Splash Biography

You might assume that our senses provide us with a perfect representation of reality. But can we actually trust our senses? Our prior knowledge of the world, interactions with our surroundings, and personal feelings all play an important role in how we perceive things. This course will examine visual perception and show how it is a unique and accessible window into how our complex brain works. During the first week of the course, we will provide a general introduction to major structures and functions of the visual system. During weeks 2-5, we will focus on visual illusions of depth, color, motion, time, and face perception to illustrate how our visual system incorrectly represents the sensory information that it receives.