Inattentional blindness

Turning a Blind Eye: How Blindness Connects with The Odyssey and O’ Brother Where Art Thou? While reading The Odyssey for class, something that really struck me was how many characters were blind in this epic. At first, I didn’t really get the hint, but after seeing this reoccurring theme more than a few times, I began to really take notice of how often blindness would show up. We meet Demodocus, Polyphemus, Tiresias, and Odysseus’s dog- Argos throughout the epic: All have some sort of visual…

Cathedral Who is actually considered blind? A person who cannot physically see or a person who cannot see because of their ignorance? In Raymond Carver 's short story Cathedral, as any other good short story. We have our antihero who also comes along with our protagonist. In this case our antihero has no name, but goes by the title the narrator. Both of these main characters are proceeded differently. Robert the protagonist of the story embodies the characteristics of being a humble person who…

language can be that fuel. Vision is the primary source of perception; we as humans have an extremely well developed ability to see, perceive, and understand the environment that we are in. However, vision can become clouded from different sources. Blindness, for example, can take away one’s ability to see entirely, or persuasion, can alter the way one perceives his or her environment. Language is able to pick up the slack and that is created with a loss of vision. With language vision, and…

Introduction Students with visual impairments need to study the same subjects within the core curriculum as their sighted peers, such as mathematics, language arts and history. However, individuals with visual impairments are unable to access the core curriculum on the same level because they lack visual skills that are responsible for casual learning. Without intentional and direct intervention by a highly specialized educator, students with visual impairments are at a disadvantage. In…

fact others authors including Mark Facknitz, Polly Rose Peterson, and Collin Messer, view Bubs character as one that struggles, but eventually finds his way to a healthy transition. Although by the end of the text, Bub proves that his emotional blindness can be undone, not instantaneously, but over time, similar to the changes a cathedral makes…

Although blindness is defined as not having sight, Shakespeare, through King Lear, allows us to see that being blind is just a mental flaw as it physically. Shakespeare through King Lear, Gloucester and Albany shows us the portray ignorance and willful denial that each character petrays. The people that surround King Lear, Gloucester and Albany aren’t exactly as what they appear, but instead of choosing to see the truth they decide to see the image on the outside instead of the inside. The…

equal to or more than 1.3 logMAR (3/60) in the better eye, or visual field corresponding to less than 20 degrees in the better eye. Blindness is defined as a best-corrected visual acuity lower than 1.3 logMAR or a visual field no more than10 degrees in the better eye with best correction. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of blindness in white people, while glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy are the leading causes in coloured people. (Congdon et al, 2004) Low Vision…

In Othello by William Shakespeare, Othello in the beginning of the play appears as calm, confident, collected, and is known for his bravery and strength in battle. Othello understands the importance of being able to see, however, because of his “noble nature” Othello only sees the best in people. This then causes Othello to be too trusting in his relationship with Iago and he begin to accept his lies as reality. An attribute like being trusting would commonly be a good characteristic; however,…

dog awareness in the Rio Grande Valley on how to interact with them and their handler. There might not be a large community of blind people in this area, however, this region is known to have a massive diabetes population and this disease leads to blindness. This makes one wonder about how aware is one’s community? This question is important for oneself and the blind people in this community because everyone needs to be aware of the danger one may cause when interacting with guide dogs. The…

What if we could one day feel things we couldn’t see, or taste sounds? As strange as that question sounds, it could be reality according to David Eagleman. In his TED talk he outlines several ways to substitute or increase our senses with technology. Some of these innovations might even be cheaper or replace the current technology being used. He explains that each animal has its own “umwelt” or surrounding world. For instance, humans can see less than ten trillionth of light rays, these rays…