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When I have been programming for many hours, up to 14 or so and then I close my eyes I can see code scrolling up. If I look closely at the lines scrolling I ca
by mchahn 10y ago
When I have been programming for many hours, up to 14 or so and then I close my eyes I can see code scrolling up. If I look closely at the lines scrolling I can't see the actual text, but I can clearly see "text" scrolling.
I mentioned this to a doctor and he said this was just an after-image. But I don't see how an after-image could clearly show moving text. Wouldn't an after-image be static?
- pYQAJ6Zm 10y agoI have also experienced this, and I’m pretty sure it’s not an after-image. It’s not “visual”, but “mental”, so to say. It happens to me not only with code, but also some games; for example after a lot of time playing Tetris, I’ll sort of imagine blocks whenever I’m not more focused on something else. I suppose it has to do with repetitive patterns. Perhaps some sort of loop takes root in the brain and these patterns are re-experienced in the way you mention; or maybe the brain was so absorbed with the task that it keeps working on it at a subconscious level, with occasional incursions into conscious experience. I’m wildly speculating, though. It would be great to know of a scientific explanation for this.