I am not sure if I should say "hope you are enjoying it" or "not my fault."
In addition to the waterfall illusion when we first started playing the game I noticed that it produced a strong "waterfall" illusion at sleep onset for me. In other words I would "see" the fret patterns moving as I fell asleep (or shortly after). I checked with some students and they reported the same phenomenon. My guess is that this is similar to the experiences described by people learning a downhill skiing game in the laboratory. (I think that the work was done by Robert Stickgold, but need to check my references - I am at home and they are in the office.) At any rate, I have used the experience to start a discussion about the role of sleep in learning new things. Dennis Dennis M. Goff Charles A Dana Professor of Psychology Randolph College (Founded as Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1891) Lynchburg VA 24503 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Frantz, Sue [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wed 7/29/2009 11:03 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Rock Band & the waterfall illusion We recently added Rock Band 2 to our Wii collection. Dennis Goff is partially to blame, although he doesn't know it. In Rock Band, the notes move toward you as you plunk them out on a (toy) guitar or drums (drum pads). (See http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/885/885168/rock-band-2 -tba-20080629094115965_640w.jpg for a picture of what the screen looks like.) My partner was first to notice the illusion. After playing a song, she looked at the wall, and said, "The wall looks like it's moving!" Sure enough. Rock Band produces a wonderful waterfall illusion. If you don't have Rock Band, you can experience the illusion here: http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/mot_adapt/index.html -- Sue Frantz <http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/> Highline Community College Psychology, Coordinator Des Moines, WA 206.878.3710 x3404 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology, Associate Director Project Syllabus <http://teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/syllabi.php> APA Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology <http://teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/syllabi.php> APA's p...@cc Committee <http://www.apa.org/ed/pcue/ptatcchome.html> --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
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