During all these tests Vera is blindfolded and, indeed, except when blindfolded she lacks the ability to perceive things with her skin. During these tests she manages to read a newspaper through an opaque screen and then she describes the figures and colors of a picture hidden under a carpet.
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Vera’s curious talent is brought to the notice of a scientific research institute and she is given a series of tests by a special commission. Suddenly she asks her father why he keeps so many old newspapers locked away there. One day she comes into his father’s office and puts her hands on the door of a locked safe. One of them is the story of Vera Petrova, who is able to perceive things with different parts of her skin, and through solid walls. It is pointed out in the reading that -.Ī) the brain was not considered as a highly complex organ in the past.ī) damage to hippocampus doesn’t cause memory loss.Ĭ) all of the information stored in the short term is transferred to the longtime memory.ĭ) hippocampus is in the frontal lobe of the brain.Į) scientists agree that the hippocampus is important in processing information.įictional stories about people who have extraordinary abilities have always attracted people’s attention. According to the passage scientists -.Ī) know that information is sent from the long-term memory to the hippocampus.ī) have found out why some of the information is lost in the hippocampus.Ĭ) don’t know exactly how the information is transferred from one area of the brain to another.Į) still debate whether the hippocampus is important for memory.Ħ. This reading is mainly concerned with -.ī) why some of the information in short-term memory fades away.Ĭ) illness that results in severe memory loss.ĭ) how human brain processes and stores information.Į) the importance of neurons in transferring sensory stimuli.ĥ. Scientists think this process may happen while we are sleeping, but exactly how the information is transferred from one area of the brain to another is a mystery.Ĥ. Finally, certain information is then transferred to long-term memory in a section in the frontal lobe of the brain known as the cerebral cortex. In the hippocampus, information is organized, and it is during this process that parts of the image of our experience fade away.
Then, these images are sent to the hippocampus and stored temporarily in short-term memory. Scientists believe that brain cells called neurons first transform the sensory stimuli we experience into images in our immediate memory. When we experience something, the information is sent via our senses to the hippocampus, where it is processed. It is agreed, though, that the hippocampus, a part of the brain, is undeniably important for memory. Theories about how brain works remain a topic of debate. According to the passage, data from the Venus study can be used to -.Ī) measure the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere accurately.ī) increase the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.Ĭ) test the efficiency of the spacecraft sent to Venus by NASA.ĭ) predict future agricultural problems on Earth.Į) determine the topography and the surface characteristics of the Earth. Thus, the Venus studies are believed to be important to the understanding of possible adverse effects on the Earth’s agriculture that could result from the long-term use of fossil fuels, which add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.ġ. Because of its higher percentage of carbon dioxide, Venus’ atmosphere traps much more heat radiation than does the Earth’s. Venus has a relatively thin atmosphere like the Earth’s, but Venus’ atmosphere consists of more than ninety percent carbon dioxide, compared to less than four percent in that of the Earth. Such a greenhouse effect is created when energy in the form of sunlight easily passes through a planet’s atmosphere, warms its surface, and is converted to heat radiation that is then held in by the atmosphere from top to bottom.
Passage 1ĭata from the Pioneer spacecraft of NASA apparently prove the theory that the high surface temperature of Venus is due to an atmospheric greenhouse effect caused mainly by a blanket of carbon dioxide. Read the following short articles and answer the comprehension questions corresponding to each article.
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