the Human Visual System: Should You Believe What You See?

Presenter Full Name
Dr. Donald A. Glaser
Award Recipient
Nobel Prize
Institution
University of California, Berkeley
Year & Semester
1988 Spring
Presentation Date
February 22, 1988

Dr. Donald A. Glaser of the University of California, Berkeley will summarize what is known about the wiring diagram of the human visual system and give some examples of its impressive performance and equally impressive failures in the form of optical illusions. Professor Glaser was awarded the Nobel prize in physics in 1960. [Available on VHS in the SSU library.]