Thread: How does the brain create the unfamiliar?

Originally Posted by Silentium

Thanks guys, very interesting!
Maybe we could even experiment with it a bit.
Could we take an object that we have never seen before or even heard of? For example, a famous cookie where I come from: the 'stroopwafel.' (it is also popular in France under a different name). Assuming you've never heard of this cookie before, here's a picture:
Gaufre_biscuit.jpg
We would study this picture for about a minute and then, when we have our next LD, we could try to 'summon' it, and study the 'dream-stroopwafel' After the dream ends, compare the picture with the cookie you saw in your dream..

Maybe someone who has a lot of LD's wouldn't mind wasting a bit of time studying a cookie

*Edit*

Hmm.. If you are right about this, which you probably are since I imagined a dinosaur, I could have 'ruined' the experiment when I told you the cookie was called a stroopwafel Very interesting though!

I'll take you up on your offer, lol. I'm only a beginner but ever since I started LD they've become frequent so next time I do I'll imagine a plate of delicious stroopwafels for breakfast and eat them

I was thinking about the same exact thing (your thread topic, that is) when I woke up from an LD last night, I found myself in space just floating around, chilling and whatnot ha ha. But how would I know how it felt in space, what to expect to see from the perspective of being up there myself? I'll post my results soon, hopefully.