[Xmca-l] imagination and controlling the perception of visual illusions.

[Huw Lloyd]

I came across this meme/advert on linkedin, which is an animation of a tube
train:

https://buffer-pictures.s3.amazonaws.com/c2f41e8d32861d26bdecfc62f0d979e3.f009ceaeaf27dba4eb65f2ca247e9513.php

Ignoring the glib annotation, it did seem to be a little interesting to
discover if there was a reliable way to manipulate the perception of the
direction of the train.

Interestingly, this is something that I find I can do by imagining that I
can see an object within the train moving in the direction I wish, so that
perceived direction can be switched at will -- i.e. the perception of the
train can be shuttled back and forth.

I'm not sure whether conditioning of memories of living in London would
influence this (it is a London tube train).  Also, the speed at which the
train is going suggests its going away, because a train coming into a
platform would usually, I think, be going slower.

Best,
Huw