Objectives:
How the world is created in our mind: Theories of visual perception.
The course is particularly suitable for students with an interest in visual perception and its theoretical foundations: How is the visual world created in our mind? We will discuss the most prominent theoretical accounts and theories, from Barlow's "grandmother-cells" to Gestalt theories, from Gibson's "ecological optics" to the "Bayesian brain", from Hoffman's "interface theory" to predictive coding.
Learning Targets:
Participants learn about the most important theories of perception. The course should enable them to see and critically evaluate connections between experimental data and the theories and models of visual perception.
