GoKawiilUC Berkeley study finds brain alternates conscious perception roughly 15 times per second
A pre-print study from University of California, Berkeley neuroscientists found that human and macaque brains appear to cycle between 'conscious epochs' and 'suppressed micro-epochs' at a rate of about 15 times per second. Using anaglyph glasses to show different faces to each eye while monitoring neural activity, researchers observed subjects' brains actively shift to perceive a newly introduced face rather than struggling with both overlapping images at once.
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The findings suggest the brain may be constantly filtering which stimuli reach conscious awareness, discarding or suppressing the rest without our noticing, which could reshape scientific understanding of how perception and consciousness are constructed. Because the research is still a pre-print, it has not yet undergone peer review, so its conclusions should be treated as preliminary rather than settled science.
- UC Berkeley researchers report brains may switch between conscious and suppressed processing about 15 times per second.
- The study used anaglyph glasses to present different images to each eye while tracking neural responses in humans and macaques.
- Findings remain in pre-print form and have not yet been peer-reviewed.
Source: futurism.com — Joe Wilkins, 2026-10-29
Published there as: “Scientists Find Evidence That the Human Brain Is Constantly Snapping Between Different Realities”
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