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Running head: PSYCHOLOGY 100 DISCUSSION

PSYCHOLOGY 100 DISCUSSION

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Psychology 100 discussion

Fading effect

When staring at the dot, I have realized that it is fading away. After about twenty seconds

of focusing on the dot, it fades away. A first, when I stare at the dot, all the concentration is

focused on the image. However, after a few moments, my brain switches off, and that is when

the dot starts to fade away and disappear.

The tactile neurons adapt to the dot after a few seconds. A good example is by cutting a

small written paper and taping it to the wall. When we move a few steps from the wall and close

our non-dominant eye while staring at the wall, the blurring or fading occurs after a few seconds.

Thick and thin lines effect

The set of lines in stimulus B is the same. However, after staring at the stimulus A for a moment,

when I look back at the stimulus B, I feel as if the lines have been added to the stimulus B. there

is that 3D effect in the stimulus that the lines are not the same.

Tilted lines effect

The lines from the B stimulus are vertical at first glance. However, when I look at the

stimulus A, the lines are titled. After glaring at the stimulus for a minute, I turn my attention to

the B stimulus, and I feel and see that the lines are somehow changed, and are tilted, just like in

stimulus A. my earlier perceived orientation of the B stimulus has been changed after staring at

the tilted lines in A stimulus.

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Colored castle effect

The B stimulus is in black and white. When I stare at the stimulus A for about a minute

and then turn my attention to the stimulus B, I realize that stimulus B is colored. The afterimage

lasts for about 50 seconds to a minute, and then I realize again that the stimulus B is black and

white. As I repeat the process again, I cannot make the afterimage disappear more quickly.

Lessons learned.

After observing and analyzing the stimulus of both effects, I realize that they have some

similarities. Firstly, I realize that our brain and eyes organize and interpret the sensory

information, which enables us to recognize the important objects or phenomena around us. The

brain is responsible for this perception.

The optical illusions fool our brains, and we interpret a phenomenon wrongly. When

looking at all this stimulus, I have realized that our eyes transmit a lot of information to the brain.

This information might be a lot, and the brain takes some time to process it. This is indicated in

the colored castle effect. Where after about a minute, I come to realize that stimulus B is black

and white, after first interpreting it as colored at first glance.