http://www.futurity.org/science-technology/seeing-the-world-in-waves-of-consciousness/ Research news from leading universities Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:20:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.futurity.org/science-technology/seeing-the-world-in-waves-of-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-38539 Mary Dreyer Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:02:32 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=8887#comment-38539 I remember a study I read long ago about rhythmic auditory stimuli-- that ( I guess within a certain range near 1per second) could speed or slow heartbeat to match the rhythm. I remember a study I read long ago about rhythmic auditory stimuli– that ( I guess within a certain range near 1per second) could speed or slow heartbeat to match the rhythm.

]]> http://www.futurity.org/science-technology/seeing-the-world-in-waves-of-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-7244 emc2 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:36:57 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=8887#comment-7244 Perhaps this is why, when I lose something, my husband can find it by going and looking everywhere I have already looked. Perhaps this is why, when I lose something, my husband can find it by going and looking everywhere I have already looked.

]]> http://www.futurity.org/science-technology/seeing-the-world-in-waves-of-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-7056 mary dreyer Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:33:36 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=8887#comment-7056 Does this work with auditory stimuli too? So visual perceptionis like digital sampling? Does this relate to the rate of say, frames/sec in a movie or the, not sure of the term, but replacement rate of a video picture? How about how people vary in their sensitivity to fluorescent lights' flickering? How about the visual self-stimulation that some autistic or low-functioning kids show-- generating flicker with their fingers or hands (I don't mean 'overflow' flapping). And in a sci-fi vein, there could be distinct worlds, presented at different intervals. I.e., +_+_+_+_+_+_ you could be tuned into the + world or the - world, and so have a completely different experience than someone in the same space. Clearly, the real world doesn't have these conditions, so even if we are not tuned the same, we see more or less the same thing... what is going on when attention is 'off'? Aren't attention and the meaning-making aspects of perception different systems? What if many systems in the brain work this way; do they have to be in sync? And if they aren't, what then? Or just a little out of tune? This is very interesting! Does this work with auditory stimuli too? So visual perceptionis like digital sampling? Does this relate to the rate of say, frames/sec in a movie or the, not sure of the term, but replacement rate of a video picture? How about how people vary in their sensitivity to fluorescent lights’ flickering? How about the visual self-stimulation that some autistic or low-functioning kids show– generating flicker with their fingers or hands (I don’t mean ‘overflow’ flapping). And in a sci-fi vein, there could be distinct worlds, presented at different intervals. I.e., +_+_+_+_+_+_ you could be tuned into the + world or the – world, and so have a completely different experience than someone in the same space. Clearly, the real world doesn’t have these conditions, so even if we are not tuned the same, we see more or less the same thing… what is going on when attention is ‘off’? Aren’t attention and the meaning-making aspects of perception different systems? What if many systems in the brain work this way; do they have to be in sync? And if they aren’t, what then? Or just a little out of tune? This is very interesting!

]]> http://www.futurity.org/science-technology/seeing-the-world-in-waves-of-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-7019 Visual perception in waves Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:32:59 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=8887#comment-7019 [...] research is relevant to our project.  The breathing patterns of the lungs could influence what gets [...] [...] research is relevant to our project.  The breathing patterns of the lungs could influence what gets [...]

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