Strong Emotions May Cause Temporary Blindness

Iphtashu Fitz writes "Ever been watching tv when a violent image comes on the screen and you don't even notice that somebody just entered the room? You've just encountered something known as emotion-induced blindness. Psychologists at Vanderbilt and Yale Universities have determined that people can suffer short periods of blindness, up to 1/2 a second in length, immediately after seeing highly emotional images. By displaying a series of images for 1/10 of a second each they were able to determine that test subjects couldn't identify images shown immediately after very erotic or gory images. You can try this out for yourself at the flash-based test site they have set up which also contains more details of the experiments."

goaste.cx?

[Anonymous Coward]

is that why im blind?

Rage?

[Anonymous Coward]

Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase 'Blind with rage'

On Slashdot?

[maxmg]

Now that's a very good idea to put a reference to erotic images and a link to a flash-based site on the main page of slashporn^H^H^H^Hdot.

Proof at long last!

[Anonymous Coward]

Wanking DOES cause blindness.

VBScript

[hattan]

It all makes sense now. I was wondering why I could never find the mouse after reading VB code.

This Just In

[Icyfire0573]

This just in... Pr0n does make you blind... Temporarily at least

if I had known

[Anonymous Coward]

So that's why you can turn blind if you masturbate?
WHY DIDNT ANYONE TOLD ME BEFORE!

So it's true...

[JonLatane]

Porn does make you blind! Hell, look at the name of the effect: "attentional rubbernecking."

Re:Situational awareness

[Dunbal]

How many times have you missed the doorbell, telephone or significant other

      I never miss my significant other. I frag her all the time, DIE BIATCH lol lol 5h3 iz 5o l4/v\3 lol pWn3d a64iN!!!!

Like I'm gonna click that link

[PCM2]

Until I hear otherwise, I'm going to assume that this is the most elaborate Goatse troll ever.

For the best results...

[edrams]

...they should have used Goatse.

Re:On Slashdot?

[screwballicus]

But an astute observation, consequently. Erotic images of Slashdotters might indeed be expected to cause not only temporary but indeed much more permanent forms of blindness amongst afflicted test subjects.

I saw...

[Blitzenn]

I saw my mom having sex once, I never saw the same after that. Is that the same thing?

Re:Situational awareness

[Mancow]

Reminds me of the episode of King Of The Hill where Hank went blind at Christmas after seeing his mom having sex...

Also known as...

[hummassa]

Paying attention to something :-)

Re:I saw...

[Jubalicious]

Me too... and now this research gives me justification to seek punitive damages against your mom

That's why people don't RTFA

[Vombatus]

They are so outraged by the editor's comments, that they fail to notice the links to the fine article.

Re:Situational awareness

[TooncesTheCat]

For all you gamers out there, this is sort of an intuitive concept, right? How many times have you missed the doorbell, telephone or significant other trying to get ahold of you in the middle of a Doom/Marathon/Unreal fragfest? You increase the number of participants (and thus tasks to attend to) and you decrease your situational awareness of your immediate surroundings.

Those fucker doctors that my mom took me too when I was 13 were liars. They called what you speak of ADD. Put me on Ritalin for nothing. Those money hungry insensitive clods.

Excuse me while I chase a bug.

Re:goaste.cx?

[Anonymous Coward]

"goaste.cx? is that why im blind?"

You might get hairy palms, but, no you won't go blind.

But man you'll wish you were...

Re:goaste.cx?

[BottleCup]

Isn't it goatse.cx anyway? yes, he misspelled it because he was temporarily blind.

Re:"seeing red"

[Anonymous Coward]

Overhead announcement from clerk "Price check on trojan extra small condoms"