceptions represent what a given visual stimulus has typically signified in the past. Admiring the view from a high building, staring at a beautiful woman, shapes, colors, textures, it's basically all the same knee-jerk response... The news release is here, read more about the concept here. Their lab work & results can be found here."

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Looking at prOn... by darkov · 2003-01-13 00:50 · Score: 5, Funny

... it's not exactly a knee jerk reaction...

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Honest, Dear by Zerth · 2003-01-13 01:03 · Score: 4, Funny

It's just reflex to look at hot chicks.... I mean, I look at you, don't I.

Somehow that never works.
I doubt this will revolutionize anything... by vidnet · 2003-01-13 03:31 · Score: 5, Funny

Why? Because nothing revolutionary has ever had given me the message "Flash error: version 6 or better required."