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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