These Questions appeared on the First hourly Exam in Perception,
Fall Semester, 2019
Imagine that Helmholtz, von Uexküll, and Descartes land in New York for a couple of days, and want you to help them get the feel of life here. They don’t want to see the Time-Warner Center because they agree, it makes them “feel like they are at the mall in Costa Mesa.” Would you take them to the High Line? Sylvia’s? Coney Island? Where is the real New York?
Highline
I would take them to a bodega in Brooklyn
Coney Island, that’s the heart of Brooklyn!
I would take them on a journey of the NYC subway. This is so we can observe the real New York wildlife. I’m leaning towards the F train since there is ALWAYS something (someone?) running crazily. Then might take them for a drink afterwards.
I think I would take them to the Top of the Rock so they could see the entirety of the city from above and maybe even have some engaging conversations on what their senses are telling them about the incredible view. I would also take them to Central Park because it’s my favorite place in the city (and who knows maybe von Euxkull will see some ticks in the grass).
I’d take them to the Lower East Side & Greenwich Village & Chelsea because there’s so much good food and diversity there. Good bars too (I’m 21).
I would take them to the Whitney, then the highline, then Chelsea Market. I’d also being them to the Hungarian Pastry Shop.
First, we would hang out at my apt simply b/c I’m lazy and a bad host. I would take them to Papaya Dog in the UWS and eat in the park. Then I’d take them to a beer garden and trade tales. The “real New York” is all of New York!
The Whitney Museum and the Highline; Katz’s Deli and the Tenement; Central Park (Reservoir), the Dakota, and Carmine’s; Columbia University, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and The Hungarian (ALL IN ONE DAY/NIGHT)
Greenwich Village & Chinatown
Riverside Park on a Tuesday morning
I would take them to the High Line, Chelsea Market, & the Whitney Museum.
Lincoln Center
First to College Walk bridge to show them the line down Amsterdam. Then take them to a Broadway show, the chaos that is Times Square, end with a walk by the piers.
I would probably take them downtown to the Oculus & the parks around there. I’ve always loved that area—it feels so underrated.
I would take them to the Staten Island Ferry so that they could see the Statue of Liberty for free. Then, we would all get pizza.
First of all, thank you for visiting. Not that this is “the real New York,” but I think Helmholtz, von Euxkull, and Descartes would have a great time at the Museum of Illusions. After the museum I would take them on a nice walk through Central Park, and then take the subway to Chinatown for dinner. This might be overwhelming for that particular trio, but it would be fascinating to me.
I would take them to Prospect Park in Brooklyn because it’s a beautiful park with elements of New York (mainly, the cool people in the park). I think it encompasses both the hustle and beauty of New York. Also, I think Descartes would be overwhelmed in a busy place in New York. If he started questioning his existence in front of his fireplace who knows what would happen if you took him to Times Square.
I would take them to Hudson Yards to the new structure there so they can be up with the times.
Katz Deli
Lower East Side! We could eat knishes in Tompkins Square Park and visit the Tenement Museum.
High Line is the real New York.
Rockefeller Center (stimulates visual system); Favorite restaurant (stimulate taste buds)
If I wanted to show them NY, I might take them to the High Line. However, I would rather take them to Coney Island because I’d like to see those three at Coney Island.
Hudson Yards (new copper structure)
Tompkins Square Park + Chinatown
Coney Island
I would take them shopping in Soho to modernize their wardrobes.
Empire State Building
Definitely Central Park
I would take them to East Harlem first to show the non-gentrified side of NYC- then take Citi Bikes to the Brooklyn Bridge.
I would take them to the top of the World Trade Center so they could see all of New York. Then I would take them to Russ + Daughters to get bagels! And then Patsy’s to get pizza. Finally, we would go to the MET and then Central Park.
The High Line (+ Chelsea Market)
I would take Helmholtz, von Euxkull, and Descartes to Times Square because the high traffic of people and things, like cars and lights, would probably make them want to study the perceptions of Times Square.
I would take them to Jazz bars, like Paris Blues and Blue NOTE. The real New York is in its diverse artistic accomplishments; we see this especially in the subways where there is 24/7 live music.
What is your favorite color?
Anything pastel
Beige or a nice periwinkle
Blue (6)
Blue (which utilizes S-cones). Peak is 454 nm.
Favorite spectral color = purple; favorite qualia = mustard yellow
Green (2)
Hunter green
It’s red
Lavender! And bright purple.
Lilac purple- calming
My favorite color changes, but currently it’s lemon
My favorite color is purple
My favorite color is purple, or violet on the visible spectrum
My favorite color is teal so I guess I would find wavelengths somewhere between short and medium particularly pleasing.
My favorite color is yellow, now that I know how confusing it is to learn about.
My favorite film color or surface color? Film, I’d say a nice green at about 543 nm. Surface, I’d say a nice pink on a cozy scarf.
Navy blue or blood orange
Periwinkle
Purple (2)
Red
Red (hue); mauve (surface color)
Scarlet/red or the turquoise color of the water in the Caribbean.
Silver (a non-spectrum color)!
Surface color (Actually, that’s false. I like violet.)
The film colour seen by looking at a white table through a red window (pink)
Turquoise
Violet
Yellow (2)
Yellow! (tie between S cones and L cones)
What sort of ecologically relevant visual forms trigger neurons in your inferotemporal cortex?
A lovely crown molding
An iphone
Big trees, pretty flowers!!!
Butterflies
Cats, trains
Circles i.e., pizza, donuts, frisbees
Corgis (or just dogs in general), plates (because that means food is coming), the outline of spiders, planes, plants
Crocs (the shoe) because my dad wears crocs everyday so when I see them I am reminded of him.
Curls
E.g., an apple when I am hungry, water when thirsty
Ecologically relevant visual forms that trigger neurons in my cortex might be the contour of my mother’s face, or the contour of a plate full of delicious dining hall food.
Evolutionarily programmed heterosexuality makes my visual neurons triggered by human male forms (unfortunately)
Face of mother
Faces important for social interaction and survival (evolutionary explanation)
Faces and human hands trigger the neurons in my cortex.
Faces of people
Faces or food
Flowing water (ex: waterfalls)
If I had to take a stab and go out on a limb, I’d say my cortex is HIGHLY sensitive to cats, as a visual form.
If I see a hand coming towards my face, I always move away and flinch. I used to play basketball and volleyball so if I see convex or ball-like figures, I get ready to catch it or duck depending on my readiness.
Mostly pasta
Mozzarella sticks!
Neurons in my cortex respond to bagels and neuroscience textbooks.
People with angry looking faces
People!
Potentially trains would trigger neurons in my cortex; I live near a train track in my hometown in TX and take public transit here.
Silhouettes of humans.
Snakes trigger my sympathetic nervous system just like Indiana Jones, I hate snakes.
Square shapes representing books
The color green
The rug in this classroom
The shape of the coffee maker.
To hunter, the shape of a lion.
The silhouette of a dog: I have been known to get excited when mistaking furry clothing items or fast-moving small children in my periphery for dogs.
Things that have 6+ legs and the dim lighting in Milbank 328
Visual forms which comprise of favorite foods; visual form of Justin Bieber
Whenever I see mac and cheese I tend to feel a strong impulse from my cortex wherein I start to salivate and get excited. I love pasta and cheese.
These Questions appeared on the Second hourly Exam in Perception,
Fall Semester, 2019
Where and when did you last see a bat?
2 years ago at a Halloween haunted house.
3 months ago, in a barn in upstate NY at night.
6th grade environmental science trip to Camp McDowell in Alabama.
At an artificial bat cave in Saudi Arabia.
At camp. In a bunk. The kids all had to get rabies shots.
At night walking dogs in Yonkers.
At the Bronx Zoo.
Atlantic Beach, I think? It’s been too long. They’re very cute.
Brevard, North Carolina
I have never seen a bat before.
I last saw a bat in the summer of 2018 in Texas.
I think the last time I saw a real bat was at the San Francisco Zoo but I saw plenty of fake bats on Halloween.
I was at summer camp in Maine 3 years ago (it was in the woods).
I was in a hotel in 2014 in the Midwest and there was a BAT in the room. Terrifying.
I’ve never seen a bat in real life.
I’ve never seen one.
In a Halloween decoration on Broadway.
In Croatia, in August (at dusk).
In my backyard last fall, very spooky.
In our class, at ppt screen.
In the Philippines in 2016! They were flying all throughout the night!
Last year in my backyard.
March 2019, Mexico
On an episode of “The Office”
On an episode of “The Office” (in person, probably at the Philadelphia Zoo many years ago)
On my neighbor’s balcony in the evening.
On the elevator in my dorm (it’s a paper bat, though.)
Outside of my window in Texas.
Prospect Park, Brooklyn last summer
The “Office” episode where Dwight catches a bat (I’ve never seen one in person.)
The last time I saw a bat was in Kansas in 2007. It was in our house and my dad hit it with a tennis racket and it accidentally flew into my grandmother’s face. Oops. Don’t worry, she lived despite the bat contact.
The logo on a Bacardi bottle (I’ve never seen a real bat)
Two or three years ago, in my neighborhood in Connecticut.
Two years ago in my backyard because I used to live in the middle of nowhere.
Upstate
When I was 7 and in a park by my house at twilight.
When I watched Batman.
Other than “Happy Birthday” or the “Star Spangled Banner,” do you know a song well enough to sing it from beginning to end? Which song?
Alphabet Aerobics
Alphabet Song (2)
Any song by Imagine Dragons.
Bohemian Rhapsody
Education Connection song
Elton John, Tiny Dancer
The Few Things by JP Saxe
Foreign by Trey Songz
Here Comes the Sun!
I can sing almost all of the musical Hamilton from beginning to end
I don’t know one song from beginning to end exactly but probably Valerie by Amy Winehouse
I have a weird memory for songs, especially those that mean a lot to me; Bohemian Rhapsody, Fly me to the Moon, and The Waves are the first that come to mind
I know the French national anthem well enough to sing it from beginning to end
I know the song Hotel California by The Eagles
I know Twinkle Twinkle Little Star; Soft Kitty; the A, B, C’s; and unfortunately, Hot and Cold by Katy Perry…sometimes it repeats over and over in my head
Just Like Heaven, The Cure
Like 1, National Anthem
Love the Way you Lie by Eminem and Rihanna
many, been working on “Baby got back”
Mary had a Little Lamb
Mr. Brightside by The Killers
Rewrite the Stars
Ring around the Rosey
Sacre Couer or Tanti Auguri
Singing Joy to the World- The Fruit Bats
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Star Wars version of American Pie
The “doe a deer a female deer” song from the Sound of Music
The alphabet song and She Will Be Loved by Maroon 5
