Re: Subconscious 3d acts, 1-i-3-d, and the 4rth dimension

[P3D Jim Crowell <crowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 13:55 9/23/96, P3D Larry Berlin wrote:
>>Gabriel Jacob asks:
>> My curiousity is, can we
>>see 3d stereo with no eyes, as in dreaming.
>
>I commented in a post a few days ago that I've had such dreams. I believe it
>is possible because the dreaming mind is part of the same mind that
>processes two streams of light into a constant sense of stereo space during
>our waking hours. Working with and spending time exploring 3D images
>stimulates a heightened awareness of the depth perceptive faculties. This
>becomes a familiar emotive experience which easily infuses the dream state.
>

Interesting!  I must hav missed that post first time around.  I know I
dream in 3D, but I don't recall ever noticing whether or not it was stereo
in particular...

If the subjective experience of stereo depth is a consequence of activitiy
in particular neurons in the visual areas of the brain, then it would make
perfect sense for dream-related activity in those neurons to lead stereo
dreams...

-Jim C.

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Jim Crowell
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