Matt Has Been Studying for Several Hours and Begins to Rub

question 68

Multiple Choice

Matt has been studying for several hours and begins to rub his eyes.He immediately "sees" stars, checkerboards, and flashes of color.These visual sensations caused by Matt rubbing his eyes are called

• A) visual pop-outs.
• B) phosphenes.
• C) visual spectrals.
• D) artificial vision.

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