Class Assignments (aka "Reading Responses")

This page will contain all of your "reading response" prompts. As a reminder, all reading responses must be between 150-200 words in length, and are submitted through Canvas. Please pay attention to the due date; while most of these assignments are due on Tuesdays, not all are! (Including even the first one.)

1. Assigned 8/28, due 9/4:

   In class we compared the brain to both a sponge and a bicycle. Which of these comparisons better fits the case of Phineas Gage, and why?

2. Assigned 9/4, due 9/9:

   In class today, Prof. Firestone gave an example of an important difference between understanding language and doing calculus. What was that difference, and how did we demonstrate it in class?

3. Assigned 9/11, due 9/16:

   “Perception is impossible”. (a) Explain why someone would say this, and (b) give an example from class about how the visual system overcomes this problem.