Science: Perception and Illusion
What your brain does with information from your senses?
What is perception
Health is more than not being sick, it is this kind of system.
What is a balanced system?
A civilization destroyed suddenly by a volcano
What is Pompeii?
Doing something because others are doing it
What is conformity?
One reason people created governements
What is protection? Organization? or Providing
These happen when the brain's "helpful rules" are applied in the wrong situation.
What are illusions?
One of the five pillars of health that helps your brain store memories is
What is sleep?
A legendary civilization described by Plato
What is Atlantis?
Wanting approval and avoiding embarrassment in groups
What is social pressure?
Roads, Schools, and libraries are examples of this
what are public services?
The idea that your brain predicts what it expects to see before you fully see it
What is top-down processing?
These small actions, done daily, shape long term health
What are habits?
This civilization collapsed slowly due to environmental damage
What is Easter Island?
When a group makes bad decisions because no one wants to disagree
What is groupthink?
What are laws and courts?
This illusion makes two identical colors or sizes look different because of their surroundings
What is a context illusion?
The habit loop includes cue, a routine, and this
What is a reward?
What is Archaeology?
When the brain fills in missing information incorrectly
One reason individuals cannot provide public serivices alone
What is sale or shared resources?
True or False: Your eyes se the reality exactly as it is
What is False?
True or False: Healthy people never get sick
What is false?
One major lesson learned from disappearing civilizations
What is that human choices and disasters can cause collapse?
The brain uses shortcuts mainly to save this
What is time and energy?
The three main purposes of government