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Brain masks vision during eye movements, post explains

Original: Your visual cortex temporarily cuts video transmission during eye saccades—a phenomenon known as saccadic masking—so the

Neuroscience discussion is circulating around saccadic masking, the process by which the visual cortex briefly suppresses perception during rapid eye movements, preventing the motion blur of each eye movement from reaching awareness. Commenters highlight that human consciousness does not experience a raw feed of physical reality but rather a predictive, constructed model of the world, framing perception as an active brain function rather than a passive recording.

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• Your visual cortex temporarily cuts video transmission during eye saccades—a phenomenon known as saccadic masking—so the vibration of your skull doesn't induce motion sickness. Human consciousness doesn't experience a raw physical reality stream; we stream a predictive… · jilovecjoseph · 7

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