How the mind tricks us: visualizations and visual illusions

Presentation Date: 

Monday, October 9, 2006

Location: 

SLAC Colloquium, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (Menlo Park, CA)

Presentation Slides: 

Neurobiology and cognitive psychology have made great progress in understanding how the mind processes information – in particular visual information. The knowledge we can gain from these fields has important implications for the presentation of visual information and student learning.