Your Brain on Movies" by Aaron Millar Question

[IrrleviantMoney]

Which answer is a correct paraphrase of the source text below:

From "Your Brain on Movies" by Aaron Millar. 

In normal life our brains are like tractor beams‚ busy scanning the environment with our senses‚ and sucking up any information that seems important or interesting: a sudden loud noise‚ a car racing towards us. This is called the attentional system‚ and it literally means the part of the brain that directs what we pay attention to. But as the lights come down in the cinema‚ and the characters come alive on screen‚ we switch off our tractor beams and let the movie control our attention instead. 

Question 3 options:

A) In normal life, our brains suck up important information using the attentional system, but when the lights come down in the cinema, we turn off our tractor beams and give up control to the movie. 

B) When we watch movies in a theater, we shift the control of our focus from any external stimuli to the action on the screen (Millar). 

C) When we watch movies in a theater, we shift the control of our focus from any external stimuli to the action on the screen. 

D) Normally, our brains focus on anything and everything around us. The attentional system directs our attention to certain things. Our brains are controlled by movies in a theater instead of when we watch them at home (Millar). 

[Levi]

Option A is the best paraphrase. It captures the main idea of the source text by explaining how, in everyday life, our brains are constantly absorbing important information using the attentional system. It then accurately describes the shift that happens when we watch a movie, we let go of that control and allow the film to direct our attention instead. This aligns well with what Millar is saying.

Options B and C do a decent job but miss the mention of the attentional system and the idea of "turning off our tractor beams," which is central to Millar's explanation. Although they're not entirely wrong, they're not as complete as Option A.

Option D introduces inaccuracies by suggesting that movies control our brains in theaters but not at home, which isn't a claim made in the original text.

So, in this case, Option A is the most accurate paraphrase of the source.