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What makes us able to see the images in our head?

Asked by Sheridan (23points) March 25th, 2010

Ya know like when you close your eyes and picture something, but then if you try look at it for a while it is really hard,

I am doing this for a research paper at roundup high school in montana

any help would be great thanks!

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cbloom8's avatar

Science, of course.

That, and the Visual Cortex.

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grumpyfish's avatar

Visual cortex: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_cortex

(Specifically, the wikipedia article has links to tons of good sources)

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JeffVader's avatar

Well, the reality of it is that you see every image in your head.

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