Course content

This course surveys the cognitive neuroscience of vision. It focuses on the processes of visual attention, perception (of colors, objects, faces), imagery and memory, and how the human brain achieves awareness of the visual world. The module is based on broad interdisciplinary evidence, derived from biology, neurology, psychology, computer science, philosophy, and the visual arts.

Learning outcome

The goal is to become aware of current key questions and empirical findings within the cognitive neuroscience of vision as well as learn about the underlying principles of brains’ visual functions. One will learn how a variety of scientific methods used within cognitive neuroscience and cognate fields of research have been succesful in gathering converging evidence relative to visual mechanisms and their neural organization.

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