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The eyes have it - Active vision as a window to mind & brain

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Content and goal:
This master’s level reading seminar aims to change our perspective on visual processing, emphasizing its nature as an active, dynamic process rather than a passive reception of information. By critically examining traditional approaches to visual perception, we will uncover the limitations inherent in these models and explore how considerations of active vision—encompassing eye movements, attention, and interaction with the environment—provide a more comprehensive understanding of cognitive function. The course will engage with foundational research on visual perception and cognition, highlighting shortcomings in conventional methodologies and assumptions. Our discussions will be integrating a computational modeling and artificial intelligence perspective and ask how current (ANN) modelling is limited in the same way. By articulating the rich interplay between eye, mind, and brain, we will engage in a deeper discourse on the implications of active vision for cognitive science and the understanding of human perception.

Target audience:
Master students who have at least completed an introductory course on visual perception and visual neuroscience. In addition experience with ML/AI is recommended to take part in the discussions. Highly motivated bachelors students are welcome. Bear in mind that the course content will be complex.

Coursework:
There will be a weekly reading requirement (usually one paper) that is the basis of our discussions in the meetings. A random participant (including the lecturer) will be chosen to kick-off the session with a 5 minute wrap-up of the paper. The scientific discussions of the paper will be held in a thorough but friendly and supportive style.

Grading:
The course will be completed with a written report, to be handed in by each student, in which you will be asked to answer a guiding question or review a common theme among the papers covered. In those reports, you can choose between developing a new experimental/ modelling approach on active vision or integrate existing findings in a meta-analytic fashion.

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Ort: 93/E12: Di. 14:00 - 16:00 (11x), 93/E43: Freitag, 11.07.2025 09:00 - 15:00
Zeiten: Di. 14:00 - 16:00 (wöchentlich), Ort: 93/E12, Termine am Freitag, 11.07.2025 09:00 - 15:00, Ort: 93/E43
Erster Termin: Dienstag, 06.05.2025 14:00 - 16:00, Ort: 93/E12
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar (Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen)