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Rusk
Psychology
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Reading-The Secret Life of James Thurber
Sensation & Perception
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Rusk
Psychology
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Reading-The Secret Life of James Thurber
Sensation & Perception
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Research Analysis:
1. The author says that James Thurber was not blind in the sense that we think of blindness. How did
Thurber’s blindness differ?
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2. What is Charles Bonnet syndrome?
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Psychology
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Reading-The Secret Life of James Thurber
Sensation & Perception
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3. Why do many people with Charles Bonnet syndrome not tell their doctors?
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4. In what ways is experiencing Charles Bonnet syndrome like feeling a phantom limb?
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Rusk
Psychology
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Reading-The Secret Life of James Thurber
Sensation & Perception