Modules Master
Course title:
Spatial Vision
Module number MKOGW22
Type of Module Elective (Wahlpflicht)
Credits allocated 3 LP
Workload 90 h
Contact time 30 h / 2 SWS
Self-study 60 h
Course length
1 semester
Frequency of course
Triennially in the summer term; currently scheduled for 2025 and 2028
Language
English
Limited number of participants
20 (limited to allow discussion)
Type of Course Seminar
Exam & Grading
Average (50/50) of the grade for the presentation and the accompanying hand-out
Objectives:
How is light encoded in the visual system?
The course is particularly suitable for students with a computational interest in visual perception and its initial, early encoding in retina, LGN and the first stages of visual cortex. We will discuss the optics of the human eye, absolute thresholds for detection, adaptation, the contrast sensitivity function and contrast gain-control.
Learning Targets:
Participants learn about the fundamentals of information encoding and transmission in the human visual system. The course should enable them to see and critically evaluate connections between experimental data and computational theories and models of early spatial vision.
Allowable for
- Kognitionswissenschaft - Master, Studienbereich Wahlpflcihtmodule Natürliche Kognition
- Informatik - Master
- Bioinformatik - Master
- Medieninformatik - Master
- Medizininformatik - Master
Prerequisites Basic knowledge in mathematics and statistics is required; basic knowledge of the fundamentals of visual perception is helpful.
Course Co-ordinator Prof. Felix Wichmann, DPhil
Suggested reading Literature will be announced at the beginning of the lecture course and seminar series.