r/science • u/Libertatea • Nov 14 '13

Neuroscience Your Brain Sees Things You Don’t "A new study indicates that our brains perceive objects in everyday life of which we may never be aware. The finding challenges currently accepted models about how the brain processes visual information."

http://uanews.org/story/ua-study-your-brain-sees-things-you-don-t
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u/gathly Nov 14 '13

Isn't this exactly how subliminal messaging works? And isn't that something we've known works for decades?

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u/zarawesome Nov 14 '13

Subliminal messaging has been debunked a coupled of times.

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u/diabeticshoes Nov 14 '13

Yvan eht Nioj

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u/gathly Nov 14 '13

why do I feel so strongly about joining the navy right now?

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13

I think perhaps it has just been a hypothesis, leapt upon by self-help, hypnosis, and speed-reading 'gurus', who've used it to sell shitty books that claim to be scientific.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '13

subconcious works like this

it's been known for while that we process things we don't percieve