Understanding Oliver Sacks and the Human Mind

What condition does Oliver Sacks suffer from?

• Dyslexia

• Hyperthymesia

• Aphasia

• Prosopagnosia

What is prosopagnosia also known as?

• Memory loss

• Sound blindness

• Face blindness

• Color blindness

What aspect of brain function does Oliver Sacks' condition illustrate?

• Neurogenesis

• Brain plasticity

• Localized brain function

• Synaptic pruning

What is the difference between sensation and perception?

• Sensation is interpreting stimuli, perception is receiving stimuli.

• Sensation is a conscious process, perception is unconscious.

• Sensation is receiving stimuli, perception is interpreting stimuli.

• There is no difference; they are the same.

What is the Absolute Threshold of Sensation?

• The maximum stimulation needed to register a stimulus.

• The average stimulation needed to feel a stimulus.

• The constant stimulation needed to recognize a stimulus.

• The minimum stimulation needed to register a stimulus 50% of the time.

What does Signal Detection Theory predict?

• The speed of neural responses.

• The ability to recognize faces.

• How and when a person will detect a weak stimulus.

• The strength of a stimulus.

What is sensory adaptation?

• The ability to see in the dark.

• Adjusting to the strength of a stimulus over time.

• Ignoring constant stimuli.

• Detecting changes in stimulus intensity.

According to Weber's Law, how do we perceive differences?

• On a linear scale.

• On a logarithmic scale.

• Based on past experiences.

• Randomly.

What does the retina contain?

• Optic nerves

• Bipolar and ganglion cells

• All of the above

• Rods and cones

What are cones responsible for?

• Peripheral vision.

• Night vision.

• Detecting fine detail and color.

• Detecting motion.