It’s pretty simple, actually. They eyes dart before the brain has time to think. Cleavage, for example. When the eye sees it in the visual periphery, it becomes an automatic priority. It relates to Freud, the id, the ego, and the superego. The id, being the simplest and most basic function of the brain, reacts first, and the eyes dart toward the cleavage. The ego and superego take longer to react, and are farther removed from the brain stem itself. By the time the new signal reaches the eye, the damage has already been done.
I’ll try running that one by Mrs. JohnnyP next time.
Please explain this term.
To "cleave" has two opposite meanings. It means to stick together; it also means to split apart.
Are the eyes looking at how two things stick together, or how they are split apart?