You Are Having Dinner When You Notice Something Flying Around

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Essay

You are having dinner when you notice something flying around the table. You realize it is a fly, but you keep on eating. Finally, it lands. You track its movement for a few seconds, then reach out and swat it flat. Describe the primary functional modules and visual pathways that are involved at each point in this chain of events.

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Definitions:

Roommate

A person with whom one shares a living facility such as a room or apartment but is not related or romantically involved with.

Content Validity

The extent to which a test measures all aspects of the concept or construct it intends to assess.

Construct Validity

The extent to which an assessment accurately measures what it is supposed to measure.

Criterion Validity

The extent to which a measure is related to an outcome. It assesses whether a test reflects a certain set of abilities by correlating test results with a criterion measure.