Motion Induced Blindness (SC I thought of YOU)

20 Mar 2012 18:22 #1 by Wily Fox aka Angela
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

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20 Mar 2012 18:24 #2 by Wily Fox aka Angela
oh yeah and WHY did I think of YOU? Cuz . . .
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20 Mar 2012 19:05 #3 by RivendaleFarms
Now I get it!!

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20 Mar 2012 20:55 #4 by ScienceChic
Cool! I wonder if it's a similar mechanism to slowly losing the perception of feeling clothing against your skin as you hold still, or that what was hot now feels only warm, etc. The mind tends to try to reduce background noise/filter out unnecessary stimuli - maybe to help you focus on what's new that may be dangerous? The visual system is especially neat (I sometimes regret not having studied it in more detail/getting more involved in eye research -didn't think I could handle it b/c I'm most squeamish when it comes to the eyes).

I never get tired of that song! :)

"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill

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21 Mar 2012 16:01 #5 by PrintSmith
Also why your driving instructor told you to develop a scan that included the road, your gauges and mirrors and not just look at the road in front of you.

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