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What is episode #1 called? - ANSWER-What is Reality?
Some questions addressed at the beginning... - ANSWER-- Is the world you know a reality or is it just a creation/illusion of your brain?
- Does the world really have color, sound, smell, flavors?
-Is it about what info come into our brain o...
David Eagleman #1 Exam Questions &
Answers Rated A+
What is episode #1 called? - ANSWER-What is Reality?
Some questions addressed at the beginning... - ANSWER-- Is the world you know a
reality or is it just a creation/illusion of your brain?
- Does the world really have color, sound, smell, flavors?
-Is it about what info come into our brain or just our brain's interpretation of that
information?
Our perception of reality has less to do with what is happening in the ______ and more
to do with what is happening in our human _______ - ANSWER-World;Brain
T/F The brain is a sealed chamber, yet it perceives the world around us via portals to
the outside world: eyes, ears, nose, et.; signals converted into currency of the brain,
electrochemical signals - ANSWER-T
_______ billion neurons in human brain - ANSWER-100
T/F The brain perceives patterns from the non-stop stream of data coming into the brain
and assemblies that into a reality - ANSWER-T
Patient example: Stem cell treatment for cornea transplant - ANSWER-- Functional
sight versus visual reality
- Multiple regions of the brain are used for vision perception and there is a tremendous
amount communication between these regions; regions specialize in differing aspects of
vision like motion, edges, color, face recognition and all these areas are these areas are
collectively used to form images
, - Loss of sight resulted in these regions being reassigned for other percepts like hearing
and touch.
Disruptions to the brain help us understand brain function - ANSWER-Example: flip the
visual world shows us how the brain can decode information and adjust behavior to
adapt to a new reality
T/F Normally or visual perceptions happen intuitively has the brain learns to decode the
streams of information's coming into it - ANSWER-T
The brain does a tremendous amount of work to construct our world and this work of the
brain we are ________ of - ANSWER-unaware
Vision is .... - ANSWER-A learned process that only works if it can be cross-referenced
with something that already exists; without feedback you wouldn't be able to see.
What we ______ influences how we _____. - ANSWER-Touch; see
Taste is affect by our sense of ____ - ANSWER-smell
What we smell affects what we _____ - ANSWER-taste
Our sight inform how we are _____ - ANSWER-here
Our ______ depend on each other and our reality is built by comparing these streams of
data - ANSWER-senses
Data streams are processed at different speeds
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