On 20/02/2008, J Storrs Hall, PhD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So, looking at the moon, what color would you say it was?
As Edwin Land showed colour perception does not just depend upon the
wavelength of light, but is a subjective property actively constructed
by the brain.
or see this one:
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/02/08/color-tile-optical-i.html
http://www.lottolab.org/Colour%20illusions%20page.html
There's a tile-covered cube shown against 2 backgrounds, and the blue tiles in
one are the same actual color as the yellow ones in the other.
On Thursday 21
This friend has now pointed out that the distortion of images handled by the
visual cortex (and not just the retina) is even more marked than suggested:
.. you kind of left out what I thought was most important in my previous
reply, but this page shows several links regarding this topic.
Mike,
I'm disappointed that you guys, especially Bob M, aren/t responding to
this. It just might be important to how the brain succeeds in perceiving
images, while computers are such a failure.
This is all well-known information!!!
Tomasso Poggio and many others are working on making
Mike Tintner wrote:
This friend has now pointed out that the distortion of images handled by
the visual cortex (and not just the retina) is even more marked than
suggested:
.. you kind of left out what I thought was most important in my
previous reply, but this page shows several links
Mike Tintner wrote:
Richard,
Thanks for response. But it surely *is* still a puzzle as to how and
indeed where that distorted image on the retina gets rectified and
raises major questions about vision.
Well, no: my point when I replied to you was that it makes no sense to
speak of the
Richard,
Thanks for response. But it surely *is* still a puzzle as to how and indeed
where that distorted image on the retina gets rectified and raises major
questions about vision. No one as, I understand, has the answer. I am too
ignorant to have a POV here - but my general experience is
On 21/02/2008, Richard Loosemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, no: my point when I replied to you was that it makes no sense to
speak of the image as distorted at all.
The only way that someone might think of it as distorted is if they
think the image is going to be presented on some
