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For human beings, vision is the most important sensory system and our brains process visual information more than any other sensory information. Dogs rely more on their sense of smell than vision and their visual system is more limited than humans in terms of color processing and detail vision. Since vision is less important to dogs, the way their brains process visual information is notably different from humans. A new study used an artificial intelligence program to compare how human and dog brains analyze visual information from brain scans. The program could accurately identify objects and actions in human brains but could only identify actions, not objects, in dog brains. This suggests that object identification is of lower importance in dog brain processing compared to humans. The results demonstrate major differences in how human

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UI - Reflect 6 - Unit 6 - Vocabulary Practice Exercises

For human beings, vision is the most important sensory system and our brains process visual information more than any other sensory information. Dogs rely more on their sense of smell than vision and their visual system is more limited than humans in terms of color processing and detail vision. Since vision is less important to dogs, the way their brains process visual information is notably different from humans. A new study used an artificial intelligence program to compare how human and dog brains analyze visual information from brain scans. The program could accurately identify objects and actions in human brains but could only identify actions, not objects, in dog brains. This suggests that object identification is of lower importance in dog brain processing compared to humans. The results demonstrate major differences in how human

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KOÇ UNIVERSITY – ELC FALL 2022

UPPER INTERMEDIATE VOCABULARY REVISION TASK - REFLECT 6 UNIT 6


TASK 1: Complete the sentences with the best option.

For human beings, vision is the most important sensory system. Therefore, our brains do more
1.___________ processing of visual information than for any other sensory information. Unlike humans,
dogs 2.___________ on their sense of smell more than on their vision. Their visual system is more limited
than ours in terms of color processing and ability to see details. Since vision is less important to dogs, the
brains of dogs process aspects of their visual environment in a way that is 3.___________ different from
humans.

A new set of data allows us to actually compare how humans and dogs perceive their world. This new
information comes from a project looking at how the human brain analyzes visual information. A/An
4.___________ computer program was used in the study to map the brain scans. The program could map
the human brain with 99% accuracy for both actions and objects. For the dogs, the program could not
accurately identify objects. However, the program did a lot better for actions, within an accuracy range
between 75% and 88%. The inability of the program to identify objects suggests that this 5.___________ of
visual perception was of lower importance for processing in the dog brain. These results suggest major
differences in how the brains of humans and dogs 6.___________ when they analyze the visual world.

The important take-home message is that dogs and humans do not 7.___________ their visual
environment in the same way. Human visual perception is concerned with "who" and "what”. We humans
are very object oriented. However, dogs appear to be less concerned with who or what they are seeing and
more concerned with the action itself. We already knew, from a/an 8.___________ of studies, that dogs
are more sensitive to movement than human beings. Animals have to be very concerned with things
happening in their environment to avoid being eaten or to monitor animals they might want to hunt. Action
and movement are 9.___________ elements in their lives.

1) A procedural B elaborate C obligatory

2) A rely B vary C distort

3) A previously B notably C defensively

4) A attainable B preliminary C sophisticated

5) A aspect B boundary C transition

6) A abandon B function C cease

7) A intensify B proceed C interpret

8) A permanence B estimate C variety

9) A endurable B dominant C convenient

TASK 2: Choose the appropriate words to complete the sentences.


1) The use of pesticides in the farm has led to decline ___________ the soil quality and fertility.
A on B over C in
2) The former president has been accused ___________ money laundering and so sentenced to
imprisonment.
A to B of C about

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3) It would be wise for companies to allocate at least 10% of annual profit ___________ their
advertisement budget to attract more customers.
A at B to C on
4) The number of women who can ___________ higher education degrees is still lower than the desired
amount in many countries.
A attain B extract C allocate
5) The government agreed to fund schools to provide a week-long ___________ trainings for teachers who
are in charge of educating students with special needs.
A intensive B remote C commercial
6) Journalists should take responsibility for the accuracy of their work and ensure the ___________ of the
sources they use.
A delicacy B interpretation C reliability
7) The ___________ concern of ethical journalism is to serve the public, with accurate news reported in a
neutral and unbiased manner.
A intimate B primary C thorough
8) Recent complex sites ___________ a wide variety of facilities such as restaurants and shopping stores to
keep residents in the neighborhood, which might help reduce exhaust emissions.
A offer B forbid C clarify
TASK 3: Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in parenthesis. Be careful with your
spelling.
1) Lack of funding is having a detrimental effect on the __________________ of municipality services in the
town. (adequate)
2) The main purpose of the upcoming meeting will be to __________________ the role of new investors in
the project. (clarification)
3) In Mozambique, there is a wide ________________ of languages and in some provinces there isn’t one
single dominant language at all. (diverse)
4) If a company operates ________________, a new management may be introduced with the aim of
reversing the situation and increasing productivity. (efficient)
5) Perfectionists are more likely to ________________ what they can do in a day and so feel exhausted and
overwhelmed at the end of the day. (estimate)
6) The absence of statistical evidence may result in false ________________, with irreversible
consequences. (interpret)
7) Students are recommended to attend tutorials when they need more clarification and
________________ of ideas discussed in the class. (elaborate)
8) Engineers work hard to develop highly ________________ robots that would be able to make
complicated decisions and complete human tasks. (sophistication)

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