Pushing the Limits: Sight

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1. How many colors can the human eye distinguish? _________________________________

2. How large is our field of vision? __________degrees

3. What acts as shock absorbers for the eyes? ____________________________

4. How fast can your eyes dilate? __________________________________

5. How big is the image projected at the back of the eye?

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6. What type of cells pick up information about movement? (choose one) Rods

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7. What type of cells pick up information about color? (choose one) Rods Cones

8. How far away can you see a single candle light in total darkness?

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9. What cells to you rely on in darkness? _______________________________

10. What three colors do the cone cells see? ________________________________

11. What did the doctors put into Cheris brain to help her see?

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12. What does Cheri see when the electrodes are activated?

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13. When do rod cells shut off? _____________________________________

14. Human sight only has ______________ degrees of detail vision at the center.

15. What is it called when your vision jumps from object to object? ___________________

16. How fast can you rotate your eyes from side to side? _____________________________

17. Illusions work by confusing what the eyes see with what the ______________ sees
18. How did the magician accomplish the white box trick?

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19. How does the room illusion work?

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20. Did you get fooled by the color changing card trick?

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21. How did it work?

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22. What percent of visual information does our brain ignore? ________________________

23. When did Michael go blind? ___________________ How?

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24. What structure did the doctors replace on Michael? __________________________

25. How many years does it take to make your visual memory? ___________________