Puzzling things happen in human perception when ambiguous or incomplete information is presented to the eyes.
The Mathematics of Visual Illusions - Ian Stewart
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In this lecture Ian Stewart demonstrates how these phenomena provide clues about the workings of the visual system. For example, illusions, or multistable figures occur when a single image can be perceived in several ways. In this talk Ian references recent research which has modelled simplified, systematic methods by which the brain can make decisions.
Ian Stewart is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics in the University of Warwick.
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