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2. Define synesthesia and describe several pieces of evidence that show that synesthesia involves genuine sensory experiences. What does it mean for the experiences to be “genuinely sensory”?

3. What is the cross-activation hypothesis? What evidence is there for it? How does it explain synesthesia? Use an example to help illustrate your account.

4. Describe in detail the connection between metaphor and synesthesia that Ramachandran hypothesizes. Your answer should cover the structure of the brain and descriptions of what the two phenomena have in common.

5. Compare and contrast associative and apperceptive agnosia. Then briefly explain why this dichotomy is insufficient to categorize all forms of visual agnosia.

6. What is the global superiority effect? Give an example of this phenomenon. How does this impact our day-to-day lives?

7. Compare and contrast Direct and Constructivist accounts of perception.

1. What is the tri-level hypothesis? Name the three levels and the questions that each level makes an attempt to answer. Why and explain how the tri-level hypothesis is important to the field of cognitive science.

2. Describe how a handheld pocket calculator performs division at the three levels of computation.

3. Of the three levels of computation, is there a level that is the most important? Why or why not? (Hint: There is no right or wrong answer to this question, but it is important for you to justify your answer by using a mechanism within the real world and explaining it through the three

levels.)

4. What are the four characteristics of a representation? How does intentionality relate to represen- tations?