Activity 4.3

I selected the University of Minnesota video, “What babies teach us about perception”, because it provides an insight into the human mind as to how information is received and distorted. Although babies can’t communicate, the babies’ reaction to the object tells researchers that the human mind compensates and plays tricks when it perceives an image. This is connected to learning because humans also perceive distorted information and unknowingly compensate in order to understand. The statement, “when there’s not enough information the brain makes assumptions”, is congruent with the power point on sensory registers. In this power point it’s argued that “the human brain can be fooled into perceiving reality into a manner that’s not congruent with reality.” This video taught me that humans are unaware when they distort information and teachers need to be careful so that students accurately perceive information.