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

2. What is one of the types of cells in the brain?
(a) Erythrocytes.
(b) Neurons.
(c) Nephrons.
(d) Hepatic.

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

4. What does Eagleman say can get in the way of our efficiency?
(a) Being conscious of our actions.
(b) Our own tunnel vision.
(c) Other people's ideas of how something should be done.
(d) Other people's opinions.

5. What does Eagleman say can happen even after we learn to see?
(a) Our sight can be inaccurate.
(b) Our sight can be erratic.
(c) Our vision can be fooled.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does May first react to his new sight?

2. What are our brains wired to do as far as complicated tasks are concerned?

3. What have we humans thrown ourselves into deciphering?

4. What is something the brain has to learn?

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

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