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Movie "Cognition"
CogPsych Exam 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Billions of neurons in our brain function when? | Every second of our lives |
| Our "lifeline" | Vision capabilities |
| What happens when someone is blind? | The regions of the brain for recognizing emotion, color, facial recognition, and depth perception are redistributed to improve function of other senses |
| Processing speed for streams of data | Different speeds that are synchronized for us to understand them |
| Gun going off and runners taking off | There's a gap between the gun going off and the runners exiting their posts; sensory gap between experience and reaction |
| Our reality vs. the actual event | Our reality is slightly delayed |
| How long is our reality slightly delayed? | About half a second, we are physically incapable of bridging this gap |
| The mind as a city | It's not one single occurrence but all of the different elements that make up the mind; the economy, infrastructure, etc.. |
| Reality | The brains' ultimate construction |
| Thalamus | Region of the brain that travels to the visual cortex |
| Internal Model | Our brains rendered simulation |
| Wavelengths we can see: | Only the visible light spectrum; red to violet. Our reality is limited by our biology |
| We perceive... | ...what we've evolved to perceive |
| Synesthesia | A condition in which the brain associates arbitrary things such as words with sensations such as color perception, smells, tastes, etc.. |
| What causes psychotic symptoms? | Chemical imbalances, brain damage |
| Is time always perceived the same? | NO! We "slow down" perception of things when there's a high amount of adrenaline, or when our lives are at stke |
| Is there a time when perception is enhanced? | Moments of terror are absorbed differently |
| Amygdala: | Commandeers resources of the rest of the brain to create far more detail than in normal circumstances to ensure survival |
| Man given sight: | Couldn't "see" correctly. Lacked facial recognition and depth perception |
| Man who hit granite going 120 MPH: | Time slowed down and his experience felt a lot longer than mere seconds |
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