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Yes, even more freaky is once the dots start disappearing and you try to
check that one of them stays on (it does), the others will also continue
to disappear.
Grayhawk
(luckily, my wife claims I have attention disorder and am insensitive -
both good qualities for piloting)
In a message dated 12/15/2011 7:03:02 A.M. Central Standard Time,
marv@lancair.net writes:
Posted for "Mark Ravinski"
<mjrav@comcast.net>:
This is pretty freaky
Marv. Maybe something for the list.
Subject: FW:
Motion-Induced Blindness
Very
interesting exercise ... try
it.
Motion-Induced Blindness
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
...
http://www.msf-usa.org/motion.html
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