Perception and Mind Lab at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, MD, have turned this view on its head. They carried out a series of experiments to find out how people detect objects under different conditions.
They suggest that the brain’s representation of an object includes how someone perceives it — not just how it truly is. They conclude that a person cannot see an object in a way that is entirely separate from their point of view.Their findings challenge previous assumptions in the philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience of perception and appear in the journal PNAS.A person’s perception of the world around them is a complex process that goes far beyond wavelengths of light hitting the back of the eye.