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Today in class we discussed that there are many differences between the picture reflected on the retina and the picture we have in our heads. I think this is odd just because when you think you are seeing something, it becomes a quickly altering image before it is transferred to you mind. This brings to question how everyone perceives images they view, or even how the image can be changed/ distorted by the time it reaches our conscious thought. Is this the same reason peoples eyes play tricks on them? Like if I am thinking of someone and I think I see them is this because picturing them in my mind gets mixed up with visualizing them at that moment. Just like many times my mother swears that she saw her keys on the table, is it because she has seen them there before and that becomes confused with current images? How exactly do mental images and physical images differ in our nervous system functions?