One Thing That Seems Clear Is That Vision Is Made

question 145

Multiple Choice

One thing that seems clear is that vision is made possible by an intricate network of subsystems, each specialized for a particular kind of visual task and each working together. But with all these subsystems at work, how does one manage to create the impression of a cohesive and organized world? How does the brain reunify pieces of visual information that start out discrete? The difficulty in answering these questions is called __________.

• A) the binding problem
• B) oscillation
• C) neural asynchrony
• D) simultaneous multiple-constraint satisfaction

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