Normally, when we look at things nearby, our eyes converge.
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New research published in the Journal of Neuroscience shows that whenoureyes perceive visual stimuli, it gets encoded in our brains in ways that change our emotional reactions.
Yes, it's a free country, and Clifford Odets had a perfect right to sell himself to the highest bidder, just as we in turn have a right to roll oureyeswhen Charlie throws himself a pity party onstage.
We can now fast-forward through commercials, black out banner ads and I suppose close oureyeswhen we drive past billboards (not recommended), and as such, companies are desperately trying to think of new ways to force feed us advertisements.