sort of like the one i seen the other day when you looked at a man sitting a certain way it looked as if his head disappeared.
blind spots are just that. ________________________________ From: Janice Nichols <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; James Berg <[email protected]> Cc: transverse myelitis <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2012 8:04 PM Subject: Re: [TMIC] Fwd: Fw: Motion induced blindness Really interesting. I we think we know everything about ourselves! Janice From: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 6:52 PM To: James Berg Cc: transverse myelitis Subject: RE: [TMIC] Fwd: Fw: Motion induced blindness Jim I tried it. It is amazing and enlightening. I'll be sending this to a few people including my nephew who is in in school to earn his commercial pilot license. Thanks for sharing. Patti - Michigan On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 3:57 PM, James Berg wrote: I usually don't forward things but since I have eye problems I thought I'd share Jim ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: James Berg < [email protected]> Date: Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 10:53 AM Subject: Fw: Motion induced blindness To: " [email protected]" < [email protected]> ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Larry Shawhan < [email protected]> To: Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2012 10:28 AM Subject: Fw: Motion induced blindness This is frightening! It works exactly like it says, and is one major reason people in cars can ‘look right at you’ (when you're on a motorcycle or bicycle)---AND NOT SEE YOU. From a former Naval Aviator. This is a great illustration of what we were taught about scanning outside the cockpit when I went through training back in the '50s. We were told to scan the horizon for a short distance, stop momentarily, and repeat the process. I can remember being told why this was the most effective technique to locate other aircraft. It was emphasized (repeatedly) to NOT fix your gaze for more than a couple of seconds on any single object. The instructors, some of whom were WWII veterans with years of experience, instructed us to continually "keep our eyes moving and our head on a swivel" because this was the best way to survive, not only in combat, but from peacetime hazards (like a midair collision) as well. We basically had to take the advice on faith (until we could experience for ourselves) because the technology to demonstrate it didn't exist at that time. Click on the link below for a demonstration ... http://www.msf-usa.org/motion.html [ Target fixation is also a phenomena that plays into this.]
