WINDOW EFFECT

( A first approximation wrong , but necessary ) .


 The first thing to understand is something curious . We do not see our way out and tend to believe. Visual images are produced in the brain , not outside of the eyes. Eyes only capture light signals that the rods and cones ( eye cells ) transformed into electrical impulses that travel to the brain to construct this image .We think that what we see outside the incredible coordination that we acquire as we grow , including our sense of sight and touch. When we are babies we do not coordinate well with what our brain registers as reality and our hands . As this coordination will refine and our body starts moving around , we acquire , increasingly, a strong link between what visually checked and somatic effect produced .Consequently , we suffer a "window effect " . We believe that our eyes are windows to the outside and when closed , is equivalent to close the window.On the contrary , and I must stress this : we see inward, as if we had a mental screen inside the head. Otherwise, there would be no vivid dreams. In a vivid dream the brain uses its sensory memories tables and recreates an inner reality without need for organ recipients will provide information . [1 ]I allowed this personal appointment, and makes it clear that what is called window effect. I have exemplified the view, as it is our most developed sense and , therefore , the largest maker of illusion that makes us believe that what the observer sees this outside.The great Spanish neuroscientist Francisco Mora explained as follows :

 " ... Neurons in the retina do not copy anything from the outside world , but that detect things that are then sent to the brain for further processing . As Blackmore (1976 ) states: The brain neurons present arguments based on the specific features that detect ( in the outside world ) , these arguments with the brain builds its perception hypothesis " [2 ] .This is an idea on which we must insist : if the observer looks up from this text and walking around the room, can not avoid the conviction that you are sitting at an angle of the room and, as move your head , what you see are the elements of the reality around him.The observer must make an effort to understand what really happens : everything testifies to his vision is occurring inside your brain . If he raises his hands and see, that is also happening inside his brain.If you close your eyes and imagine the scene recalls or just contemplate, have a more accessible meaning that reality is occurring inside and not outside image .
-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------[1 ] Salinas, Nolberto , Journey to Vulcano , Editorial Catalonia , Santiago , Chile, 2011 .[2 ] Mora, Francisco , How the Brain Works , Page 108.