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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 Mind: The Gap.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what are innumerable facets of ourselves linked?
(a) The heart and brain.
(b) The limbic system.
(c) The nervous system.
(d) The circulatory system.

2. When do major league baseball players begin their swing while batting?
(a) The instant they hear the ball leave the pitcher's hand.
(b) As soon as the brain processes the sound of the ball's approach.
(c) Before the brain has time to visually process the ball.
(d) As soon as the brain has time to visually process the ball.

3. How far in the past do we actually "live"?
(a) A few milliseconds.
(b) Sometimes up to a minute.
(c) We actually live slightly into the future.
(d) A second or two.

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

5. Why does Alberts take along a tape recorder on his journey?
(a) To tape his last moments if he is dying.
(b) To tape his observations.
(c) Because of his love of music.
(d) Because of his love of gadgetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eagleman say is the correct way to do this motion?

2. What does Eagleman say about implicit egotism?

3. If someone moves slightly towards the word dislike before choosing the word like, what does that indicate?

4. When an action becomes automatic, what part of the brain is controlling it?

5. What are those people called who sort out baby chickens by their gender?

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