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Meenie
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kkmmaacc,
I thought that web page was very interesting!
Thanks!
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Yes, that too. I was a little disappointed that I couldn't take the test, it sounded like fun But I suppose that they want to make sure they're getting their data from a known population
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If you want to, you can do an online demo here:

http://www.usd.edu/coglab/coglabmain.html

You'll have to log in as "guest" -- there are directions at the top of the page.

In this version, you see rotated images of the letter R, and you have to say whether it is normal, or mirror-image.

Warning: this only takes about 15 minutes, but it FEELS like it takes an hour. There are 145 trials, and you can check to see how far along you are by clicking the appropriate link in the upper left hand corner of the screen.

Looks like there are some other cool psychology demos available there. I'll have to try some of them out.

Enjoy!

-K.


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Meanwhile, back on visualisation... a thought struck me.

If you're doing first-person POV, do you visualise from the perspective of your protaganist? If you're doing third-person POV, do you view events from a detached perspective? If so, how - sitting in the corner of the room, looking down on everything like some deity... how?


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I often picture the events as I would in a movie, or a dream. I'm not the POV character, I"m looking at him.
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I don't really visualize as such, but what I do is consistent no matter what person I'm using. First person involves more steps, though.
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