Anticipating the Future to ‘See’ the Present


	Anticipating the Future to ‘See’ the Present

einbar

6-12-2008 7:11 PM

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"It takes time for the brain to process visual information, so it has to anticipate the future to perceive the present,”

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b3b57522-36cb-4140-a81c-1c021456e521/20CA5AEC-697E-42C9-A839-BC11AE250673/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/health/research/10mind.html?ref=health" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/health/research/10mind.html?ref=health" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/health/research/10mind.html?ref=health"><H1><NYT_HEADLINE type=" " version="1.0"></NYT_HEADLINE>Anticipating the Future to ‘See’ the Present </NYT_HEADLINE><//NYT_HEADLINE></H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/health/research/10mind.html?ref=health"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nytimes.com/img/2DAF826B-0353-46DB-B150-1B4939CA99D3" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/health/research/10mind.html?ref=health"><P><STRONG>PERCEPTUAL ILLUSIONS</STRONG> Leaning toward the image makes it appear as if it is bulging. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/health/research/10mind.html?ref=health"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nytimes.com/img/9F068531-AB3F-469A-9D35-36496A3E5C20" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/health/research/10mind.html?ref=health"><P>The radiating lines trick the brain into perceiving motion forward, so the center appears to bulge. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/health/research/10mind.html?ref=health">
<P>Staring at a pattern meant to evoke an optical illusion is usually an act of 
idle curiosity, akin to palm reading or astrology. The dot disappears, or it 
doesn’t. The <A 
href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/28/the-truth-about-the-spinning-dancer/" 
target=_blank>silhouette of the dancer spins</A> clockwise or counterclockwise. 
The three-dimensional face materializes or not, and the explanation always seems 
to have something to do with the eye or creativity or even personality.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/health/research/10mind.html?ref=health">researchers at the <A 
title="More articles about California Institute of Technology" 
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/c/california_institute_of_technology/index.html?inline=nyt-org">California 
Institute </A></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/health/research/10mind.html?ref=health">argue that the brain’s adaptive ability to see into the near future creates many 
common illusions.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/health/research/10mind.html?ref=health">It takes time for the brain to process visual information, so it has to 
anticipate the future to perceive the present,” </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/health/research/10mind.html?ref=health">“One common functional mechanism can explain many of these seemingly unrelated 
illusions.”</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/20CA5AEC-697E-42C9-A839-BC11AE250673/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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