Chapter 6 Blog

I was able to learn a lot from this chapter, some of the things that I learned were about the eye and how we are able to see things and how an image travels from the eye to the brain. I also learned that feature detectors are nerve cells in the brain that respond to specific features of the stimulus, like shape, angle, or movement. I also learned that hearing is three-dimensional, and that sound travels at 750 miles per hour. I also learned that pain is when nerves are injured and they send the message to the brain that the body is experiencing pain.
What suprised me about this chapter was all the illusions. It was very interesting to do the assignments with the illusions and see if I was able to see what the people who made the illusions said I would see. It also surprised me that if my eyes weren't relaxed I wasn't able to see some of the other things that were in the illusions.
It was interesting how much eye movement matters. Every little movement with your eye can make something look different or make you think it's moving even though it was just your eye moving. It was also interesting to learn a little about parapsychology. Some of those types of things can like paranormal activity can influence a lot of how people think. Like this weekend I went and saw Paranormal Activity, before I saw this movie I didn't believe in things like ghosts, but now I kind of do.