tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632126352829336664.post8174023298540053543..comments2013-04-19T10:04:05.819-07:00Comments on Bruce R. Cordell: Red LinesBruce Cordellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909721180218892687noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632126352829336664.post-40096603922293641322010-05-13T15:09:17.062-07:002010-05-13T15:09:17.062-07:00Ken, that's doubly insane! Thanks for sharing,...Ken, that's doubly insane! Thanks for sharing, I had no idea. More evidence that we really just can't rely, without question anyhow, on our senses and first instincts.Bruce Cordellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15909721180218892687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632126352829336664.post-2450059620862167252010-05-13T12:13:29.899-07:002010-05-13T12:13:29.899-07:00What's also crazy, is that in the beginning of...What's also crazy, is that in the beginning of our visual cortex, right where our brain interpreting the eyes' most basic data, it appears that our brain registers the lines as different sizes. (For the technical, the retinotopic mapping in V1 is actually different sizes.)<br /><br />Although this is due to feedback from the higher processing, it just goes to show that NOWHERE in your brain are those lines represented accurately. In the absolute most rudimentary level of your brain's visual system (even before breaking things into lines and edges), our brain is already processing false information.Ken Marablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11657351442353880984noreply@blogger.com