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Re: [Phys-l] inversion goggles




On 2011, May 12, , at 12:13, Anthony Lapinski wrote:

Did research like this ever happen?


Yes, but very long ago -- The glasses weren't inversion, but distorting, IIRC. The "subject" after a time was able to ride a bicycle, then took them of while riding and fell off!.

bc thinks it was in Switzerland -- not surprised if J. Clement knows about this.

p.s. I think Iread abourt this in Psych 1 @ UCSB, so 1959

I thought this would be impossible to "Google" but here's the first rsponse:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptual_adaptation


Not incidentally all dentists do this experiment.


A bit more detail:

http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:-O9Bg7saee4J:https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/wang18/www/psych334/readings/harris1965.pdf+perceptial+adaptaion+eyes&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESj_UGqjDbHDxbCxHRJ_9NUAzYaUbWnQNzRUVATjr9jyfyVDIjzDHEto-Lg8cSJMapvFDcbywUEPwPk4hHLm0pDbUE0YGDVQqVMfnefe5_oMqoftywYWVhDVwETgaKMMOm6WCLh_&sig=AHIEtbRwMUiQ_n0Id7jQv-YNtQSk9f5z-A