Oh Stuart, had not seen this post yet. Great site! JP
>===== Original Message From "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== >Dear Tipsters, > >This illusion is posted at the following website under afterimages. Their >explanation is not detailed, but quite good. "Adaptation" is the key word! > >Stuart > >www.sandlotscience.com > >Quoting J L Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Hi everyone: >> >> A student sent this to me asking for an explanation. If you look at the >> column of four dots in the center of the design for about 30 seconds and then >> look away or close your eyes, you will see a circle of white light shortly >> followed by an image of a person with long hair and a mustache which then >> fades. >> >> Sensation & perception are not my area of expertise. Does this have something >> to do with vision? Would it also be an example of sensory memory? Could this >> also help to explain reports of "ghosts"? >> >> Any help in explaining this to my student (and to me) would be greatly >> appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jean Edwards >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) >> >> >> >> > > > > >---------------------------------------------------- >Sent via Bishop's University Webmail System >http://Webmail.ubishops.ca > > >--- >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jennifer Puente, M.A., A.B.D. Cognitive Psychologist Department of Psychology William R. Harper College 1200 W. Algonquin Road Palatine, Illinois 60067-7398 Phone: (847) 925-6344 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.harpercollege.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
