Overcoming Vision’s Limits – Dec 10
It’s a classic question of color perception: Is my red the same as your red? Using special optical systems that bypass normal visual processes in the eye (optical blur, eye movements), researchers are able to send sensory information to the human brain that it has never experienced before. The BIG question is: If you give novel sensory experiences to the adult brain, will it invent new subjective perceptions to attribute to them?!
Our speaker is neuroscientist Austin Roorda, Professor of Vision Science and Optometry at UC Berkeley. Dr. Roorda’s lab at Cal explores how human brains convert two-dimensional images on the retina into such a rich perceptual experience.
Dr. Austin Roorda
WHAT: Overcoming Limits of Human Vision
WHO: Dr. Austin Roorda, Professor of Optometry and Vision Science [http://roorda.vision.berkeley.edu]
WHERE: HopMonk Tavern, 224 Vintage Way, Novato CA 94945 [https://www.hopmonk.com/novato]
WHEN: Tuesday, Dec 10, 2024 — 7pm (1.5 hour)
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