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How Believing Can Be Seeing: Study Shows How Context Dictates What We Believe We
See, Innovations-report
 









Excerpt: Scientists (...) have found the link between what we expect to see, and
what our brain tells us we actually saw. The study, (...) reveals that the
context surrounding what we see is all important - sometimes overriding the
evidence gathered by our eyes and even causing us to imagine things which aren't
really there. The paper reveals that a vague background context is more
influential and helps us to fill in more blanks than a bright, well-defined
context. This may explain why we are prone to ‘see' imaginary shapes in the
shadows when the light is poor. (...)
Source: How Believing Can Be Seeing: Study Shows How Context Dictates What We
Believe We See[
http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/studies/report-103514.html ],
Innovations-report, 2008/02/15
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