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2001-10-03 - 2001-12-12

"The experience of human vision is devoid of all sorts of efforts and gives the deceptive impression that visual information processing is an extremely simple process. (...) The aim of the lectures is to acquaint the audience interested in visual perception and cognition with the newest results in connection with the central nervous system processing of vision. Following the description of the fundamental nervous system structures and mechanisms of vision, they introduce us to data acquired through the newest analytical methods, with a special view on the explanation for certain “curiosities” (perceptual phenomena, illusions, perceptional disturbances). In our lectures, we also touch upon what these latest accomplishments contribute to the understanding of nervous system functions of a higher order, such as memory, decision-making, emotions and consciousness, as well as the visual art visual mode."