Comments on: Magic happens in the brain http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/magic-happens-in-the-brain/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:00:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sarah C http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/magic-happens-in-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-23752 Sarah C Wed, 27 May 2009 22:09:35 +0000 http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/?p=4223#comment-23752 Kelley - this was fascinating! Thanks for finding it and posting for all of us. So much of what you post makes me want to respond, though I've been so busy lately. Please know I often forward to colleagues and friends things you've posted. Been meaning to tell you.... Kelley – this was fascinating! Thanks for finding it and posting for all of us.

So much of what you post makes me want to respond, though I’ve been so busy lately. Please know I often forward to colleagues and friends things you’ve posted.

Been meaning to tell you….

]]> By: Jennifer D http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/magic-happens-in-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-23751 Jennifer D Wed, 27 May 2009 21:18:23 +0000 http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/?p=4223#comment-23751 And how cool was that to have a father who was also a magician? I bet your dad has heard of The Magic Castle here in LA. It's a pretty fun place to have dinner - they have a bunch of shows every night and only magicians (or their guests) are allowed in. I got to go once and it was a lot of fun. And how cool was that to have a father who was also a magician? I bet your dad has heard of The Magic Castle here in LA. It’s a pretty fun place to have dinner – they have a bunch of shows every night and only magicians (or their guests) are allowed in. I got to go once and it was a lot of fun.

]]> By: Jennifer D http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/magic-happens-in-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-23750 Jennifer D Wed, 27 May 2009 21:16:30 +0000 http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/?p=4223#comment-23750 Wow. Pretty cool. I don't remember ever hearing about that blind spot thing. Interesting. It reminds me of what digital camera sensors do now - interpolate. A lot of people know that interpolation occurs when sizing up an image file, but it also happens in camera. Digital sensors don't actually see all the colors. Some pixels on the sensor are red, green, or blue. So the software has to fill in for the 'blind spots' and guess which color should actually be there. Maybe that's boring, but I really didn't know that it is actually just doing something our brain already does. Huh. Wow. Pretty cool. I don’t remember ever hearing about that blind spot thing. Interesting. It reminds me of what digital camera sensors do now – interpolate. A lot of people know that interpolation occurs when sizing up an image file, but it also happens in camera. Digital sensors don’t actually see all the colors. Some pixels on the sensor are red, green, or blue. So the software has to fill in for the ‘blind spots’ and guess which color should actually be there.

Maybe that’s boring, but I really didn’t know that it is actually just doing something our brain already does. Huh.

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