Visualizations and visual illusions: how the mind tricks us

Presentation Date: 

Saturday, June 11, 2005

Location: 

NATO ASI Course on New developments in optics and related fields: modern techniques, materials, and applications, Centro Ettore Majorana (Erice, Italy)

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.