You Are Watching a Movie on Television

Multiple Choice

You are watching a movie on television. Which one of the following statements best describes how your eyes are helping you perceive the movie?

A) They provide four or five visual "snapshots" of the movie each second.
B) They receive all the information that the television presents except for the times when you blink or look away.
C) They detect approximately 60% of what is actually presented to them; the retinas "fill in" what the eyes don't actually detect.
D) They detect information for about two seconds, then "relax" for two seconds, then detect an additional two seconds' worth of information, and so on.