Feudamonia t1_j8g6m20 wrote
Reply to comment by relbean in The brain can rapidly detect and process fearful faces that are otherwise invisible to the eye. There appears to be a neural pathway for detection of fear, which operates automatically, outside of conscious awareness. by Wagamaga
>Just because the alternative meaning is illogical in your mind doesn’t mean the description is accurate.
Actually it does. Logic or being logical isn't subjective. We know for a fact that people do not have invisible faces.
Invisible to the eye means the quality of being invisible is determined by the eye rather than it being a physical quality of the object the phrase is referencing.
The title is accurate enough to convey its meaning.
relbean t1_j8g9a3x wrote
It is not accurate enough to convey its meaning because its meaning is that the eye did not perceive the stimulus when in reality the eye did perceive the stimulus and the cerebral cortex did not perceive the stimulus. Those are two separate parts of anatomy and in a scientific discussion that distinction matters a great deal.
Feudamonia t1_j8geu9q wrote
>the eye did not perceive the stimulus when in reality the eye did perceive the stimulus and the cerebral cortex did not perceive the stimulus
You're getting confused between sensation and perception. Sensation occurs when sensory receptors detect sensory stimuli. Perception involves the organization, interpretation, and conscious experience of those sensations.
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