24.04.2013Showing the Invisible – Brain Activity and Visual Perception

PD Dr. Dirk Jancke, Optical Imaging Lab, Institut für Neuroinformatik

Are you sure that you always see what there actually is to see? We take vision for granted, because a lot of processes in the neural network of our brain happen automatically and remain unnoticed by our consciousness. Optical illusions can uncover these processes. They reveal the complex interactions between neural cells which happen in every millisecond and which create far more than only a simple copy of incoming light stimuli.
In his lecture PD Dr. Dirk Jancke will give insights into the complex processes of neuronal activities and information processing. He shows that our brain takes and has to take a lot into consideration to be able to cover the complexity of the world visually.