RuCCS/LVR 5th Julesz Lecture on Brain Research
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Monday, April 23, 2018
The Weizmann Institute of Science
UPDATE: Thanks to all who attended the event. Photos from the event are available here. Video recording available below.
"Visual representation under the surface of awareness"
Monday, April 23, 2018 at 5:00 pm
Easton Hub Auditorium, Fiber Optics Materials Research Building
101 Bevier Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8007
Program
 Béla Julesz (1928-2003) |
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 Salvador Dali's "Cybernetic Odalisque - Homage to Béla Julesz" (1978) (Best seen with red-green glasses) |
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| 5:00 - 5:04pm |
Introduction and Tribute to Bela Julesz by Prof. Eileen Kowler |
| 5:04 - 5:07pm | Speaker Introduction by Prof. Thomas Papathomas |
| 5:07 - 5:10pm | Tribute to Speaker by Dr. Barton Rubenstein |
| 5:10 - 6:10pm |  Lecture by Dr. Dov SagiThe George Zlotowski Professorial Chair Department of Neurobiology, Brain Research Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot, Israel "Visual representation under the surface of awareness" Bela Julesz studied “preattentive” vision, defined as vision without effort or scrutiny within the context of texture segmentation, asking whether it can process complex forms. We extend this question to “preconscious” vision, defined as vision without awareness or subjective experience. Our probe on visual awareness is Motion Induced Blindness (MIB; Bonneh, Cooperman, & Sagi, 2001), where a salient visual target perceptually disappears when superimposed onto a rotating background. We are interested in identifying the information available to the brain in the absence of stimulus awareness, in an attempt to identify a functional role for visual awareness. I’ll describe experimental results suggesting a relatively rich visual representation under the surface of awareness, with awareness having limited access to selected objects. |
| 6:10 - 6:30pm |
Q & A / Discussion |
| 6:30 - 8:00pm | Light reception immediately following the talk will be in the Fiber Optics Materials Research Building, Lobby |
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Directions
Easton Hub Auditorium
Fiber Optics Materials Research Building
101 Bevier Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8007
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