© Michael Karlovich, Recursia LLCThe “scintillating starburst” stimulus. This stimulus is made up of several concentric pairs of scaled star polygons. Most observers perceive fleeting rays, beams, or lines emanating from the center that appear to be brighter than the background.
A new class of illusion, developed by a visual artist and a psychology researcher, underscores the highly constructive nature of visual perception.
The illusion, which the creators label "Scintillating Starburst," evokes illusory rays that seem to shimmer or scintillate — like a starburst.
Composed of several concentric star polygons, the images prompt viewers to see bright fleeting rays emanating from the center that are not actually there."The research illustrates how the brain 'connects the dots' to create a subjective reality in what we see, highlighting the constructive nature of perception," explains Pascal Wallisch, a clinical associate professor in New York University's Department of Psychology and Center for Data Science and senior author of the paper, which appears in the journal
i-Perception.
"Studying illusions can be helpful in understanding visual processing because they allow us to distinguish the mere sensation of physical object properties from the perceptual experience," adds first author Michael Karlovich, founder and CEO of Recursia Studios, a multidisciplinary art and fashion production company.
The authors acknowledge that the visual effects of this illusion are superficially similar to a number of previously described effects of other, grid-based illusions.
However, their Scintillating Starburst, unlike known visual illusions, evokes a number of newly discovered effects, among them that fleeting illusory lines diagonally connect the intersection points of the star polygons. To better understand how we process this class of illusion, the researchers ran a series of experiments with more than 100 participants, who viewed 162 different versions of the Scintillating Starburst, which varied in shape, complexity, and brightness.
The research participants were then asked a series of questions about what they saw — for instance, "I do not see any bright lines, rays, or beams," "I maybe see bright lines, rays, or beams, but they are barely noticeable," and "I see bright lines, rays, or beams, but they are subtle and weak."
The authors found that the confluence of several factors, including contrast, line width, and number of vertices, matters.
"In particular, a large number of prominent intersection points leads to stronger and more vivid rays, as there are more cues to indicate the implied lines," observes Wallisch.
Thus
, this research illustrates how the brain "connects the dots" to create one's subjective reality, even on the perceptual level, highlighting the constructive nature of perception.
Images and video of the Scintillating Starburst are available on
Google Drive (Credit: Courtesy of Michael Karlovich, Recursia LLC).
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I saw every thing everywhere
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that shit messes with your vision.
You know the drill, sauerkraut daily... not more than 1/2 c to start.
Ph Balance
Hmmm.. i'll dig some
I limit fruit and rice, prefferably eat brown rice
No soy
Avoid wheat like pachouli
Resistant starch is a type of starch that is not digested in the stomach or small intestine, reaching the colon intact. Thus, it “resists” digestion. This explains why we don’t see spikes in either blood glucose or insulin after eating RS, and why we don’t obtain significant calories from RS - Chris Kresser
Along with strengthening the gut by feeding all that good bacteria, resistant starch has many other health benefits, including;
RESISTANT STARCH HEALTH BENEFITS
Increases absorption of important minerals like calcium and magnesium
Decreases absorption of toxic and carcinogenic compounds which can protect against bowel cancer
Affect positive changes in microflora, particularly increasing bifidobacterium
Decrease inflammation in the gut and other tissues
Better digestion - RS bulks and softens stool, helps regularity
Can help reduce fat stores as RS feeds bacteria not fat cells
helps you become more tolerant of the carbs you digest
Help improve insulin sensitivity
Improved blood sugar control
Preserve Vitamin D in the body
Protect probiotic bacteria
Increase feelings of satiety
Improved sleep
Sounds good to me! So how can you get more of it in your diet?
RESISTANT STARCH FOOD SOURCES
Cooked and cooled potatoes - in one study, cooking and then cooling potatoes overnight increased their resistant starch content by 280%
Cooked and cooled legumes
Cooked and cooled rice
Tigernuts and tigernut flour (you can read more info here)
Yams
Oats (this brand is gluten free)
Plantains
Green bananas
Raw green banana flour
Raw potato starch
Cassava flour
Green papaya and mango
SOME OF THE EASIEST (and yummiest) WAYS TO EAT THESE FORMS OF RS INCLUDE;
Cold potato salad
Frozen green bananas in a smoothie
Warm rice pudding (using cooked and cooled rice) made with coconut milk and blood-sugar-balancing ceylon cinnamon
My 3-ingredient cauliflower or spinach tortillas from my eBook GET SNACKED (gently reheated the following day)
Turmeric fried rice - using cooked and cooled rice
Plantain chips
Leftover rice and bean salad
Bircher muesli
Green papaya or mango salad
One of my favourite (and easiest) ways to eat resistant starch is by cooking and cooling white rice. But why white rice and not brown rice?
ARSENIC & RICE
Arsenic content in rice varies widely from country to country and by types of rice, but you can avoid higher levels of arsenic by choosing white rice. Why? Because rice bran holds most of its arsenic. The bran is stripped away to make white rice, so white rice has lower levels of arsenic than brown rice, it’s also easier to digest. I also recommend choosing organic rice varieties. While organically grown rice isn’t a guarantee to be lower in arsenic, it will have far less chemical residues.
Though there is arsenic in rice and arsenic exposure is a health risk, it’s not necessarily a reason to avoid rice all together. If you follow these 3 simple steps, you can upgrade your rice and feel better about consuming it.
3 SIMPLE WAYS TO MAKE RICE HEALTHIER & MORE GUT FRIENDLY
Soak Rice To Reduce Arsenic + Make It Easier To Digest
Studies show that a simple overnight soak reduces arsenic in the rice by up to 80%. As a bonus, grains are also easier to digest and anti-nutrients like phytic acid (a powerful blocker of mineral absorption in the gut) and lectins (particularly brown rice varieties), are reduced by soaking the grains as well. Discard water and rinse the rice well before cooking. This significantly reduces arsenic levels.
2. Cook The Rice In Bone Broth + Coconut Oil
Cooking the rice in homemade bone broth is a really easy way to incorporate more of the healing benefits bone broth has into your diet. If you’re vegan or vegetarian just use filtered water when cooking the rice. Include healthy fats, such as coconut oil, when cooking rice. When these are cooked together, the oil binds to the digestible starch in the rice (the starch that converts to glucose). Once bound with the coconut oil, the digestible starch begins to crystallise, creating resistant starch.
3. Cool The Rice To Create Resistant Starch
Also cooling the rice for 12-24 hours with the coconut oil allows the crystallisation process to occur. One study found this increased the amount of RS by 10-15x as well as reducing its calories by up to 50-60%. As a result, the rice produces a smaller spike in blood sugar because you get more resistant starch to take the place of digestible starch. Plus, the inherent qualities of the resistant starch decrease this smaller spike even further. The result is lower-carb rice.
HOW-TO MAKE COOKED & COOLED RICE
Dive into cooked and cooled white rice and enjoy the prebiotic benefits!
INSTRUCTIONS
Soak organic, white rice (I use basmati or medium grain rice) in filtered water. Add a dash of apple cider vinegar and a pinch of quality salt overnight (or for minimum 6 hours). The amount of rice you use will depend on the number of people in your family/ home, so follow the measurements on the back of the packet if you’re not sure how much to cook.
After soaking, rinse in fresh filtered water until the water runs clear.
Cook the rice in homemade chicken bone broth (for extra gut health benefits) or fresh filtered water using the absorption method (instructions on packet). Add 1 Tbsp of coconut or MCT oil while it’s cooking. Optional, add ½ - 1 tsp turmeric for it’s incredible anti-inflammatory benefits + it creates a beautiful yellow/ orange rice. Remove from the heat and allow to cool down a bit before placing it in the fridge overnight or up to 24 hours.
IS IT SAFE TO EAT COLD RICE?
Here are some tips on how to safely store and handle rice;
Place freshly cooked rice into the fridge within 1 hour of it being cooked.
Rice should be kept in an airtight container in the fridge. Refrigeration inhibits bacterial growth.
Rice can be kept in the fridge for up to 4 days if stored properly. I personally make smaller batches and aim to eat it within 2-3 days.
I always think it’s always better to be on the safe side, and properly store and refrigerate the rice and dispose of it after 4 days if you didn’t get to eat it in time (if in doubt throw it out).
HOW-TO USE COOKED & COOLED RICE
You can gently reheat the rice after the cooking/ cooling process, but to maintain the benefits of RS, it shouldn’t be heated above 80°C (175°F)
I find the easiest way to enjoy cooked and cooled rice is to gently reheat the rice until it’s just warmed. I’ll serve the hot curry, butter chicken or slow cooked meat over the top of the rice.
Curries
Sushi (my eBook GET SNACKED has a simple recipe for this)
Fried rice
Rice pudding
Serve with slow cooked meats and veggies
Our cookbook GUTALICIOUS also has a butter chicken and a gut loving brownie recipe that uses cooked and cooled rice
Crunchy rice - this is very similar to Persian rice (Tahdig)
HERE’S HOW I MAKE MY CRUNCHY RICE
Heat a good quality frying pan on a low-medium heat and add a generous amount of either butter or ghee and allow to melt.
Remove your cooked and cooled rice from the fridge. Spread the rice on top of the melted butter or ghee evenly.
Cook on low-medium heat (I try not to heat on high as to not destroy the beneficial RS) until the bottom of the rice is crunchy and golden brown.
Serve with slow cooked meats and veggies, curries, butter chicken, mix with veggies to create a yummy, textured fried rice and more.
Eat Right for your Blood Type
Peter Dadamo
Here is some study, buddy - love that m8
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a month later i got back to work and the gal in the cube next to me threw a book on my desk.
that book.
haven't been sick, not even a bad head cold since. i shit you not.
my family wife & kids are all a+ and my wife's cooking, though delicious and mostly veg & chicken, had slowly been killing me, my blood type should be obvious.
my diet for the last 20 yrs: red meat twice every day, and at least two duck eggs every day, lots of butter, cheese daily, and lots of sea salt; fruit daily: mix of blueberries, raspberries, cherries, apples, and plums, pineapple, and some tomato. no veggies, no legumes, no potato, little grains, no milk, lots of well water that's been ozonated, occasional drink, occasional chicken, no pork no mystery meat no homo meat.
... and i'm a happy camper.
i'd like to think this info was informative to you sotties out there who were looking for diet help
You beat me to it lolll.
life what book?
Will be back with more
I never get sick with cold or flu either. The USDA and FDA are trying to kill everyone from collapsed immune systems.
purified food, additives, and a demand you eat more grains than anything.
i just have the chron's. Stress flares it up bad.
no, truth seekers do connect the dots, and what they see is not an illusion, but close to objective reality. covid agenda for example is a reality, when blind you can see nothing, only hear what authorities say, i.e. lies.
Two questions:
1) Would those be the cones and rods?
2) If so, A follow up question: Is/could there be a connection between cones & rods vs. particle and wave that you might explicate for us?
(Maybe one would have to partake of BBars' ganja first? I dunno. If not, no worries. )
RC
Light is not "both" wave and particle, those are labels/descriptions of percieved actions. My personal understanding of Light is that it is in fact more of a field. One of the aspects of Quantum Theory responsible for horrifying "modern" physicists is its apparent requirement that information must flow instantaneously between any two - ummm, let's call them "units" rather than particles, waves, or whatever - units of matter mater material, regardless of the distances between them. The general explanation is that information has no element of space-time in its parameters, which doesn't mean that they don't exist, merely that they don't effectively "matter".
As re I've always found such stuff fascinating. It sounds analogous to the whole quantum thing of we can never know where some subatomic 'particle' is for by measuring it, we move it, (or such) so all we can do is give it odds of being in one particular place* at one particular time.)
*Which also gets squirrely, as I recall.
RC
I smell grant grubbing.
R.C.
Until I read the article and my eyes snapped back to the image and there were rays of white light emanating from the centre.
Must be the ganja...
RC
this one really gets me.
its the circling snakes illusion.
this illusion has the effect for me, that i think the one in the story is going for. when i look at this the inner triangle that isn't even there, it looks brighter than the background, but both are technically all the same white. i just don't see the effect (brighter white) at all in the picture accompanying this story.
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i take it back. the bong hits kicked in, i kinda see it, but it's not astounding.