Question

When a ballerina pirouettes, images of the room move rapidly across her retina. She does not perceive the room as moving while she is spinning because: Group of answer choices she has learned to disregard the retinal motion she is moving too rapidly for the brain to register the changing images her brain adjusts perceived movement for actual head movement the circular movement keeps the firing rates of all motion detectors even

Answer 1

Her brain adjusts perceived movement for actual head movement.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is the answer that best explains why the ballerina does not perceive the room as moving. When we move our heads, the environmental images that are received by the eyes change. However, we are still able to perceive the world as stable. This is because the brain is able to correct the changes in visual information by adjusting perceived movement for actual head movement. This process can best be observed in the brain through the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).