Our perceptual system allows us to see whats in our center focus point as well as what is in our peripheral vision. This devastating earthquake catches everyones eyes, and its almost too much for our eyes to take in all at once, because we want to perceive everything that we are seeing on the news, but since there is so much that has happened and is still happening over in Japan it is almost difficult to grasp, but our visual system does a great deal of work to encode what it is that we are hearing and seeing. We perceive devastating news and almost intriguing, therefore we retain information we see and hear better. It's crazy how fast the water swept through Japan, carrying off cars and businesses like they were toys, and in a matter of seconds.
This kind of reminds me of what we talked about in class today. We talked about the rare problem where people can't see motion. This is called Akinetopsia. can you imagine not being able to see a huge wall of water coming towards your home? People with Akinetopsia would not have even been able to see the water coming towards them! I can't imagine not being able to see motion. After class today I've been really noticing how much motion plays a role in our lives!
I like the the top picture of the container ship spill. At first glance it looks a group of little legos, but when you notice the lettering on the containers do you realize they are huge tractor trailer sized shipping boxes.
Our perceptual system allows us to see whats in our center focus point as well as what is in our peripheral vision. This devastating earthquake catches everyones eyes, and its almost too much for our eyes to take in all at once, because we want to perceive everything that we are seeing on the news, but since there is so much that has happened and is still happening over in Japan it is almost difficult to grasp, but our visual system does a great deal of work to encode what it is that we are hearing and seeing. We perceive devastating news and almost intriguing, therefore we retain information we see and hear better. It's crazy how fast the water swept through Japan, carrying off cars and businesses like they were toys, and in a matter of seconds.
This kind of reminds me of what we talked about in class today. We talked about the rare problem where people can't see motion. This is called Akinetopsia. can you imagine not being able to see a huge wall of water coming towards your home? People with Akinetopsia would not have even been able to see the water coming towards them! I can't imagine not being able to see motion. After class today I've been really noticing how much motion plays a role in our lives!
I like the the top picture of the container ship spill. At first glance it looks a group of little legos, but when you notice the lettering on the containers do you realize they are huge tractor trailer sized shipping boxes.