Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

David Eagleman
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Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

David Eagleman
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 The Testimony of the Senses: What Is Experience Really Like?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many connections does a typical neuron make to neighboring neurons?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 100.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 10.

2. By what are thoughts underpinned?
(a) Fluids.
(b) Electrical waves.
(c) Physical stuff.
(d) Sound.

3. What does the device that takes visual input through a camera and translate it into impulses do?
(a) It is a means of giving a computer "sight."
(b) It enables the brain to see without eyes.
(c) There is no such machine.
(d) It demonstrates the mechanics of sight.

4. How does the author refer to the brain?
(a) As the mission control center.
(b) As the organ that works in tandem with the heart.
(c) As the guts of the individual life.
(d) As five pounds of power.

5. How does one blind rock climber use a mechanical device to help climb?
(a) The device beeps in code to say where a usable crack is locate.
(b) The device transmits impulses through the climber's tongue.
(c) The device latches onto cracks and crevices and the climber follows the rope.
(d) There is no such device developed yet; it is in prototype stage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is something the brain has to learn?

2. How much of the activity of our brain does the conscious mind represent?

3. How far in the past do we actually "live"?

4. How much of our brain is devoted to sight?

5. What does each brain cell send to other cells?

(see the answer key)

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