Can you believe your eyes? Bridge - 09–10/2020 p. 28-29

Discover how your senses work! Fun worksheet on eyes, ears, nose, taste, and touch with illusions and experiments.

READING PART 1 What sense is most commonly associated with your eyes?Read part 1 of the article (Eyes) and complete the sentences below. 1. The experiments in part 2 above prove the existence of your blind spot .2. Pictures and patterns that fool your eyes are called optical illusions.3. An image that is out of focus and unclear is blurred .4. When we move our eyes very quickly, we briefly become blind . READING – PART 2What sense is most commonly associated with your ears?Read part 2 of the article (Ears). Which of the following sentences are true, based on the text?Marktrue or false1 Hearing is about what our brains can process, not just what our ears pick up. True False 2 We hear better because our brains are selective in processing sound. True False 3 We don’t hear a lot of crazy stuff because our brains are designed to hear speech more than background noise. True False 4 Deafness is especially common among autistic people. True False 5 Auditory processing disorder is when your brain is not good at ignoring background noises. True False 6 Conversation is difficult for autistic people because people don’t really listen to them. Trrue False LISTENINGLook back at your answer to question 2 in Reading, part 1. These are tricks that fool your eyes. What do you think a trick that fools your ears might be called? (Hint: Think of the words audio and auditorium). You will get the correct answer in the podcast you are about to listen to.Listen to CD Track 9. Complete the sentences. 1 Sounds that trick your ears are called auditory illusions .2 Shepard tones sound as though they keep going up or down .3 Shepard tones were used in the game Super Mario 64 and the movies Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises .4 Risset rhythms are beats that seem to go faster or slower .5 They are sometimes used in music, especially trance and techno . READING – PART 3What sense is most commonly associated with your nose?Read part 3 (Nose). Which of the following sentences are true, based on the text?Mark True or False1 Expensive cheese doesn’t really smell like feet True False 2 The same scent chemicals are on smelly feet and parmesan. True False 3 In an experiment, people couldn’t tell the difference between some parmesan and some skin flakes from a foot. True False 4 How you experience a smell changes depending on what you expect. True False 5 Spaghetti tastes like feet, True False READING – PART 4What sense is most commonly associated with your tongue?Read part 4 (Tongue). Do you understand the experiments described in the text? Choose one of the experiments. In your own words, and without looking back at the text, describe:What the experimenters did and what the experiment showed : VOLUNTARY - DOBROVOLNÉTry a similar experiment: Mix a bit of flour and a few drops of water into sticky dough and form into small balls. Find 2–3 things that smell strongly with a food-related taste – good possibilities include vanilla essence, cinnamon, chili sauce, cat food and stinky cheese (or really smelly socks).Find a victim volunteer (such as a member of your family). Blindfold them (= cover their eyes so they can’t see). Tell them they will taste some foods with different flavours and they should tell you what they taste. Ask them to hold their nose closed and give them a ball of the dough. They should chew slowly and think about the taste. While they do it, secretly open one of the strong-smelling samples near them (but not too close!). Tell them to let go of their nose, chew a bit more and describe the taste. Repeat the experiment with different smells.Write up your research findings. READING – PART 5What sense is most commonly associated with your skin?Read part 5 (Skin). Set up the experiment as described. Do it yourself and try it with different people in your family. Did it work every time? yes no WRAPPING UPRead the last paragraph. What does it say?Do you agree? Yes, I do. No, I don´t.