What is reality?

Over the past few weeks, we've been looking at the following film:

• Eagleman, D. et al. (2015) The Brain: 1. What is reality? PBS Distribution (Film). 

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Here are some questions to discuss and/or write about:

1) We see less than one ten trillionth of the magnetic spectrum. Other creatures perceive parts of the spectrum and other things that we totally miss – name some examples.

2) If you could somehow expand your perception, what would you like to be able to perceive?

3) Schizophrenia and synesthesthia are 2 examples of different internal realities. From your own experience, can you think of more examples of when people have different internal realities?

4) The film described how In a scary situation, all the brain’s resources get engaged in handling the problem and as a result, time feels like it’s slowing down. Describe a situation where it felt like time slowed down for you.

5) Final thoughts about the film – what did you learn or become more aware of by watching this film.

Interim presentations, games and more

Learning is a process that is never over, so that's why I'm encouraging all students to sign up to present their project work here:

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Our current reading work centres on the growing popularity of board games:

The rise and rise of tabletop gaming