Visual Perception and the Brain

Duke University

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Learners will be introduced to the problems that vision faces, using perception as a guide. The course will consider how what we see is generated by the visual system, what the central problem for vision is, and what visual perception indicates about how the brain works. The evidence will be drawn from neuroscience, psychology, the history of vision science and what philosophy has contributed. Although the discussions will be informed by visual system anatomy and physiology, the focus is on perception. We see the physical world in a strange way, and goal is to understand why.

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Прибл. 22 ч. на завершение

Предполагаемая нагрузка: 4 hours/week

English

Субтитры: English

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

1

Section

4 hours to complete

Background

...

20 videos (Total 131 min), 4 readings, 2 quizzes

20 videos

Course Introduction5m

Background: What We Actually See3m

The Strange Way We See the Physical World (part 1)8m

The Strange Way We See the Physical World (part 2)7m

The Inverse Problem7m

Summary of Topic One2m

Visual Stimuli4m

Making an Image5m

Summary of Topic Two1m

The Eye (part 1)10m

The Eye (part 2)4m

The Retina (part 1)7m

The Retina (Part 2)12m

The Primary Visual Pathway (part 1)10m

The Primary Visual Pathway (part 2)8m

The Visual Cortex (part 1)12m

The Visual Cortex (part 2)11m

The Concept of Receptive Fields4m

Summary of Topic Three2m

Summary of Module One1m

4 readings

About the Course10m

Grading Policy10m

Feedback surveys10m

Module Feedback Survey10m

2 practice exercises

Module1, Topic 128m

Module 1, Topics 2-340m

2

Section

3 hours to complete

Seeing Lightness, Darkness and Color

...

17 videos (Total 116 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes

17 videos

Definitions4m

Discrepancies between Luminance and Lightness12m

More Complex Examples as Counter Evidence8m

An Empirical Explanation Based on Accumulated Experience (part 1)7m

An Empirical Explanation Based on Accumulated Experience (part 2)9m

Summary of Topic One2m

Definitions2m

Light and Color8m

How the Retina Initiates Color Vision (part 1)9m

How the Retina Initiates Color Vision (part 2)7m

Why Do We Have Color Vision?3m

Describing Color Perception12m

The Strange Way We See Color10m

An Empirical Answer (part 1)7m

An Empirical Answer (part 2)4m

Topic Summary3m

Module Summary0m

1 readings

Module Feedback Survey10m

2 practice exercises

Module 2, Topic 126m

Module 2, Topic 240m

3

Section

4 hours to complete

Seeing Space

...

19 videos (Total 129 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes

19 videos

Geometrical “Illusions”13m

The Inverse Problem in Geometry3m

Seeing the Length of Lines5m

An Empirical Explanation of Apparent Line Length (part 1)9m

An Empirical Explanation of Apparent Line Length (part 2)5m

The Perception of Angles5m

An Empirical Explanation8m

Seeing Object Size6m

An Empirical Explanation10m

Topic Summary2m

Definitions1m

Seeing Distance with One Eye12m

Seeing Depth with Two Eyes (Stereopsis, part 1)7m

Seeing Depth with Two Eyes (Stereopsis, part 2)5m

Explaining Stereopsis8m

Random Dot Stereograms and the Correspondence Problem7m

Binocular Fusion (part 1)6m

Binocular Fusion (part 2)7m

Topic Summary1m

1 readings

Module Feedback Survey10m

2 practice exercises

Module 3, Topic 142m

Module 3, Topic 246m

4

Section

2 hours to complete

Seeing Motion

...

9 videos (Total 55 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

9 videos

Definitions2m

Phenomena that Need Explaining1m

Apparent Motion5m

Motion After Effects3m

The Inverse Problem for Motion3m

Perceived Speed: The Flash-Lag Effect7m

An Empirical Explanation of the Flash-Lag Effect9m

Perceived Direction: Aperture Effects8m

An Empirical Explanation12m

1 readings

Module Feedback Survey10m

1 practice exercises

Module 444m

5

Section

4 hours to complete

Summing Up

...

11 videos (Total 67 min), 1 reading, 3 quizzes

11 videos

Alternative Conceptions of Vision1m

Vision as Feature Detection (part 1)11m

Vision as Feature Detection (part 2)4m

Vision as Inference (part 1)3m

Vision as Inference (part 2)7m

Vision as Efficient Coding8m

Vision as Way of Contending with the Inverse Problem2m

Topic Summary2m

Does the Brain Work by Computing?6m

Or is the Brain an Engine of Reflex Associations?10m

Some Concluding Remarks5m

1 readings

Module Feedback Survey10m

2 practice exercises

Module 5, Topic 140m

Module 5, Topic 212m

Instructor

Dale Purves

M.D.

About Duke University

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Visual Perception and the Brain