tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655706547941025421.post3276846579168237723..comments2024-01-29T16:28:50.009-08:00Comments on BRAINSTORM: Before You Know It, You've DecidedThe Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05905776498759316332noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655706547941025421.post-2306812831366038472011-04-03T11:12:02.390-07:002011-04-03T11:12:02.390-07:00Another thought... the fact that your unconcious k...Another thought... the fact that your unconcious knows what you're going to do before your conscious is like a company board to make an executive decision behind the scenes and then inform the staff. It's still am expression of that company's freedom. There are always backroom dealings going on before action is taken.MaoClarenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655706547941025421.post-71803520670663565512011-03-29T12:57:46.526-07:002011-03-29T12:57:46.526-07:00MaoClare, That's an interesting suggestion. On...MaoClare, That's an interesting suggestion. One explanation I've heard for <i>deja vu</i>, which is compatible with your idea, is that there is a slight delay between when one eye sees a thing and when the other does. The "first seeing" may create an uncanny feeling of recollection because still isn't fully processed before the second seeing is. Interestingly, there is a strong association between deja vu and temporal lobe epilepsy. TLE patients often experience a lot of <i>deja vu</i>, sometime during, sometimes after a seizure, and sometimes as an aura that comes just before a seizure hits. That all suggest maybe there is a part of the temporal lobe activated when we recognize something. If a seizure stimulates that part of the brain, we have a strong sense that we recognize the situation even though we don't. Maybe regular old <i>deja vu</i> is caused by a kind of sub-clinical seizure in that same part of the temporal lobe. That's my guess.The Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05905776498759316332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655706547941025421.post-47042389120639187162011-03-29T10:10:02.020-07:002011-03-29T10:10:02.020-07:00So the idea is that we know before we know... thi...So the idea is that we know before we know... this is fascinating research in itself but I think there is also some connection between this sort of finding and an explanation for deja vu, isn't there? That we have been there before, but in our minds a few seconds earlier. Although it feels like it was another time and place.MaoClarenoreply@blogger.com