Ben:Furthermore, it seems to be the case that the brain stores a lot of detail about some things that it sees -- and much less about others.
For instance, it's famous that when observing a visual scene, a person can generally remember only around 7 visual facts about it. Trained observers can of course overcome this limitation. But there are loads of psychological studies validating how little we really remember of scenes we've seen. Check out the book "Is the Visual World a Grand Illusion?" which is an informative little edited volume. Ben, Just a "little" point here. Para 2 does not support para 1. The argument which is a commonly used one is faulty. What we remember doesn't necessarily tell us much about what we directly perceive/ experience and the underlying processing. How much of your dialogue do you remember? In most cases, not much. The odd words perhaps and the gist of what was said. That doesn't mean you didn't speak in whole sentences, or that the brain didn't process those whole sentences. (Scientific psychology often takes a rather perverse and exaggerated delight in trying to prove the illusory nature of our perception). ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=56118130-151495
