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175 REM ****************************
176 REM * MOTION AND THE HUMAN BRAIN
177 REM *
178 REM * COPYRIGHT 1986
179 REM *
180 REM * PHIL SHAPIRO
181 REM *
182 REM ***************************
195 HOME
196 FOR D = 1 TO 1000: NEXT D
197 SPEED= 60: VTAB 6: HTAB 2
198 PRINT "ON MOTION AND THE HUMAN BRAIN"
199 FOR D = 1 TO 1500: NEXT D
200 GOSUB 5000
205 HOME
210 GOSUB 20040: PRINT : PRINT
220 PRINT "ONE OF THE MAIN CRITICISMS LEVELLED AT"
230 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
240 PRINT "TELEVISION IS THAT THE MEDIUM FOSTERS"
250 GOSUB 20040: PRINT
260 PRINT "PASSIVITY. THE VIEWER IS NOT CALLED"
270 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
280 PRINT "UPON TO PARTICIPATE, BUT MERELY TO"
283 GOSUB 20000: PRINT "
285 PRINT "FOLLOW ALONG."
290 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
300 PRINT "TAKEN TO A COMICAL EXTREME, "
310 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
320 PRINT "THE VIEWER TURNS ON THE TELEVISION, "
330 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
340 PRINT "PLUNKS DOWN IN A COMFY CHAIR, "
350 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
360 PRINT "AND JUST ABSORBS WHATEVER LIGHT AND"
363 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
365 PRINT "SOUND IS COMING OUT AT HIM OR HER."
370 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
380 PRINT " READING, ON THE OTHER HAND, "
390 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
400 PRINT "REQUIRES A MUCH HIGHER DEGREE OF IN-"
403 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
405 PRINT "-VOLVEMENT. READING IS GENERALLY"
410 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
420 PRINT "THOUGHT OF AS AN ACTIVE PURSUIT. "
430 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
440 PRINT "AND INDEED IT IS."
450 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
460 PRINT "IT'S AN ACTIVE PURSUIT TO GLEAN INFOR-"
462 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
465 PRINT "-MATION, GLEAN A MESSAGE, GLEAN IDEAS,"
467 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
468 PRINT "GLEAN KNOWLEDGE FROM THE PRINTED WORD."
470 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
480 PRINT "IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO VEGETATE WHILE"
490 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
500 PRINT "READING; EVEN WHILE READING THE MOST"
503 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
505 PRINT "CASUAL GOSSIP IN NEWSPAPERS OR"
507 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
509 PRINT "MAGAZINES."
510 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
525 PRINT " THE READER MUST HAVE THE"
530 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
540 PRINT "CONSCIOUS WILL TO WANT TO READ."
550 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
560 PRINT "THE READER MUST HAVE A CONSCIOUS WILL"
563 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
565 PRINT "TO WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING"
567 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
569 PRINT "SAID. THE READER MUST HAVE A CONSCIOUS"
583 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
585 PRINT "WILL TO WANT TO READ EACH AND EVERY"
590 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
600 PRINT "SENTENCE, EACH AND EVERY PARAGRAPH,"
610 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
620 PRINT "EACH AND EVERY PAGE. "
630 GOSUB 20040: PRINT
640 PRINT "EVERY BREAK IN THE WRITING IS AN INVIT-"
643 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
645 PRINT "-ATION TO THE READER TO STOP READING."
650 GOSUB 20040: PRINT
660 PRINT " READING IS INDEED A CHORE, "
670 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
680 PRINT "BUT A CHORE WITH THE GREATEST OF POS-"
683 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
685 PRINT "SIBLE REWARDS."
690 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
700 PRINT " PHYSICALLY, READING IS MORE ACTIVE"
703 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
705 PRINT "THAN WATCHING TELEVISION BECAUSE THE"
710 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
720 PRINT "MUSCLES OF THE EYE ARE CALLED UPON TO"
723 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
725 PRINT "MOVE ACROSS AND DOWN THE LINES OF A"
727 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
729 PRINT "PAGE. UNLIKE THE FLICKERING IMAGES ON"
730 GOSUB 20040: PRINT
740 PRINT "A TELEVISION SCREEN, THE WORDS ON A PAGE"
750 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
760 PRINT "JUST SIT THERE, WAITING FOR THE ROVING"
763 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
765 PRINT "EYES TO GIVE THEM LIFE."
770 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
780 PRINT " BUT WHAT IF THE WORDS ON A PAGE"
783 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
785 PRINT "DIDN'T JUST SIT THERE ? WHAT IF THE"
790 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
800 PRINT "WORDS ON A PAGE APPEARED AT A CONTROLLED"
803 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
805 PRINT "SPEED ?"
810 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
820 PRINT "THE READER WOULD NO LONGER HAVE TO MAKE"
823 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
825 PRINT "THE CONSCIOUS DECISION TO GO ON TO THE"
827 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
828 PRINT "NEXT SENTENCE, THE NEXT PARAGRAPH, THE"
850 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
860 PRINT "NEXT PAGE."
870 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
880 PRINT " THE READER COULD DECIDE AT THE"
882 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
884 PRINT "OUTSET THE DESIRED RATE OF SPEED AT"
886 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
888 PRINT "WHICH THE TEXT APPEARED ON THE SCREEN."
890 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
900 PRINT "AND THEN THE READER NEED DO NO MORE THAN"
903 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
905 PRINT "FOLLOW ALONG."
910 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
920 PRINT "THE WILL TO READ WOULD THEN BE SUBSTI-"
922 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
924 PRINT "-TUTED BY A LESSER WILL, THE WILL TO"
926 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
928 PRINT "FOLLOW."
950 GOSUB 20040: GOSUB 20000: PRINT
960 PRINT " UNLIKE THE PRINTED WORDS ON A PAGE"
970 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
980 PRINT "THAT EXIST BEFORE THEY ARE READ,"
990 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1000 PRINT "THE WORDS FLYING ACROSS THE SCREEN OF A"
1003 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1005 PRINT "MONITOR COME INTO BEING BEFORE ONE'S"
1007 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1010 PRINT "VERY EYES."
1020 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
1030 PRINT " IT'S AS IF SOMEONE WERE SITTING IN"
1032 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1034 PRINT "A NEARBY ROOM, TYPING THE TEXT AND"
1040 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1050 PRINT "SENDING IT ONTO THE SCREEN OF YOUR"
1053 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1055 PRINT "MONITOR."
1060 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
1070 PRINT " BUT WHY DO WORDS APPEARING ON A"
1072 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1074 PRINT "MONITOR HOLD A READER'S INTEREST SO MUCH"
1080 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1090 PRINT "MORE THAN THE LIFELESS WORDS ON A"
1092 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1095 PRINT "PRINTED PAGE ?"
1100 GOSUB 20040: PRINT
1110 PRINT "THE ANSWER IS QUITE SIMPLE : "
1120 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
1130 PRINT "THE HUMAN BRAIN IS ATTRACTED TO MOTION. "
1140 GOSUB 20040: GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1150 PRINT " LOOK AT ANY CAR OF RIDERS ON A TRAIN."
1160 GOSUB 20040: PRINT
1170 PRINT "HOW MANY ARE STARING AT THE SEAT IN"
1173 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1175 PRINT "FRONT OF THEM ? AND HOW MANY ARE LOOK-"
1180 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1190 PRINT "-ING OUT THE WINDOW, OBSERVING THE"
1193 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1195 PRINT "COUNTRYSIDE FLYING BY ?"
1200 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
1210 PRINT " LOOK AT THE REFLEXES OF A BABY'S HEAD "
1220 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1230 PRINT "UPON HEARING A SOUND IN THE ROOM : "
1240 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1260 PRINT "TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF WHERE IT IS"
1263 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1265 PRINT "COMING FROM, AND THE REASON FOR ITS"
1270 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1280 PRINT "EXISTENCE."
1290 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
1300 PRINT " THE HUMAN BRAIN HUNGERS FOR STIMULUS,"
1310 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
1320 PRINT "AND IS ATTRACTED TO STIMULATION,"
1330 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
1340 PRINT "AS A BEE IS ATTRACTED TO HONEY. "
1350 GOSUB 20040: PRINT
1360 PRINT " BUT WORDS BEING WRITTEN ACROSS A"
1363 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1365 PRINT "COMPUTER MONITOR HAVE AN ADDED ATTRACT-"
1370 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1380 : PRINT "-TION. WORDS APPEARING ON A COMPUTER"
1390 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1400 PRINT "MONITOR AT A CONTROLLED RATE OF SPEED,"
1410 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
1420 PRINT "WITH PLANNED DELAYS IN BETWEEN PHRASES"
1423 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1425 PRINT "AND SENTENCES, HAVE THE UNIQUE ABILITY"
1450 GOSUB 20060: GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1460 PRINT "TO BUILD UP SUSPENSE IN"
1470 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
1480 PRINT "THE READER'S MIND. "
1490 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
1500 PRINT " THE WRITER OF THE TEXT-DISPLAY"
1502 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1504 PRINT "PROGRAM HAS THE POWER TO CONTROL THE"
1505 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1506 PRINT "RATE OF SPEED AT WHICH THE WORDS APPEAR"
1510 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
1520 PRINT "ACROSS THE SCREEN."
1525 GOSUB 20040: PRINT
1530 PRINT "AND THE WRITER ALSO HAS THE POWER TO"
1533 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1535 PRINT "CHOOSE THE LOCATION AND"
1540 GOSUB 20040: PRINT
1550 PRINT "DURATION OF THE PAUSES IN THE PRESEN-"
1560 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1570 PRINT "-TATION OF THE TEXT ON THE SCREEN."
1580 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
1590 PRINT " FOR INSTANCE, IT'S QUITE SIMPLE TO"
1593 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1595 PRINT "BUILD INTO THE PRESENTATION A"
1600 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1610 PRINT "LENGTHY PAUSE FOR "
1620 GOSUB 20020: GOSUB 20020: PRINT
1630 PRINT "DRAMATIC EFFECT. "
1640 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1650 PRINT " THE WRITER CAN LIKEWISE INCLUDE A"
1653 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1655 PRINT "LENGTHY DELAY AFTER SENTENCES THAT CALL"
1657 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1658 PRINT "FOR THOUGHT AND DIGESTION BY THE READER."
1680 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1690 PRINT "AND INCLUDE SHORT DELAYS FOR "
1700 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1710 PRINT "SENTENCES THAT REQUIRE HARDLY "
1720 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1730 PRINT "ANY DIGESTION AT ALL. "
1740 GOSUB 20040: PRINT
1750 PRINT " INDEED, THE EFECT OF HAVING WORDS"
1753 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1755 PRINT "APPEAR ACROSS A SCREEN CAN RESULT IN A"
1760 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
1770 PRINT "PRESENTATION OF IDEAS NOT UNLIKE"
1780 GOSUB 20040: PRINT
1790 PRINT "NATURAL SPEECH. "
1800 GOSUB 20040: PRINT
1810 PRINT " AND JUST LIKE WITH NATURAL SPEECH "
1820 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1830 PRINT "THERE IS A CERTAIN SUSPENSE "
1840 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1850 PRINT "CREATED DURING THE PAUSES IN SPEECH. "
1860 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
1870 PRINT "THESE PAUSES AMOUNT TO AN"
1880 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
1890 PRINT "INVITATION TO THE LISTENER,"
1900 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1910 PRINT "OR READER, TO ATTEMPT TO COMPLETE THE"
1940 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1950 PRINT "SENTENCE IN HIS OR HER OWN WORDS. "
1960 GOSUB 20040: PRINT
1970 PRINT "THE GAME IS MADE ALL THE MORE FUN"
1980 GOSUB 20000: PRINT
1990 PRINT "BECAUSE THE LATTER PART OF A SENTENCE IS"
2000 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
2010 PRINT "OFTEN SUGGESTED BY THE FORMER PART."
2040 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
2050 PRINT " THEREFORE, EVEN THE MOST PHLEGMATIC"
2060 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
2070 PRINT "OF READERS IS BOUND TO HAVE HIS OR HER"
2080 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
2090 PRINT "CURIOUSITY PIQUED BY THE INHERENT"
2100 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
2110 PRINT "SUSPENSE OF READING WORDS AS THEY"
2120 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
2130 PRINT "APPEAR ACROSS THE SCREEN OF A"
2140 GOSUB 20020: PRINT
2145 PRINT
2150 PRINT "COMPUTER MONITOR. "
2160 GOSUB 20060: GOSUB 20060: PRINT : PRINT
2170 PRINT "COPYRIGHT 1986 PHIL SHAPIRO "
2180 END
5000 VTAB 12: PRINT "PLEASE CHOOSE A SPEED OF DISPLAY:"
5010 VTAB 14: PRINT "(TYPE IN ONE OF THE NUMBERS.)
5020 VTAB 16: HTAB 20: PRINT "1. SLOW"
5030 VTAB 18: HTAB 20: PRINT "2. MEDIUM"
5050 VTAB 20: HTAB 20: PRINT "3. FAST"
5060 VTAB 22: GET CH
5070 IF CH = 1 THEN SPEED= 10: HOME : FOR D = 1 TO 1200: NEXT D: RETURN
5080 IF CH = 2 THEN SPEED= 60: HOME : FOR D = 1 TO 1200: NEXT D: RETURN
5090 IF CH = 3 THEN SPEED= 120: HOME : FOR D = 1 TO 1200: NEXT D: RETURN
5100 GOTO 5060
20000 FOR D = 1 TO 80: NEXT D
20010 RETURN
20020 FOR D = 1 TO 300: NEXT D
20030 RETURN
20040 FOR D = 1 TO 600: NEXT D
20050 RETURN
20060 FOR D = 1 TO 1000: NEXT D
20070 RETURN