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RE: Motion Induced Blindness

brad kaste

brad kaste

Charter Member
RE: Motion Induced Blindness

Hi All,
First off, I just copied/pasted the below information. It's quite lengthy,...so that's why I did it. Be sure to read it all the way through before clicking the link at the very bottom. I first thought this test to prove one's motion blindness (such as in driving) was a gimmick. A graphic stunt. It isn't. It proves that we do lose visual contact with other objects at times if they're moving too. Such as this military pilot explained.
Besides concentrating on the green dot,....I decided to just visually look intently on a specific yellow dot. It never disappeared while the other two yellow dots would randomly disappeared for a brief moment or two.
That's why it's so important to kept the eyes and the ol' noggin swiveling around to take in the constant picture. More than a few times this has happened in my many years of driving. Thankfully the other person was acutely aware of my head up the butt attitude at the time.










Interesting. Could explain why once in a while while driving a car you're suddenly surprised by something



Motion Induced Blindness


This is frightening! It works exactly like it says, and is one major reason people in cars can look right at you (when you're on a motorcycle or bicycle)---AND NOT SEE YOU. From a former Naval Aviator. This is a great illustration of what we were taught about scanning outside the cockpit when I went through training back in the '50s. We were told to scan the horizon for a short distance, stop momentarily, and repeat the process. I can remember being told why this was the most effective technique to locate other aircraft. It was emphasized (repeatedly) to NOT fix your gaze for more than a couple of seconds on any single object. The instructors, some of whom were WWII veterans with years of experience, instructed us to continually "keep our eyes moving and our head on a swivel" because this was the best way to survive, not only in combat, but from peacetime hazards (like a midair collision) as well. We basically had to take the advice on faith (until we could experience for ourselves) because the technology to demonstrate it didn't exist at that time. ​


Click on the link below for a demonstration .... ​




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Interesting find, I've noticed this myself when riding my motorbike and fixating objects (which you shouldn't do normally, of course...).

Thanks for sharing,
Mark
 
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