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progresscheck.

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Other Courses: [PSYC180][PSYC364][PSYC465]

objectives

Reading: SEP 08 2010
Course: PSYC180

Read Chapter 5, Phantoms in the Brain

* describe why a blind spot occurs in human vision
* explain how (what complexity of rules are used) the brain fills in the blind spot
* understand the relationship between visual imagination (imagery), scotomas, the blind spot, and Charles Bonnet syndrome

preparation

1

How much of the reading for the upcoming class have you completed?

All reading completed.
Some reading completed.
No reading completed.

2

How prepared for the class do you think you are? (Being prepared means that you understand what you have read, and feel ready to ask questions and participate in class discussion.

Completely prepared.
Mostly prepared.
About halfway prepared.
A little bit prepared.
Not at all prepared.

3

What question would you like to ask about the material you read? (I might not be able to answer each of these specifically, but I'll try to address some of these in class.)


Q1

A

Why does a blind spot occur in human vision?



B

Why don't you notice your blind spots?



Q2

A

How are the filing in of the blind spot and Charles Bonnet syndrome related? What are the limits on the similarity between the two?



B

(from Friday's class): If information is separated by our senses, and then separated into different streams within senses, what has to happen before we consciously experience the world? (see pg. 74 for a diagram that shows different pathways for different types of visual information.)



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