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Wednesday, September 8, 2021
The Brain of a Hockey Fan
People who watch hockey use context to follow the small, fast-moving puck.
People who watch hockey use context to follow the small, fast-moving puck.
Joshua Learn, Contributor
September 8, 2021
(Inside Science) -- Predictive eye movement research shows that the brains of hockey fans may share a similarity with retired star Wayne Gretzky's. Just as the Great One didn't skate to the hockey puck, but to where it was going, fans' brains have learned to follow the action on ice without even seeing the puck.
"That's a really great observation because it's all about prediction," said James Elder, a human and computer vision researcher at York University in Toronto.
Researchers have long noted lag time between when our eyes track activity of small, fast-moving objects since it takes processing time for our brains. "We have a very wide field of view, which is important for a lot of reasons. If you step off the curb, you want to know if a car is barreling towards you," said Elder. But...
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