Blink #2

1. Three Fatal Mistakes

Three Fatal Mistakes is related to our study of Perception, in that it showed the three ways that the four police officers' brains had "misses," which happened to be fatal in Diallo's case. Their brains received signal's telling them that Diallo "looked suspicious," "was brazen," and "was dangerous." However, the signals were incorrect. Diallo was "getting a breathe of fresh air, "was curious," and later, "was terrified." 

2. The Theory of Mind Reading

In this section, we learn about how two scientists manage to "read people's minds" by anaylzing their facial expressions. This relates to our study of Perception because it shows us that through learning about how the brain works, here specifically how our facial expressions relate to what we are feeling, we are able to understand the information we receive, and analyze it better.

3. The Naked Face

In this section, Gladwell goes on to show how Ekman uses FACS, to decipher facial expressions. Using his intensive knowledge of FACS, he uses his Perception of facial expressions to "mind read." This is related to our study, showing us how we know what we know, through our Perception, here: in facial expressions.

4. A Man,  A Woman, and A Lightswitch

In this section, Gladwell explores how, through autism, literal "mind-blindness" or lack of "mind-reading" ability. This shows how an autisitc person's perception is different, so they pull a different meaning out of something that an non-autistic person would. It relates to our study because we see how each person's perception is different, but also we see how each person receives that information to come to that perception.

5. Arguing With a Dog

This section is very much related to our study of Perception. Using information from the past couple of sections, Gladwell shows his readers how our perception changes with our mood, particularly with an adreneline rush. Our Perception changes and we are unable to "mid-read" because our "vision and thinking narrowed."

6. Running Out of White Space

In this section, Gladwell discusses how are you perceptions and how we act on them depend on the time we have to react to our perceptions. The more time we have, the more qualified we are to make a decision, based on our perceptions. We're not stressed for time, for a decision.

7. Something in my mind...

This section was extremely relevant to our study of Perception. Gladwell talked about really using your perception, but also thinking clearly on your perceptions, so that you fully understand your percetions and what they mean.

8. Tragedy on Wheeler Ave.

In this last section, Gladwell combines everything he has mentioned abut perception in the last seven sections. He puts its all together, effectively showing his readers how one  acts on their perception, and how one comes to that perception, particularly in moments of brief time, and stress, where one can become  effectively "mind-blind" and not read signs that show something different from what the instant perception says.