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    key factor is attention. The researchers proposed that visual perception of a change in a scene occurs only when focused attention is given to the part being changed. Changes can be easily identified when objects are important in the scene. Change blindness has been encountered in two different experimental paradigms. The first was concerned with visual memory‚ which was used to detect changes in short presentation of figures or letters. The second

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    EOFCPTDE | EOFCPTDE | LEFDPTCOEF | LEFDPTCOEF | LEFDPTCOEF | PEZOLCFTDL | PEZ------- | ---------- | Blind Spot: | Left | Right | Brandon | Far Away | Far Away | Ashley | Very Close | Very Close | Color Blindness: Color | Ashley | Brandon | 1 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 96 | 96 | Accommodation: | Brandon | Ashley | Left Ear | 6cm | 7cm | Right Ear | 19cm | 17cm |

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    Hum 241: Major Works of Short Fiction Instructor: Kelly Brewer Spring 2013 Course Description: This course examines some major works of short fiction. While the course is intended to be a close reading of a number of short stories‚ we will also analyze and discuss the social and cultural commentaries which these literary pieces make. To this end we will pay close attention to the pieces as literary texts and get into sustained interpretations‚ nuances and subtleties. Course Requirements:

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    Color-Blind Privilege: The Social and Political Functions of Erasing the Color Line in Post Race America. By Charles A. Gallagher “I do agree that there is a larger social machine in which subtle racism whether institutional‚ internalized‚ or personally mediated is still very prevalent and the colorblindness aspect adheres to that machine. Therefore regardless of whether I say I will not allow my race to define or hinder me‚ to some extent it does without me even acknowledging it”. Is it because

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    Theme of the Traitor and the Hero by JORGE LUIS BORGES So the Platonic year Whirls out new right and wrong‚ Whirls in the old instead; All men are dancers and their tread Goes to the barbarous clangour of a gong.  W. B. Yeats: The Tower     Under the notable influence of Chesterton (contriver and embellisher of elegant mysteries) and the palace counselor Leibniz (inventor of the pre-established harmony)‚ in my idle afternoons I have imagined this story plot which I shall perhaps write someday

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    attention must somehow be drawn to that object. A general conclusion from this body of work is that attention is necessary for detecting change (Rensink et al.‚ 1997). Being unable to detect a change in an object is called change blindness. Researchers seem to think that change blindness is the cause of many car accidents. Looking away from a road then looking back is a change that is very difficult to perceive which results in quite a few car accidents. Method In this experiment two pictures were represented

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    of being right because of how we feel emotionally when we are wrong. Being wrong feels the same as being right until you realize that you are wrong‚ and then it can be devastating‚ embarrassing‚ and even funny at times. She called this “error blindness”. Shultz notes‚ that the second reason we are stuck in being right is cultural. “By the time you are nine years old‚ you’ve already learned‚ first of all‚ that people who get stuff wrong are lazy‚ irresponsible dimwits -- and second of all‚ that

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    Britney MacPhaden ENG4U1 Mr. McKay January 20th‚ 2017 Too Blind to see Past Lies “There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true”(Kierkegaard). Blindness in King Lear is seen as a mental flaw rather than a physical flaw it can be associated with madness that blocks your inability to see things clearly. In the play a handful of characters were blinded by the truth. Albany was blinded by his love for Goneril. Lear was blinded by

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    Hero "That history should have imitated history was already sufficiently astonishing; that history should imitate literature is inconceivable. . . ." Plot Summary & Historical Background: Settings - The Narrative is set in Ireland in 1824. However Borges is only using this as an example. He says " The action takes place in a oppressed and tenacious country: Poland‚ Ireland‚ The Venetian Republic‚ some South American or Balkan state". This universalises the story of Kilpatrick and the experience of

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    Driving is a complex task that involves the coordination of many cognitive systems such as perception‚ attention‚ motor control‚ working memory and decision making. This means that while driving we must be able to process activity on the road using our mirrors and instrument displays‚ process sounds of vehicles around us‚ look out for pedestrians and test the stability of our own vehicles‚ while combining numerous motor skills like using the steering‚ brakes and accelerator (Cheour‚ 2011). Based

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