Attention Strobing

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Attention Strobing

Postby Jonathan Townsend » September 10th, 2018, 9:29 am

Looks like continuity of awareness could be strobed rather than smooth

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 112415.htm

As relates to vision - that reads as about five involuntary saccades before a shift in attention or perspective.

As a guess: we smooth things over with confirmation bias. ;)
Mundus vult decipi -per Caleb Carr's story Killing Time

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