Saccades
2007-01-23 02:00:41 -0500
Human eyes are in constant micro-oscillation, flicking back and forth from 20 to 150 times per second, in order to scan or ‘map’ the entire visual scene from various lines of sight. These saccades
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“The word, delicatessen”, he begins with obvious excitement, “is a combination of two German words stuck together. “Delikat,” meaning fine or delicate and “essen,” meaning foods.”
A little silence
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