EYE MYTH HAS LEGS.About one of three college students, and most young children, believe that when people view an object, something leaves their eyes. This belief in so-called ``extramission'' has no basis in fact. ``Frankly, we were shocked by the results,'' said Gerald Winer, an Ohio State University Ohio State University, main campus at Columbus; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1873 as Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1878. There are also campuses at Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark. psychologist psy·chol·o·gist n. A person trained and educated to perform psychological research, testing, and therapy. psychologist and co-author co·au·thor or co-au·thor n. A collaborating or joint author. tr.v. co·au·thored, co·au·thor·ing, co·au·thors To be a collaborating or joint author of: "He and a colleague . . . of several studies confirming the results. ``We have conducted more than 20 studies, using a variety of techniques, because we thought our results had to be wrong. But we continue to find a strong belief in extramission among children and adults.'' No one teaches such a thing, Winer said. ``We are trying to figure out where they got the idea that something comes out of their eyes during vision,'' said Jane Cottrell, a co-author. The researchers speculate the notion could come from cartoons Many of the cartoons used in this database were obtained from The Cartoon Bank, Dobbs Ferry, NY, which has a huge selection of cartoons on every subject (visit www.cartoonbank.com). that show broken lines coming from the eyes of a character looking at something. |
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