How Our Perceptions Affect Cutting- Edge Health Research, Decisions and Supplements

…thinking is the use of knowledge to achieve a purpose that cannot be achieved at once… Edward de Bono..Lateral Thinking

Preamble:

I think we can relate to ONE event or IDEA that changed the order of how we view or understand the world in general.

For me, it was reading a book in college called The Intelligent Eye by R.L. Gregory published in 1970. His premise went in-depth about major findings about how the brain first senses and processes language and thought.

What the eye sees as primary perception is the first intelligent step in seeing objects, symbols or functions which then makes a connection to secondary language and concepts or thoughts.

As a new teacher this was a break through. I could help children learn by first looking carefully at the physical world…objects, actions and symbols and then use words as a secondary record of their observations…the more details you see, the more you label, categorize and communicate.

So, what happens when the eyes look at something? Light waves reflect off the object, pass through the lens, stimulate the rods and cones on the retina, send electrical signals along the optic nerve through a relay station to the visual cortex. From here…