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BRILLIANCE AND

FLAWSOF THE

HUMAN BRAINBY:-

AKSHAY MEHRA

Game #1

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SO WHY DID YOU FALL FOR

THISTRICK?

Advice: PAY ATTENTION!3

What is Attention??

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Game #2

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HOW DO ILLUSIONISTS

WORK ?

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What is Attention??

It is what we focus on in our VISUAL ENVIRONMENT

It allows us to select some aspects of the world to be

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Change Blindness

It is our Brains failure to NOTICE

surprisingly large changesfrom one moment to the next.

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So WHY does change BlindnessOccur and HOW?

2 major regions of the Brainresponsible for it are

1. Prefrontal Cortex2. Parietal Lobe

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How does attention work??

Attention acts to AMPLIFY ourProcess of perception to allow us to take in the vivid details

That we WANT focus on

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Game #4

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So why does it happen?

It happens simply because we are

NOT EXPECTING them to happen

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So how much do we exactlyMISS?

Game #5

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THINKING WHAT DOES IT HAVETO DO WITH THE

BRAIN?

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How does this manipulationOCCUR?

2 types of attention1. Top-Down attention2. Bottom-Up attention

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Intentional Blindness

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GAME #6 It’s prttey fnuny how we

can raed this eintre snetnece with

all tehse eltters out of palce.

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GAME #7

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An old one but still….

GAME #8

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BLUE YELLOW PURPLE GREEN

RED ORANGE

GRAY PINK

Attention Manipulation

Hypnosis

A method by which peoplecan shut their Brain’s

automatic filtering 22

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BLUE YELLOW PURPLE GREENRED

ORANGE GRAY PINK

Finally

DID YOU PAY ATTENTION?

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GAME #9

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SO IT’S NOT WHAT WE

LOOK AT ITS WHAT WE

SEE!!26