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Don't look! Seriously! You'll regret it! (Original Post) ohiosmith Jun 2012 OP
Jeepers! Creepers! Where'd ya get those peepers?!? Tom_Foolery Jun 2012 #1
I feel like I've been drinking heavily lunatica Jun 2012 #2
Why did you make me look? Iggo Jun 2012 #3
Heterochromia iridum warrior1 Jun 2012 #4
Nice post, Professor Xavier. Iggo Jun 2012 #5
At least he doesn't have two chins. Baitball Blogger Jun 2012 #6
I thought when somebody was called " four eyes" it was because they crunch60 Jun 2012 #7
I saw him in a bar a few weeks ago. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #8
At first I thought my cataract was acting up. eom mrmpa Jun 2012 #9
Seeing Double? pokerfan Jun 2012 #10

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
2. I feel like I've been drinking heavily
Wed Jun 6, 2012, 08:29 PM
Jun 2012

Now I know why drunks squint with one eye shut when they peer at things.

 

crunch60

(1,412 posts)
7. I thought when somebody was called " four eyes" it was because they
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 05:26 AM
Jun 2012

wore glasses. Holy Shit, you really have four eyes!

pokerfan

(27,677 posts)
10. Seeing Double?
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 04:35 PM
Jun 2012

What if you duplicate some of the features of a portrait without overlapping them completely? It is relatively easy to create images in Photoshop in which the eyes and the mouth, but no other facial features, have been doubled. The results are little short of mind-bending: as the brain struggles (and fails) to fuse the doubled-up features, the photograph appears unstable and wobbly, and observers experience something akin to double vision.



The neural mechanisms for this illusion may lie within our visual system’s specialized circuits for face perception. If you double up the eyes and mouths in a portrait, the neurons in the face-recognition areas of the brain may not be able to process this visual information correctly. Such failure could make the faces unsteady and difficult to perceive.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-eyes-have-it&page=2

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