Bodhipaksa on Nostr: Here's a neuroscience experiment you can try right now. Point at random objects in ...
Here's a neuroscience experiment you can try right now.
Point at random objects in the space around you, and name them as quickly as possible. You'll find that there's a noticeable period of time between pointing at an object and its name appearing in your mind, no matter how familiar that object might be.
You're noticing the time it takes for your brain to recognize something and to retrieve its name — a gap that's always there but that we otherwise never notice.
It's quite fascinating!
Point at random objects in the space around you, and name them as quickly as possible. You'll find that there's a noticeable period of time between pointing at an object and its name appearing in your mind, no matter how familiar that object might be.
You're noticing the time it takes for your brain to recognize something and to retrieve its name — a gap that's always there but that we otherwise never notice.
It's quite fascinating!