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When:Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Time:8PM
Where:Bell House
149 7th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
(718) 643-6510
Cost:Free
Inside a converted warehouse . . . Above the mist and mystery of the Gowanus Canal . . . The “Secret Science Club” rockets into December with back-to-back, brain-boggling lectures and cosmic cocktails at the Bell House. Open the doors of perception with visual neuroscientist Ben Backus
You won’t believe your eyes. . .
At the back of the human eye, the retina is smaller than a penny and tissue thin. Yet it contains 100 million neurons. When the eye is open, the retina constantly transmits information on edges, angles, motion, and light intensity to more than 30 areas of the cerebral cortex. How does the brain process and interpret all this visual stimuli—and are our perceptions reliable?
Cutting-edge vision scientist Ben Backus discusses how our brains learn to “see,” whether perception is linked to emotions, and optical illusions that are both illuminating and trippy.