When the initial release
of Blindsight got poor reactions to the ending, I added a scene that tied things up better.
This discovery that certain visual information can be processed unconsciously in a parallel brain pathway reminds us of the enigmatic neurological syndrome
of blindsight.
Not exact matches
It now looks like they have their lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN)-- part
of the thalamus in the middle
of the brain — to thank for this «
blindsight».
Blindsight might be the brain's way
of avoiding sensory overload.
Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina talks with podcast host Steve Mirsky about the contents
of the May issue, including articles on induced pluripotent stem cells, high - speed and maglev trains, and
blindsight.
Some people who are blind because
of brain damage have «
blindsight»: an extraordinary ability to react to emotions on faces and even navigate around obstacles without knowing they can see anything
Though it may not be possible to fully restore their sight,
blindsight patients can recover some
of their vision by exercising other regions
of the brain involved in motor perception.
The researchers concluded that TN possessed a rare form
of «
blindsight» wherein a brain - damaged person with normal eyes can't process visual information but can still subconsciously react to it.
Cook has successfully combined medical fact with fantasy to produce a succession
of New York Times bestsellers, including Outbreak (1987), Mindbend (1988), Mutation (1989), Harmful Intent (1990), Vital Signs (1991),
Blindsight (1992), Terminal (1993), Fatal Cure (1994), Acceptable Risk (1995), Contagion (1996), Chromosome 6 (1997) and Toxin (1998) and many others.
For my Mirus stuff, I numbered Forsaken By Shadow 1.1, Devil's Eye 1.2, and
Blindsight 1.3 because all
of them were collected in the omnibus edition Genesis, which was officially the first book in the series.
It seems like there is a bit
of a trend with gamers being
blindsighted by gorgeous looking titles that later on turn out to be rather poor in every other department.
Quantum Break did to the Xbox One what The Order: 1886 did to the PS4; built on masses
of hype and
blindsighting many with its stellar visuals - when the game finally released to mixed reviews - it deflated all momentum going in to its release and immediately left the Xbox One at the back - foot, especially considering that Sony's «sure - thing» Uncharted 4 was a month away.
«On December 8th, Canadian sci - fi author Peter Watts, author
of the Rifters trilogy and
Blindsight, was crossing the US / Canadian border at Port Huron, Michigan when he was involved in an altercation with US Border Patrol agents.
In an inspection there will always be a hundred
of little things and hopefully, you aren't
blindsighted with an unknown major needed repair.