As I said already in this thread, Nascar fans are likely having a truly superhuman perception abilities. This thread made me realize that I should really appreciate guys like this:xpensive wrote:How do one appreciate a Nascar race then, beholding a dozen cars behind the pace-car on the penultimate lap?
The 6-7 number is a limit of objects a brain can process simultaneously. So 52 cards is entirely possible, if they are not shown at once. And even then there are tricks which aid fast memorizing -- like grouping objects so the group is percieved as one.xpensive wrote:But seriously, the legend of counting a deck of 52 cards, nothing to do with perception?
