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Erotic and Violent Images Cloud Vision, Study Finds

When people see violent or erotic images, they fail to process whatever they see next, according to new research.

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“Dr. Leopold Stotch” was the pseudonym of political science professor then at a major research university inside the beltway. He has a PhD in International Relations. He contributed 165 pieces to OTB between November 2004 and February 2006.

Comments

  1. “…they fail to process whatever they see next…”

    For about a good 5-6 days from what I’ve experienced.

  2. McGehee says:

    It’s all that blood rushing … away from the visual cortex.

    Yeah, that’s the ticket.

  3. Dave Schuler says:

    Well, that explains why the continuity in motion pictures is so lousy these days: the viewers don’t process it anyway, so why bother?