The Room Illusion - BBC Brain Story

[123backinyerface]

The brain finding patterns that we can identify is as much a hindrance to the mind as it is useful. It is the very basis of belief in things that are not there by interpreting random occurrences and attributing them to past influences that were also subject to the same errors of the mind. A vicious circle we now know today as "religion".

[luispabadas]

da miedo

[Jez32uk]

in that first shot the other girl should stand up close against the far wall to help sell the illusion

[datalexkid]

if its our brain that sees it that way then i guess the camera that filmed it has a brain????

[theonlyonebuttwo]

our imagination......... DAMN i hate it when people don't finish their sentance

[SubconsciousGatherer]

Does this mean tighter shirts will make a woman's breasts appear larger? How 'bout tight pants on gents?

[moonfly1]

Hagred effect busted :D

[MFegan]

mind...blown

[yamper1195]

мля мне не по себе как-то стало @_@

[abby495]

Yes the left side is wider and straight ahead we are looking down at an incline at the blue border.I notice it because I'm learning about illusions. Sherlock Holmes would notice it with his observation and deduction. Science would notice with its measurements and experiments.Wlkt doks tpos siy? The brain is a tool it wants to create order it's a computer it can't be a cult of itself. It can be a trap of delusion as well. It all depends on the hardware(neurology),software and o/s it is using.

[shadesofmagic]

@abby495

may i know some books to start learning illusions

[abby495]

@shadesofmagic Hinduism refers to correct thinking correct action that is what opened my eyes to illusion which they call Maya. They say the brain is a poor master. Logic Puzzles helped, deduction, philsophy 101 I'm told is the class to teach correct way of thinking.

[shadesofmagic]

@abby495

so that means ...........

[abby495]

@shadesofmagic Hinduism...Bhagava Gita it is a holy book.

[shadesofmagic]

@abby495

well i m a hindu and i knoe that the gita is the holy book and there are many more holy books like the 4 vedas but they teach you about maya or jaal but i want to learn

its like what u see isnt happenning and what u dont see is happening

[abby495]

@shadesofmagic Yes.There is much wisdom in the East. There is more to learn.Other fields deal with illusion Metaphysics, Quantum physics. They say we live in the 3rd dimension and there are something like 10 where God lives.There's a reality beyond our 5 senses that this world itself is an Illusion. I know it is a magical world with myths that are real. LIke the city of Dwarka it was no myth. We can be explorers in our delightful enchanted world. The Sun shines for us does he not <8 )

[shadesofmagic]

@abby495 read stuff like this and watching movies like this too awesome

i also love greek mythodology

and what u said its awesome i wish ifit s true aybe it is true who knows

[abby495]

@shadesofmagic Many years ago when I was a child I wished for those fairy tales to be true. And now 15 years later I have revisited and found that they are likely true. Santa Claus was real a Siberian Shaman Presents GREW under specific trees.Christmas ornaments what were those gold blue red silver things known to our ancestors. Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz. Falling from a star like Dorothy. A tornado/ vortex that distorts time. Shapes seasons stars elements sciences. Magic WAS here.

[abby495]

@shadesofmagicI have been seeking the truth and India Egypt Ethiopia were around long long before history was recorded.Their archaology is telling us stories which lazy scholars say are myth. But they say they are myth because they do not know or their Gods aren't powerful enough. I know that the East has the way and kudos to you and yourr ancestors who kept their tradition even oral tradition against ignorance. May the Goddess liberate us. Jai Kali Ma! Aum Nammah Shivaye <3

[abby495]

@shadesofmagic Yes I always loved mythology! World mythology.Last year I started in Sumeria, Egypt, and now India. The archaology and real history of Earth paints a fantastic picture of the past. That is why they called it myth they didn't believe it. It blew their minds but I don't see why we should accept their folly. Hieronymus Bosch was a painter he did optical illusions. Also Salvador Dali but googling optical illusions will bring up more. : ) have fun

[haszpla]

it's like INCEPTION!

[humdrumpotatoskin]

mindfuck

[ninixta]

Who said?: "The brain believes what the eyes see". (Help me please it is for a college class) Thanks. 

[isteinvids]

@ninixta errr the narrator did...

[ninixta]

Who said?: "The brain believes what the eyes see". Help me please uns is for college class... Thanks. 

[swamilive]

My brain sees two redheads. That's all my brain ever sees.

[narcovice]

very preety twins very nice dress

[abdishtar]

my brain detects a small difference, but what is wrong with my brain?

[deadlybug]

1:14 spooky

[tapiwakay]

Has anyone else watched the movie Temple Grandin? They have this in it

[Muahsoprty1]

WOW!!!!!! DONT UR BRAIN FEEL STUPID!

[stevenscowboys]

beautiful tins beautiful metalic dress

[Charlestonthedrummer]

@stevenscowboys what?

[wilttilt]

*Ahem* our brains interpret what our eyes see...

[JoyeuxLj]

Not for everything. We do possess "dept perception" or "perceptual constancy".

for eg; break "perceptual constancy" into a sub category such as "size constancy"; as you watch your friend (for eg) walk away to the other end of the street, your eyes will see him as small, but you wont perceive him as small. ;)

[ZillasElite]

"your brain tells you how it should look" bullshit...

It's a trick of the eyes, not our brains...if we looked at the room in a different angel, then we can see it properly and understand it, it has absolutely nothing to do with our brains, only our eyes.

Perception is the key not understanding or memories. (still a good vid, but obviously has nothing to do with memories...just perception)

[BurneyFM]

Visual perception implements both aspects of your eyes (the image on your retina) and the automated interpretation of that image by your brain.

[ZillasElite]

@BurneyFM i knew someone was gonna fuck up what i meant...WHAT i meant was memories play no part on how you perceive things...yes your brain effects every last damn thing you do i know that, i just meant that your brain in no way effect how you see something, just how your body should react to it.

i mean think about it if i see 20 of the same knives and then someone pulls a different knife out on me, will i perceive the knife to look like the other twenty? no. cause memories play no part.

[BurneyFM]

Ever heard of bottom-up & top-down processing in visual perception? While looking at that room your knowledge of the spatial arrangement of a typical room is activated. Since you _can't_ change your perspective your brain treats the room as a consistent object, that doesn't change, no matter what happens (consistency of size and shape are fundamental principles of perception). So the people in the room are more likely to change size, as the context (the room itself) does not change.

[ZillasElite]

@BurneyFM alrighty fine...i guess im just not human then, fuck.

Cause memories tend to play no part when i look at something.

[Toradora4927]

it looks like that the wall ahead is horizontal... but for real it is diagonal.... i love ARTS.... AMAZING....

[ghuegel]

OMG... Giant little girl!!... kill it!, kill it!!!

[ito123456789]

The bigger girl scares me

[lashbear]

I think the TV show should have gone round for a side view of the room at the end, which would have made everything clear.

[pgzzz]

RedScar77 - This is not fake. Don't you undersatnd what she has just been telling you ?

[melisluv06]

Ah, he's just trolling Youtube videos.

[Brianreque]

jajajaja... no se dan cuenta q hay un escalon detras del mueble de la izquierdaaaa!!!!!!!!!! jajaja por eso no aparece el suelo de ese lado, el resto de las pequeñas deformaidades q aparecen.. son efectos propios de la camara (tipo vision de ojo mágico) saludossss

[nicho117]

pero como se genera esta ilucion !?

[jay4457]

why wont my brain see the truth....i must see the real shape of the room

[lopytube]

weve been bamboozled!!Damn I love psychology.!!if psyc was a woman I would have 12 babies by her and renew our wedding vows every 2yrs

[loveyourself77]

@lopytube OMG!!!! Psych is my husband who I'd never leave for a second! Hahahah psychology student here XD My life practically revolves around it...literally. -_-'

[Strideo1]

Actually it would be perfectly obvious if you were standing in the room. The observer's perspective is just as important as what your brain expects to see in this illusion.

[happysmiles153]

i can see it clearly as its supposed to be

[Conway79]

I believe this is how they did the kitchen scene in the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. :)

[triplelluna]

that is awesome

[zokar666]

WOW

[juliegonzalo]

That voice over is emma thompson right?

[CharlieBBoy12345]

Sounds like her but I think she's called Susan Greenfield

[ErixuOuji]

Thats so weird! I like it.

[mullallo]

si se fijan bien en minuto 0:27 la niña sube un escalón , está tapado por los muebles.. :)

[nisti2]

muy bueno jajaja !! omg!!

[JuanIgnacioIglesias]

Jeje, me han pillado en el trabajo viendo esto y en vez de regañarme se han quedado bobos viendolo :)

[zenbaku7]

Vale microsiervos, está muy bueno :D

[zacariasdaniel]

Ya vi ese documental, sabes donde lo puedo bajar doblado o con subtitulos?

Pueden ser en portugues.

[peewack]

Ojalá se pudiera programar un algoritmo de imágenes capaz de mentir como lo hace el cerebro xD

Aguante "microservios"