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How do we make sense of the world around us? Theoretical positions in cognitive science range from descriptions of perception as an encapsulated process, unaffected and strictly followed by higher-level cognition, to perception as active inference and construction. This talk presents empirical evidence on the interplay between visual perception and cognition and how it shapes our conscious experience. Specifically, I will discuss how knowledge, realness and meaningfulness affect the perception of high-level visual stimuli as objects and faces, and related functions as visual imagery and the transition from unconscious to conscious experience.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Professor for Neurocognitive Psychology at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Psychologist, Ph.D. from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, graduate school Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience. Postdoc at Max-Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen. Heisenberg fellow and Heisenberg professor at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Research Interests
I investigate the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying language, visual perception, semantic and social-emotional processing. Integrating these topics, my research focuses on the multifaceted interplay of these core human faculties when we interact with – and make sense of – our social and non-social environment.
To join the talk remotely:
us06web.zoom.us/j/84769261100?pwd=cgM0fQCwn8TEImCQrGqRQzQLlQzihE.1
Meeting ID: 847 6926 1100
ID: 654837
