劳拉·沃尔顿博士
Earlier this year I attended a Reefdivers talk and was introduced to the idea of “Seeing the Reef with new eyes”: As divers we see the reef all the time, without ever really seeing it! Sure, we see all the pretty corals and the colours but, for most of the time, we think of the reef as the backdrop for our dive.
因此,当我们寻找鱼类,裸子,螃蟹和其他小动物时,我们通常会直视礁石,甚至没有考虑到我们面前的珊瑚中巨大的物种多样性!
你不觉得这很奇怪吗?但是我们所有的大脑都这样工作!
只需考虑一下您周围世界上的所有信息:颜色,纹理,大小,数量,名称和含义,您现在可以看到的所有信息。当我们调整这一切时,我们会意识到这些数据可能是多么的压倒性!但是,我们的大脑能够处理它。
That’s because our visual system (the eye and the bits of the brain that are responsible for vision) is constantly processing the information that comes into our heads through light bouncing off the world and into our eyes.
这个系统是协同过滤、标签、排序and adapt the information that comes in. Yes, that’s right “adapt”, because our brains can manipulate the data to show us what we see! It throws out information that doesn’t fit, or that we don’t want, and actively seeks out stuff we are interested in.
Our brains edit what we see!
真的很聪明。我们看到的(或认为我们看到的)的图像已编辑。大脑从外界收集信息,然后通过其编辑套件运行。大脑选择您想知道的部分,并使其余部分模糊。这确实很有帮助,因为这意味着我们可以专注于感兴趣的东西。这也很令人讨厌,因为这可能意味着我们错过了一些非常有趣的景点!
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We learn new things by making connections within the brain. We can make new connections in the brain that alter the editing program. We can do this by really connecting with what we are looking at. Be curious, get engaged and excited by thinking about what it looks like, what it does or who it is. Coral is a prime target to focus on: it stays still! So it is a lot easier to tune your brain into than a speedily swimming fish.
珊瑚发现训练您的大脑
Active珊瑚发现说服您的大脑这个生物值得寻找,并开始存储必要的数据。将其与标识图配对,在您不知不觉中,您将看到Acroporaand山脊髓群everywhere!
当您的大脑调出时,请注意珊瑚的构建和每个珊瑚石的复杂性。凝视息肉,看着他们进食!教您的视觉系统以查看珊瑚的结构和活动,学习其名称并了解其特征和个性。
因此,下次您进行水肺潜水时,为什么不花一点时间去寻找一两个珊瑚,找出它们是什么物种以及什么使它们与众不同。然后,您真的可以“用新的眼睛看礁石”。
如果您想了解更多有关您的大脑及其工作原理的信息,那么在水下加入对话可食用的心理。
A Psychologist and Scuba Diving Instructor fascinated by the psychology of scuba diving. I help scuba divers to understand why we do what we do underwater. I share knowledge and practices that divers can use to bring awareness to our behaviour and make conscious changes to our actions.