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Option 1: Vision

Spend between 15 to 30 minutes "observing" without using your vision. Rely on your hearing, smell, touch, or taste (if appropriate) to navigate your environment. During this time try to perform several different tasks that you would normally do, such as picking up an object, or if you're at home try walking to the next room, all while not using your vision. To impair your vision, you can simply close your eyes or wrap a scarf to cover your eyes.

After your observation time is over, 

1. What are the basic processes underlying the sense of vision?

2. During the activity, what other senses were you using and how did you use them to accomplish your tasks to perceive the world around you?

3. What information did you pick up on that you may have ignored if you were using your sense of vision?

4. Define habituation and sensory adaptation. Provide examples from your observation time of habituation and/or sensory adaptation to support your response.

5. While this activity was only for a short amount of time, describe how your perception might change if one of your senses was permanently lost.