CONTEXT CONTROLS PERCEPTION • - It appears that A = D but actually, B = D (they are matched for “grayness”) - Cover up the backgrounds on the unlabeled slide and you’ll see (accurately) this is true. - Your brain is spectacularly good at encoding the statistics of visual stimuli, sound waves etc. but what you see/perceive is always dependent on the background or context in which that encoding takes place. - Images: Akiyoshi Kitoaka - Please put any questions you might have about science or health below, and I’ll consider them for future content here and on the podcast. - Thank you for your interest in science! - @hubermanlab @stanford.med @stanford - #neuroscience #science #neurociencia #neurociencia #perception #vision #contrast #gray #adaptation