NeuroQuest: The Law of Contrast

These law of contrast experiments reveal why your brain routinely breaks its own rules.

By Eric Haseltine
Aug 1, 2003 5:00 AMApr 26, 2023 3:36 PM

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Ask a lawyer for advice on any problem and you'll usually get an equivocating answer like, "It depends." I used to think such vacillation must be taught in law school, but recently I've come to the conclusion that lawyers' brains are like everyone else's—they can't help being ambiguous because that's what each of us is wired to be.

Law of Contrast Experiment 1

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