Perception, Culture, and the Brain
graphic courtesy of socool network
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“Reality Is A Mass Hallucination”
by
Howard Bloom
from the German publication Telepolis.
Here’s the trickster that
simultaneously guides and hoodwinks us.
Tour the brain courtesy of Digital Anatomist Project, University of Washington.
Watch your brain create false realities
courtesy of Java Applet magician Mark Newbold
iCounter-Rotating Spirals Illusion
iAnimated Necker Cube
Now watch your neurons turn mere lines into the illusion of 3-D with the
i Stereoscopic Animated Hypercube
The lines below are black and white,
but the trickster brain inserts colors that aren’t there
color illusion courtesy of John Krantz
Hungry for more?
i Play in the Sandlot of Science.
Or stare for a 20 seconds at this:
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“Exploring the Nervous System”
Is the best brain and neoroscience primer on the web.
Dr. Eric Chudler is thorough, fascinating, clear, and, yes, even humorous!
for more on how the brain creates illusions of reality
see
Global Brain
The Evolution of Mass Mind From the Big Bang
to the 21st Century
to order Global Brain click here
