Human Visual Perception

The cluster discusses how the human brain, particularly the visual cortex, processes and constructs visual experiences, filling in gaps like blind spots and predicting reality beyond raw eye input.

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whatever1 Feb 14, 2025 View on HN

Are eyes that good at generating signal or our brain is just good at imagining things it does not see?

sitkack Jun 6, 2023 View on HN

This is how the human visual system works.

cryptonector Mar 20, 2024 View on HN

This seems like it could have been inspired by how human vision works.

spupe Feb 4, 2022 View on HN

Your "mind's eye" is getting information from your actual eyes through your optic nerves and cortex. This is how we know it is a physical mechanism, we can affect it in predictable ways with lesions, drugs and other physical methods.

jlebrech Nov 21, 2017 View on HN

the magic happens in the brain of the user not the rods.the brain can sense a lot more than we think.

eternalban May 24, 2019 View on HN

I believe the "magic" is happening in the visual cortex.

cordite Nov 12, 2017 View on HN

I thought it was an artifact of how our vision system works, not input to that system.

jamiek88 Aug 20, 2022 View on HN

Also relies on quirks and tricks of human sight and cognition to make sense!

Nathanba Dec 17, 2024 View on HN

That's like saying that your brain doesn't understand anything, it just analyzes the visual data coming in via your eyes and predicts the next step of reality

ExpiredLink Apr 6, 2014 View on HN

What if your brain sees it but you don't see it?