“We were asking the question of whether the brain was processing the meaning of the objects that are on the outside of these silhouettes,” Sanguinetti explained in the statement. “The specific question was, ‘Does the brain process those hidden shapes to the level of meaning, even when the subject doesn’t consciously see them?'”
Indeed, researchers found the N400 peak in the participants’ brainwaves even when they didn’t see the white shapes outside of the black silhouette. “But the brain rejects them as interpretations, and if it rejects the shapes from conscious perception, then you won’t have any awareness of them,” Peterson said.
-Yahoo
