Vision is one of the main ways for us to gather information about the world around us and about ourselves. Thus, studying vision naturally leads to new hypotheses on how cognition works. This way, our course on visual perception will also provide you with knowledge on cerebral mechanisms of vision, sensory systems and, in general, on how the mind and consciousness work.
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Visual Perception and Visual Illusions
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Saint Petersburg State University
Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет (СПбГУ) — старейший вуз России, основанный в 1724 году. Университет сегодня — научный, образовательный и культурный центр мирового значения, неизменно входящий во все международные рейтинги вузов. В номинации взаимодействие с работодателями QS Graduate Employability 2018 СПбГУ занимает 20 место среди 400 ведущих вузов мира и является лучшим в России.
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Module 1. Introduction
In this module you will learn about different theories of perception and classifications of illusions.
Module 2. Physiology of Visual Perception
In Module 2 you will learn about the physiological and neurological basis of visual perception.
Module 3. Lightness and contrast
In Module 3 we will discuss physics of light, lightenss (brightness) perception and illusions of lightness.
Colour Peception
In Module 4 you will learn how colour perception works and see some examples of fascinating colour illusions.
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