Discussion Prompt: If you could enhance one of your special senses (vision, smell, or hearing) far beyond normal human ability, which one would you choose, and why? How might this change how your brain processes information or interacts with the environment?

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Discussion Prompt:

Why does smell seem to trigger stronger emotional memories compared to other senses like vision or hearing?

Can you think of a smell that reminds you of a specific moment in your life?

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Respond in a way that best expresses your thoughts. You can post your response in:

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• If someone used a different format (e.g., an image or video), try to respond in a way that builds on their expression!

Discussion Prompt:

Why do optical illusions work? What does this tell us about how the brain processes visual information?

Have you ever experienced a moment where your vision "tricked" you? (e.g., seeing movement that wasn’t there, mistaking one object for another, etc.)

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This proves that our perception is not perfect reflection of the reality, but a constrictive process. The brain makes constant assumptions based on past experiences to quickly come to conclusion and deduce the information received from the eyes.

One such example that we grew up with is an illusion with a checker-shadow picture by Edward Adelson where one box is black and the other looks white. What is interesting is that both of these boxes are the same shade of gray. It is quite interesting how the visual cues of context and lightening tricks our brain to see different image than the reality.