You Are Standing on a Sidewalk and a Bus Drives

question 447

Multiple Choice

You are standing on a sidewalk and a bus drives past you with a billboard on the side. With seemingly no effort, your visual system is able to simultaneously process information about the words on the billboard, the colour and speed of the bus, and how far away from you the bus is. This simultaneous analyzing of information related to different visual characteristics is called

• A)parallel processing
• B)hierarchical processing
• C)transduction
• D)habituation

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Definitions:

Nutritional Benefits

The positive health effects gained from consuming certain foods that are rich in vitamins, minerals, and other essential nutrients.

Nervous System

The complex network of nerves and cells that transmit signals between different parts of the body.

Axon

A long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, that typically conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body.

Neurons

Neurons are the basic working units of the brain, specialized cells responsible for receiving, processing, and transmitting information through electrical and chemical signals.