Space Monkeys

On figure one of the blind spot experiment, when the black dot fell into my blind spot, it was replaced by white space. The reason behind this I believe is because my eyes are receiving overwhelming evidence that whatever is in my blind spot is probably white space because the surrounding area is all white. However, in a case such as figure two, something entirely different occurred. The difference was that, when the black dot …

…our visual perception is not based on memory, but on solid biological stimulus. If we already know that a black dot exists on paper where our blind spot is, then why don’t we see a black spot even when it is in our blind spot? The answer I believe is because our visual perception and our memory are separate from each other, and memory plays no role in what we currently perceive. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**