Visual Perception and the Brain
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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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20 videos3 readings2 assignments
20 videos•Total 131 minutes
- Course Introduction•5 minutes
- Background: What We Actually See•3 minutes
- The Strange Way We See the Physical World (part 1)•8 minutes
- The Strange Way We See the Physical World (part 2)•7 minutes
- The Inverse Problem•8 minutes
- Summary of Topic One•2 minutes
- Visual Stimuli•4 minutes
- Making an Image•6 minutes
- Summary of Topic Two•2 minutes
- The Eye (part 1)•10 minutes
- The Eye (part 2)•5 minutes
- The Retina (part 1)•7 minutes
- The Retina (Part 2)•13 minutes
- The Primary Visual Pathway (part 1)•10 minutes
- The Primary Visual Pathway (part 2)•9 minutes
- The Visual Cortex (part 1)•13 minutes
- The Visual Cortex (part 2)•11 minutes
- The Concept of Receptive Fields•4 minutes
- Summary of Topic Three•3 minutes
- Summary of Module One•2 minutes
3 readings•Total 30 minutes
- About the Course•10 minutes
- Grading Policy•10 minutes
- Report a problem with the course•10 minutes
2 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Module1, Topic 1•30 minutes
- Module 1, Topics 2-3•30 minutes
What's included
17 videos2 assignments
17 videos•Total 116 minutes
- Definitions•5 minutes
- Discrepancies between Luminance and Lightness•13 minutes
- More Complex Examples as Counter Evidence•8 minutes
- An Empirical Explanation Based on Accumulated Experience (part 1)•7 minutes
- An Empirical Explanation Based on Accumulated Experience (part 2)•10 minutes
- Summary of Topic One•2 minutes
- Definitions•3 minutes
- Light and Color•8 minutes
- How the Retina Initiates Color Vision (part 1)•10 minutes
- How the Retina Initiates Color Vision (part 2)•7 minutes
- Why Do We Have Color Vision?•3 minutes
- Describing Color Perception•12 minutes
- The Strange Way We See Color•11 minutes
- An Empirical Answer (part 1)•7 minutes
- An Empirical Answer (part 2)•5 minutes
- Topic Summary•3 minutes
- Module Summary•0 minutes
2 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Module 2, Topic 1•30 minutes
- Module 2, Topic 2•30 minutes
What's included
19 videos2 assignments
19 videos•Total 129 minutes
- Geometrical “Illusions”•14 minutes
- The Inverse Problem in Geometry•3 minutes
- Seeing the Length of Lines•6 minutes
- An Empirical Explanation of Apparent Line Length (part 1)•9 minutes
- An Empirical Explanation of Apparent Line Length (part 2)•6 minutes
- The Perception of Angles•5 minutes
- An Empirical Explanation•9 minutes
- Seeing Object Size•7 minutes
- An Empirical Explanation•11 minutes
- Topic Summary•2 minutes
- Definitions•1 minute
- Seeing Distance with One Eye•12 minutes
- Seeing Depth with Two Eyes (Stereopsis, part 1)•8 minutes
- Seeing Depth with Two Eyes (Stereopsis, part 2)•5 minutes
- Explaining Stereopsis•8 minutes
- Random Dot Stereograms and the Correspondence Problem•7 minutes
- Binocular Fusion (part 1)•7 minutes
- Binocular Fusion (part 2)•8 minutes
- Topic Summary•1 minute
2 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Module 3, Topic 1•30 minutes
- Module 3, Topic 2•30 minutes
What's included
9 videos1 assignment
9 videos•Total 55 minutes
- Definitions•2 minutes
- Phenomena that Need Explaining•2 minutes
- Apparent Motion•5 minutes
- Motion After Effects•4 minutes
- The Inverse Problem for Motion•3 minutes
- Perceived Speed: The Flash-Lag Effect•7 minutes
- An Empirical Explanation of the Flash-Lag Effect•10 minutes
- Perceived Direction: Aperture Effects•8 minutes
- An Empirical Explanation•13 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Module 4•30 minutes
What's included
11 videos1 reading2 assignments1 peer review
11 videos•Total 67 minutes
- Alternative Conceptions of Vision•2 minutes
- Vision as Feature Detection (part 1)•11 minutes
- Vision as Feature Detection (part 2)•5 minutes
- Vision as Inference (part 1)•4 minutes
- Vision as Inference (part 2)•8 minutes
- Vision as Efficient Coding•9 minutes
- Vision as Way of Contending with the Inverse Problem•3 minutes
- Topic Summary•2 minutes
- Does the Brain Work by Computing?•7 minutes
- Or is the Brain an Engine of Reflex Associations?•11 minutes
- Some Concluding Remarks•6 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
- Share your learning experience•10 minutes
2 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Module 5, Topic 1•30 minutes
- Module 5, Topic 2•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
- Peer Review•120 minutes
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Very well researched and articulate professor, incredibly knowledgeable.
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I am currently undertaking a PhD in visual inspection techniques for aircraft maintenance tasks and i found this course excellent. Dale is a wealth of knowledge and delivered an excellent course.
Reviewed on Jun 11, 2020
This is a great course dealt meticulously. The carefully crafted audiovisual study material and quizzes together with very inspiring video lectures helped understand and learn with great enthusiasm.
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