Which of these explains many optical illusions?
a. People find it easier to move their eyes vertically than horizontally
b. People misjudge distances and therefore misjudge sizes.
c. The cornea and lens distort the shape of certain images.
d. The brain has more vertical feature detectors than horizontal feature detectors.
b
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A. continuous back and forth movement of the eyes B. association areas in the brain that give meaning to sensations C. optic nerve D. optic chiasm
Conductive deafness is primarily a problem with the auditory nerve
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
How are positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies similar?
A. Both can be used to study the precise timing of mental events. B. Both can be used to study the activity of individual neurons. C. Both are used to study animal, but hot human, behavior. D. Both can be used to study what parts of the brain are used to perform certain tasks.
The notion that sufferers of somatic symptom disorders may experience bodily sensations as intense, noxious, and disturbing is known as
A) somatic over-sensitivity. B) somatic amplification. C) somatic desensitization. D) somatic delusions.