How mistakes help us recognize things

(Goethe University Frankfurt) When we look at the same object in quick succession, our second glance always reflects a slightly falsified image of the object. Guided by various object characteristics such as motion direction, colour and spatial position, our short-term memory makes systematic mistakes. Apparently, these mistakes help us to stabilise the continually changing impressions of our environment. This has been discovered by scientists at the Institute of Medical Psychology at Goethe University.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news