How is it registered by the brain as seeing when it is so different than actual seeing with your eyes?
In: Biology
Your brain uses your eyes to see the world around you. Your eyes send a stream of visual data to your brain. That’s the point when you’re actually ‘seeing’ live. Then, your brain decides what visual stuff to keep and creates snapshots, which get stored for later.
When you picture something in your mind’s eye, you’re brain retrieves any/all stored snapshots of whatever you’re attempting to picture. The same part of your brain that makes allows you to see in real time must be involved. Explains why we often close our eyes to picture stuff in our head.
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