I had not planned on talking about this at all in class today--I teach Behavioral Pharmacology, so it didn't seem relevant. Much to my surprise, several students practically pounced on me when they got to class. We had a fun few-minutes conversation as those who had taken Sensation and Perception tried to explain it. I pulled up images on the computer and projected them and I was surprised to see that on the computer screen I saw white and gold but on the classroom screen I saw blue and black. We talked about color and light constancy and top-down processing, and it was really pretty fun. Perhaps the best part came after the images I had selected--there was a short Cookie Monster video that shared words of wisdom. I am happy now to think of cookie dough as the sushi of the cookie world. Such a good day so far.
cd Me love cookies. On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Christopher Green <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Edwin Land explained it to us oh so long ago: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DiCvHiDWiY > > Chris > ….. > Christopher D Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > Canada > > [email protected] > http://www.yorku.ca/christo > ………………………………... > > On Feb 27, 2015, at 9:13 AM, Mike Palij <[email protected]> wrote: > > The internet was caught up in a frenzy yesterday -- > no, I'm not referring to the llama video -- but about > an optical illusion that people did not realize was an > optical illusion. Indeed, it was an amazing demonstration > of how unquestioning a person can be of their perception > of things in the environment as well as the degree of > overconfidence they have in their own judgments. > > To see where you fall, check out the dress at the > following link and then select one of the multiple choice > answers: > > http://swiked.tumblr.com/post/112158479910/trinititties-snacksandharts-swiked > > (a) The dress is red and green > (b) The dress is white and gold > (c) The dress is blue and black/brown > (d) What dress? > > Now, the explanations I've seen for this phenomenon > hasn't been completely satisfactory because they tend to > be vague and don't use the combined trichromaticity > theory-opponent process theory we all are familiar. For > one source of explanation, see the story on the Wired > website: > http://www.wired.com/2015/02/science-one-agrees-color-dress/ > and > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/02/27/the-inside-story-of-the-white-dress-blue-dress-drama-that-divided-a-nation/ > A less neuroscience-ish explanation is provided here: > > http://sploid.gizmodo.com/this-is-the-real-color-of-that-goddamn-white-and-gold-d-1688381523 > and > > http://sploid.gizmodo.com/this-is-the-real-color-of-that-goddamn-white-and-gold-d-1688381523 > > So, which of the multiple choice answers is correct? > Why, (d) of course. .;-) > > Now, where are those llama videos? > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=42336 > or send a blank email to > leave-42336-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=177920.a45340211ac7929163a0216244443341&n=T&l=tips&o=42340 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-42340-177920.a45340211ac7929163a0216244443...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > -- Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 563-333-6482 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=42346 or send a blank email to leave-42346-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
