Editing Techniques and Consciousness
Exploring the Effects of Editing Techniques via Event-related Potential
In this study, I explored how human brain respond to different Holywood editing techniques.
Previous studies have already showed that witnessing a edit, where one shot cuts to another, elicits specific neural activities in brain that is responsible to the interpretation of meaning, semantic errors, and surprises.
The purpose of the edits is to mask transition and maintain coherence, yet these finding suggests that human brain still respond to the change in visual information despite not noticing the edits.
My study expands upon these study and explores how different Holywood editing techniques affect the neural response in brain. In English: Do different techniques elicit different activities?
The answer is yes. Some techniques generated more confusion than others, and the area of of neural activity correspond to spacial changes between shots.
If human sees the changes in their eyes, and their brain generates all kinds of activities in response to the changes, then why aren't we conscious sbout the changes?
If physical stimulus and neural activity is not enough to generate a conscious experience, then how conscious are we?
