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Out of the Box and Into the Lab, Mimes Help Us ‘See’ Objects That Don’t Exist
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21 minutes
Released:
Apr 1, 2021
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Human brains can do more than simply imagine the presence of nonexistent objects. Our minds can automatically create well-defined representations of objects that are merely implied rather than seen, like the obstacles in a mime’s performance. These findings could aid in the development of artificial intelligence related to vision and navigation by helping understand how humans perceive and navigate their environments. Chaz Firestone (Johns Hopkins University) and Pat Little (New York University) talk with Charles Blue about their Psychological Science paper on mimes and implied surface.
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Released:
Apr 1, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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