Why it doesn't get dark when you blink
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 04:39
in Psychology & Sociology
About every five seconds we close our eyes and blink to moisten them. During this brief moment no light falls on our retina yet it is not constantly dark and we continue to observe a stable picture of our environment. The brain seems to remember the percepts that have just happened. Scientists have now identified a brain area that plays a crucial role in perceptual memory.