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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. What does the author call self-healing material?
(a) The skin.
(b) Internal organs.
(c) Bones.
(d) The brain.

2. Why did the subjects say about why they chose the pictures of the women that they did?
(a) Only two mentioned that they thought women's eyes were sexier dilated.
(b) All the men mentioned the dilated eyes.
(c) They had various reasons but none mentioned dilated eyes.
(d) The men were not asked why they chose the pictures.

3. What tells us that we experience the world as it actually exists?
(a) Our previous experiences.
(b) Our senses.
(c) Our knowledge.
(d) Our intuition.

4. About how many pounds does a brain weigh?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

5. When does Arthur Alberts travel from New York to Africa?
(a) 1949.
(b) 2004.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1997.

Short Answer Questions

1. How complex is the human brain?

2. What does Eagleman say has happened to complicated processes in his analogy of consciousness?

3. What does the amount of brain effort that vision uses indicate about vision?

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

5. What do our conscious minds remain unaware of in the analogy Eagleman offers?

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