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[janesix]

The shoe is pink and the laces are green.

 

[atanu]

I see green.
Right brain/left brain, right? - Harvard Health Blog

Forget the right vs. left myth: You’re whole-brained

The Left Brain Right Brain Myth: Is It True? – Now. Powered by Northrop Grumman

Thank you for bringing great value into the post. I have some observations.

It seems that the picture under study contains white, green, and pink as dominant colours, Yet it is a fact that some people are picking the colour as more green and grey and some more pink and white. Obviously there must be differences in these two classes of people. Where lies this difference if not in processing in the brain?

The split brain was brought to the world’s attention half a century ago by Roger W. Sperry and colleagues. Sperry was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1981 for this work.

Sperry showed that the brain’s two hemispheres function differently. The left brain is more verbal, analytical, and orderly than the right brain. It’s sometimes called the digital brain. It’s better at things like reading, writing, and computations. According to Sperry’s research, the left brain is also connected to: logic; sequencing; linear thinking; mathematics; facts; and thinking in words.The right brain, on the other hand is more visual and intuitive. It’s sometimes referred to as the analog brain. It has a more creative and less organized way of thinking. Sperry’s research suggests the right brain is also connected to: imagination; holistic thinking; intuition; arts; rhythm; nonverbal cues; feelings; visualisation; and daydreaming.

I reproduce the following from ‘Waking Up’ by Sam Harris.

“Under the experimental conditions that Sperry and his colleagues devised, however—first in cats and monkeys, and then in humans—two principal findings emerged. First, the left and right hemispheres of the brain display a high degree of functional specialization.”

“The second finding was that when the forebrain commissures are cut, the hemispheres display an altogether astonishing functional independence, including separate memories, learning processes, behavioral intentions, and—it seems all but certain—centers of conscious experience.”

“The classic demonstration of hemispheric independence in a split-brain patient runs as follows: Show the right hemisphere a word—egg, say—by briefly flashing it in the left half of the visual field, and the subject (speaking” “Show the right hemisphere a word—egg, say—by briefly flashing it in the left half of the visual field, and the subject (speaking from his language-dominant left hemisphere) will claim to have seen nothing at all. Ask him to reach behind a partition and select with his left hand (which is predominantly controlled by the right hemisphere) the thing that he “did not see,” and he will succeed in picking out an egg from among a multitude of objects.”

“When the lateralization of inputs to the brain is exploited in this way, it becomes difficult to say that the person whose brain has been split is a single subject, for everything about his behavior suggests that a silent intelligence lurks in his right hemisphere, about which the articulate left hemisphere knows nothing.”​

We know the two sides of our brain are different, but does it necessarily follow that we have a dominant brain just as we have a dominant hand? And Sperry's research is somewhat dated now.

A 2013 paper “An Evaluation of the Left-Brain vs. Right-Brain Hypothesis with Resting State Functional Connectivity Magnetic Resonance Imaging”, by Jared A. Nielsen, Brandon A. Zielinski, Michael A. Ferguson, Janet E. Lainhart, and Jeffrey S. Anderson claims “The two hemispheres are tied together by bundles of nerve fibers, creating an information highway. Although the two sides function differently, they work together and complement each other. You don’t use only one side of your brain at a time.” According to the paper, although the functionalities of the left and right brains are different, they work collaboratively and in general personality traits, individual preferences, or learning style don’t translate into the notion that one is left-brained or right-brained.

The following is reproduced from Robert Sapolosky’s ‘Behave’.

“…..Second, brains obviously have left and right sides, or “hemispheres,” that roughly mirror each other. Thus, except for the relatively few midline structures, brain regions come in pairs (a left and right amygdala, hippocampus, temporal lobe, and so on). Functions are often lateralized, such that the left and right hippocampi, for example, have different but related functions. The greatest lateralization occurs in the cortex; the left hemisphere is analytical, the right more involved in intuition and creativity. These contrasts have caught the public fancy, with cortical lateralization exaggerated by many to an absurd extent, where “left brain”–edness has the connotation of anal-retentive bean counting and “right brain”–edness is about making mandalas or singing with whales. In fact the functional differences between the hemispheres are generally subtle, and I’m mostly ignoring lateralization….”​

We can therefore safely that the two sides of one’s brain are different, and certain areas of brain do have specialties. The exact areas of some functions can vary a bit from person to person. The reason why we see the colour differently is most likely linked to such functional differences.

@Heyo
@Regiomontanus

 

[SalixIncendium]

What does it mean if I see black and orange?



Just kidding. I see pink and white.


Is anyone else bothered by the use of the letter 'u' to replace 'you' in the OP image?

 

[atanu]

What does it mean if I see black and orange?



Just kidding. I see pink and white.


Is anyone else bothered by the use of the letter 'u' to replace 'you' in the OP image?

Your post suggests that you should see pinkest pink -- full of creative juices, unlike us 'grey' near dead folks.

And 'u' is embedded.

 

[Mock Turtle]

Balanced person.

That must be my Libra nature.

 

[SalixIncendium]

And 'u' is embedded.

I know. I wasn't implying that you authored the text in the pic, only that it bothered me.

 

[atanu]

I know. I wasn't implying that you authored the text in the pic, only that it bothered me.

Yeah. It bothered me more, being a green-grey guy.

 

[LightofTruth]

No laces are green or teal for me. Very clear.

oh, I thought you were trying to tell me the laces are grey and the sneaker is green. But now you're trying to tell me the laces are green and the sneaker is grey. Quit pulling my leg. No one would put green laces on a grey sneaker. it only makes sense to put white laces on a pink sneaker.

 

[atanu]

oh, I thought you were trying to tell me the laces are grey and the sneaker is green. But now you're trying to tell me the laces are green and the sneaker is grey. Quit pulling my leg. No one would put green laces on a grey sneaker. it only makes sense to put white laces on a pink sneaker.

Light of truth knows best.

 

[SalixIncendium]

It's a shame we can't roll back time. I'd be interested to see what colors I would have seen had I looked at this 20 years ago.

 

[Brian2]

What if I see greeny blue laces and soul and strap that does from the bottom of the laces and around the back, but see the bulk as soft pinkish with some green flecks?
The hand also is pink with some green blue bits and a darker green and red bit in the lower left on the hand.

 

[Daemon Sophic]

right eye sees pink and white.
left eye sees grey and green.

Perhaps you need to see if your corpus collosum is damaged.

I see light green/grey with each eye independently, and together.

 

[stvdv]

Sometimes I have tried to sulk or act angry, but every time I met with devastating results for myself.

I think it is an unequal battle and that is why menfolk pine for salvation.

...

. Yes very true. God made women perfectly. After 1 decade of marriage, all seem to pine for salvation; even if it was just salvation from women

I observed my parents interact with each other, when I was still in the womb
From the moment I was born, when I was able to speak, I told everyone "I will never marry, nor have children"
(clearly something I picked up during very early years; but it did safe me from lots of drama)

 

[Heyo]

oh, I thought you were trying to tell me the laces are grey and the sneaker is green. But now you're trying to tell me the laces are green and the sneaker is grey. Quit pulling my leg. No one would put green laces on a grey sneaker. it only makes sense to put white laces on a pink sneaker.

That might be part of the reason why you see pink sneakers: you expect them to be pink. The other thing is the contrast.
Have you looked at the picture in #24? @Shadow Wolf has made the laces true white. Do you still see pink?

 

[Heyo]

@JustGeorge @Orbit @Twilight Hue @Revoltingest @Conscious thoughts @aketo @Mock Turtle

@Shadow Wolf has edited the image for us and removed any hue from the laces, the stripes and the soles in post #24. The fabric of the shoes is unchanged.

Do you still see pink?

 

[Revoltingest]

@JustGeorge @Orbit @Twilight Hue @Revoltingest @Conscious thoughts @aketo @Mock Turtle

@Shadow Wolf has edited the image for us and removed any hue from the laces, the stripes and the soles in post #24. The fabric of the shoes is unchanged.

Do you still see pink?

Now it looks gray.

 

[darkskies]

Do you still see pink?

Grey now. The second picture is grey with pink laces.

 

[Spirit of Light]

@JustGeorge @Orbit @Twilight Hue @Revoltingest @Conscious thoughts @aketo @Mock Turtle

@Shadow Wolf has edited the image for us and removed any hue from the laces, the stripes and the soles in post #24. The fabric of the shoes is unchanged.

Do you still see pink?

Gray in the picture in #24

 

[Heyo]

Thank you for bringing great value into the post. I have some observations.

It seems that the picture under study contains white, green, and pink as dominant colours, Yet it is a fact that some people are picking the colour as more green and grey and some more pink and white. Obviously there must be differences in these two classes of people. Where lies this difference if not in processing in the brain?

The split brain was brought to the world’s attention half a century ago by Roger W. Sperry and colleagues. Sperry was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1981 for this work.

Sperry showed that the brain’s two hemispheres function differently. The left brain is more verbal, analytical, and orderly than the right brain. It’s sometimes called the digital brain. It’s better at things like reading, writing, and computations. According to Sperry’s research, the left brain is also connected to: logic; sequencing; linear thinking; mathematics; facts; and thinking in words.The right brain, on the other hand is more visual and intuitive. It’s sometimes referred to as the analog brain. It has a more creative and less organized way of thinking. Sperry’s research suggests the right brain is also connected to: imagination; holistic thinking; intuition; arts; rhythm; nonverbal cues; feelings; visualisation; and daydreaming.

I reproduce the following from ‘Waking Up’ by Sam Harris.

“Under the experimental conditions that Sperry and his colleagues devised, however—first in cats and monkeys, and then in humans—two principal findings emerged. First, the left and right hemispheres of the brain display a high degree of functional specialization.”

“The second finding was that when the forebrain commissures are cut, the hemispheres display an altogether astonishing functional independence, including separate memories, learning processes, behavioral intentions, and—it seems all but certain—centers of conscious experience.”

“The classic demonstration of hemispheric independence in a split-brain patient runs as follows: Show the right hemisphere a word—egg, say—by briefly flashing it in the left half of the visual field, and the subject (speaking” “Show the right hemisphere a word—egg, say—by briefly flashing it in the left half of the visual field, and the subject (speaking from his language-dominant left hemisphere) will claim to have seen nothing at all. Ask him to reach behind a partition and select with his left hand (which is predominantly controlled by the right hemisphere) the thing that he “did not see,” and he will succeed in picking out an egg from among a multitude of objects.”

“When the lateralization of inputs to the brain is exploited in this way, it becomes difficult to say that the person whose brain has been split is a single subject, for everything about his behavior suggests that a silent intelligence lurks in his right hemisphere, about which the articulate left hemisphere knows nothing.”​

We know the two sides of our brain are different, but does it necessarily follow that we have a dominant brain just as we have a dominant hand? And Sperry's research is somewhat dated now.

A 2013 paper “An Evaluation of the Left-Brain vs. Right-Brain Hypothesis with Resting State Functional Connectivity Magnetic Resonance Imaging”, by Jared A. Nielsen, Brandon A. Zielinski, Michael A. Ferguson, Janet E. Lainhart, and Jeffrey S. Anderson claims “The two hemispheres are tied together by bundles of nerve fibers, creating an information highway. Although the two sides function differently, they work together and complement each other. You don’t use only one side of your brain at a time.” According to the paper, although the functionalities of the left and right brains are different, they work collaboratively and in general personality traits, individual preferences, or learning style don’t translate into the notion that one is left-brained or right-brained.

The following is reproduced from Robert Sapolosky’s ‘Behave’.

“…..Second, brains obviously have left and right sides, or “hemispheres,” that roughly mirror each other. Thus, except for the relatively few midline structures, brain regions come in pairs (a left and right amygdala, hippocampus, temporal lobe, and so on). Functions are often lateralized, such that the left and right hippocampi, for example, have different but related functions. The greatest lateralization occurs in the cortex; the left hemisphere is analytical, the right more involved in intuition and creativity. These contrasts have caught the public fancy, with cortical lateralization exaggerated by many to an absurd extent, where “left brain”–edness has the connotation of anal-retentive bean counting and “right brain”–edness is about making mandalas or singing with whales. In fact the functional differences between the hemispheres are generally subtle, and I’m mostly ignoring lateralization….”​

We can therefore safely that the two sides of one’s brain are different, and certain areas of brain do have specialties. The exact areas of some functions can vary a bit from person to person. The reason why we see the colour differently is most likely linked to such functional differences.

@Heyo
@Regiomontanus

I'm aware of studies regarding functional differences of the brain hemispheres but I don't see any connection to colour perception and haven't read about such. Colour persistency illusion is also investigated (Grey strawberries - The Illusions Index) and I haven't read anyone making connection to hemisphere dominance there either.

 

[George-ananda]

Very interesting. I am left brain dominant like I thought. Amazes me that some people would see pink.