Hacker News with Generative AI: Perception

Purple exists only in our brains (snexplores.org)
There is something unique about the color purple: Our brain makes it up. So you might just call purple a pigment of our imagination.
Neuroscience, Perception, Color Theory, Psychology
43 points by geox 22 days ago | 74 comments
America Has Never Been Wealthier. Here's Why It Doesn't Feel That Way (nytimes.com)
America is more prosperous than ever.
Economy, Wealth, Inequality, Perception, United States
11 points by littlexsparkee 25 days ago | 3 comments
Why data on the economy doesn't match our feelings (marketplace.org)
Leading up to the election, economic figures said the economy was doing pretty well and inflation was slowing down significantly. Yet a lot of people just didn’t feel it.
Economy, Inflation, Perception, Data, Politics
41 points by toomuchtodo 45 days ago | 20 comments
Cross Views (wordpress.com)
Your camera has the ability to take three dimensional photos. Your screen has the ability to display three dimensional photos. You’ve probably never used either. This isn’t a hidden feature of some new phone hardware release, it’s a feature of your brain. All your brain needs to see in 3D is two pictures, and you can trick your brain into seeing 3D on a flat screen using just your eye muscles. I will teach you how.
Vision, Perception, 3D, Technology, Neuroscience
173 points by moultano 58 days ago | 116 comments
Do ambiguous images provide psychological insights? Testing a popular claim (peerj.com)
Social media posts and websites claim that the way in which people perceive ambiguous images reveals insights into their personality and thinking style.
Psychology, Perception, Image Interpretation, Social Media, Research
28 points by thinkingemote 65 days ago | 19 comments
How the Brain Distinguishes Memories from Perceptions (quantamagazine.org)
The neural representations of a perceived image and the memory of it are almost the same. New work shows how and why they are different.
Neuroscience, Memory, Perception, Cognitive Science
5 points by Anon84 103 days ago | 0 comments
We See Colors Differently (davidmathlogic.com)
Perception, Psychology, Neuroscience
30 points by ibobev 110 days ago | 7 comments
Social media distorts perceptions of norms (2024) (osf.io)
Social Media, Psychology, Research, Perception, Norms
108 points by TaurenHunter 111 days ago | 118 comments
Look Deep into the Mind's Eye (carlzimmer.com)
One day in 2005, a retired building surveyor in Edinburgh visited his doctor with a strange complaint: His mind’s eye had suddenly gone blind.
Science, Neuroscience, Health, Perception
3 points by andsoitis 140 days ago | 0 comments
Ticker Tape Synesthesia (thesynesthesiatree.com)
"Ticker taping" consists of automatically visualising written words in the form of subtitles when hearing other people speak. It can also occur with one’s own speech and/or with internal dialogue, i.e. verbal thinking.
Synesthesia, Perception, Language, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science
47 points by daverol 168 days ago | 22 comments
'Visual clutter' alters information flow in the brain (news.yale.edu)
Too much stuff in the periphery of our vision can make it difficult to identify what we’re seeing. Yale researchers now know how that clutter affects the brain.
Neuroscience, Vision, Psychology, Perception
230 points by gnabgib 185 days ago | 102 comments
People who are colorblind are less likely to be picky eaters (theconversation.com)
The seventh season of Julia Child’s “The French Chef,” the first of the television series to air in color, revealed how color can change the experience of food.
Colorblindness, Food, Perception, Television
61 points by zdw 227 days ago | 27 comments
A rare disorder makes people see monsters (newyorker.com)
Medical Conditions, Psychology, Perception
156 points by prismatic 267 days ago | 116 comments
The "uncanny" is the experience of a loss of control (medium.com)
Psychology, Human Experience, Control, Perception
73 points by background 316 days ago | 37 comments
Stupid Slow: The Perceived Speed of Computers (datagubbe.se)
Human-Computer Interaction, User Experience, Perception
97 points by zdw 323 days ago | 94 comments
Perception of when old age starts has increased over time, shows study (theguardian.com)
Age, Perception, Social Sciences, Sociology, Research
34 points by Brajeshwar 367 days ago | 60 comments
Ask HN: What movies changed your perception of reality or life? (ycombinator.com)
Movies, Perception, Life, Reality
120 points by metadat 376 days ago | 226 comments