Sci/Tech Humans Can See 0.10 Seconds into the Future

[13lade619]

Humans can see into the future, says a cognitive scientist. It's nothing like the alleged predictive powers of Nostradamus, but we do get a glimpse of events one-tenth of a second before they occur.

And the mechanism behind that can also explain why we are tricked by optical illusions.

Researcher Mark Changizi of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York says it starts with a neural lag that most everyone experiences while awake. When light hits your retina, about one-tenth of a second goes by before the brain translates the signal into a visual perception of the world.

Scientists already knew about the lag, yet they have debated over exactly how we compensate, with one school of thought proposing our motor system somehow modifies our movements to offset the delay.

Changizi now says it's our visual system that has evolved to compensate for neural delays, generating images of what will occur one-tenth of a second into the future. That foresight keeps our view of the world in the present. It gives you enough heads up to catch a fly ball (instead of getting socked in the face) and maneuver smoothly through a crowd.

Read More : http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/080602-foresee-future.html

 

[NoxMortus]

When light hits your retina, about one-tenth of a second goes by before the brain translates the signal into a visual perception of the world.

Haven't read the whole article yet, but doesn't this mean what we see is 0.1 second in the past, not the future..?

~Ok I read the article and I kinda understand it, but the sentences you used to start the thread mislead me

 

[13lade619]

added a bit more to the first post .

 

[Flare]

Interesting, but can't see how this is useful in anyway (unless we can slow down the message between our eyes and our brain, and hope that our body adapts )

 

[Varine]

I'm pretty sure that I just kind of guess where people will be when I move through crowds.

 

[ScarletBlade]

Neural lag, humans lag? , lol. But the catching a ball, and maneuver through a crowd does sound true.

 

[13lade619]

maybe science discovered a "Sixth Sense" that humans posses.

 

[Wiseman_2]

We're always looking in the past to an extent anyway. Light takes time to reach your eyes, so you see what happened fractions of nanoseconds after it actually happened. Ditto sound, though that's easier to notice.

But into the future? Interesting... most interesting...

 

[Seb!]

We're always looking in the past to an extent anyway. Light takes time to reach your eyes, so you see what happened fractions of nanoseconds after it actually happened.

Yeah, you'd think that would cancel out the fact that light hits your eyes before your brain. Also, how could your eyes "generate images" faster than your brain could, as your brain is what processes it. So it would never be useful...

 

[undeadorcjerk]

I can see the future... and it doesn't look good.


*gets hit by a train*

 

[WastedSavior]

Your not actually seeing the future, this is something we've always known but now they're giving it a new name. Your mind makes a prediction based on the probable outcome, that is why when our prediction and reality turn out to be different you get an illusion.

Off-Topic: I hate when they recycle science. :thdown:

 

[TheDamien]

maybe science discovered a "Sixth Sense" that humans posses.

Spoiler: It didn't.

EDIT: Also, shouldn't the title be "Humans Can See 0.10 Seconds into the Present", since the 0.1 second foresight only offsets the 0.1 second delay.

 

[Prometheus]

Spoiler: It didn't.

EDIT: Also, shouldn't the title be "Humans Can See 0.10 Seconds into the Present", since the 0.1 second foresight only offsets the 0.1 second delay.

lol


Sharingon ftw!

 

[WolSHaman]

Neural lag, humans lag?

Ya. God really needs to get a better server. Oh, and he needs to release a patch. Guns are imba compared to other weapons and need a massive nerf. Oh, also he has to change the income systems, because it can be to hard for some to make money and to easy for others. Oh, and he needs to ban some hackers. I encountered a guy with a hack that gave him infinite life and infinite money, and it was waaaaaaaay imba.

 

[Vicboy]

Wait, so is our Video out of sync with our Audio?

Thats why eagles have small heads...

 

[The Helper]

Of course they do!