Guest Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 Gomez recruited 11 Pokémon experts for his experiment (mean age 29.5 years), along with 11 Pokémon novices who had never played the game, for comparison. While undergoing fMRI, the subjects were shown images of faces, animals, cartoons, bodies, words, cars, corridors, and Pokémon. The Pokémon experts responded more strongly to images of the Pokémon characters than the control group. When they analyzed the data, Gomez et al. found that, as hypothesized, there was a new region of the brain that formed in the subjects, dedicated to recognizing Pokémon characters, in the same location across the Pokémon-playing subjects. According to Gomez, this supports a theory called "eccentricity bias." It holds that it's the way we look at visual stimuli—specifically, whether we use central or peripheral vision—and how much of our visual field a given object takes up, that determines the location for a dedicated brain region for that stimulus. Article: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/theres-a-brain-region-for-pokemon-characters-if-you-played-a-lot-as-a-kid/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimisaMonster 31,073 Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 Literally made the term "lives rent free in my mind" Stream my new single, 💜"Heartbeat"💜, on Spotify! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awakened M 3,239 Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 When I read 'Pokémon' and 'region': "A new region? What?!" I'm not getting any sleep tonight because I woke up to a beautiful life. I'm awake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, TimisaMonster said: Literally made the term "lives rent free in my mind" Mind control is imminent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 127,473 Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 After 25 years of catching the same pokemon, no wonder lol but let’s be honest we don’t really know well the pokemon from XY until Sw/Sh they are too new So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 1 minute ago, River said: but let’s be honest we don’t really know well the pokemon from XY until Sw/Sh they are too new Speak for yourself, Mrs. River. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatography 10,186 Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 9 minutes ago, Awakened M said: When I read 'Pokémon' and 'region': "A new region? What?!" STOP i did the same lmao Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunaUniverse 4,570 Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 Pokémon in itself could be it’s own school subject tbh, less chance of failing a curriculum 1# Samoyed Stan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
COOOK 76,406 Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 Makes sense, this gif lives rent-free in my head. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 127,473 Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 11 minutes ago, Munchlax said: Speak for yourself, Mrs. River. So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafael Dias 60 Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 What about Digimon? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWayne92 2,359 Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 3 minutes ago, Rafael Dias said: What about Digimon? They tried Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALGAYDO 35,125 Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 I swear to Arceus that I read the thread title as “Pokémon has their own religion” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Awakened M said: When I read 'Pokémon' and 'region': "A new region? What?!" 1 hour ago, Chromatography said: STOP i did the same lmao 3 minutes ago, ALGAYDO said: I swear to Arceus that I read the thread title as “Pokémon has their own religion” The click bait title works. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NichuuB 43,788 Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 3 minutes ago, ALGAYDO said: I swear to Arceus that I read the thread title as “Pokémon has their own religion” But they do, and @TheOriginalOne is their master Property of @Whale Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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