eric | Shared With: Everyone - May 21 2008 | research, science, technology, ethics, Olivia Judson
eric | Shared With: Everyone - May 16 2008 | research, information, science
Mark Changizi argues that our visual perception has evolved to anticipate the future. While the actual news isn't as sexy as it sounds, it's still really intriguing stuff.
Quoted: “Evolution has seen to it that geometric drawings like this elicit in us premonitions of the near future,” says Changizi. “The converging lines toward a vanishing point are cues that trick our brains into thinking we are moving forward—as we would in the real world, where the door frame seems to bow out as we move through it—and we try to perceive what that world will look like in the next instant.”
eric | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 01 2008 | research, news, Stonehenge, England, landmarks, travel, tourism
eric | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 28 2007 | science, news, research, vision
eric | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 05 2007 | research, children
eric | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 28 2007 | google, yahoo, microsoft, search, business, research
eric | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 13 2007 | research, search, reference
eric | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 11 2007 | technology, research, computer, news
eric | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 31 2007 | research, work, toreadClass syllabus for "The Structure of Information Networks," replete with many helpful links.
eric | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 24 2007 | research, psychology, genderA fascinating speech exploring gender roles and how they have come to be. I expect this will be considered controversial by many, and obvious to some.
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