This course will be maily dedicated to discuss a classic work in vision science, written by a leading figure in Germany's Gestalt movement in psychology, Wolfgang Metzger. Wolfgang Metzger's main argument, drawn from Gestalt theory, is that the objects we perceive in visual experience are not the objects themselves but perceptual effigies of those objects constructed by our brain according to natural rules. Gestalt concepts are currently being increasingly integrated into mainstream neuroscience by researchers proposing network processing beyond the classical receptive field. In this class, the students will meet our guest lecturer Dr. Lothar Spillman, who translated the original book into English, and have the opportunity to learn from a great master in vision science.
先修科目Prerequisites
Introductory Psychology and/or Sensation & Percepion are recommended.
教學方式Teaching Methods
評量方式Assessment
課堂參與30%，課中討論答辯30%，心得報告40%
參考書目Reference
1. Laws of Seeing by Wolfgang Metzger/ Translated by Lothar Spillmann, MIT press, 2006
2. Visual Cognition by Steve Pinker, MIT press, 1985
教學進度Course Schedule
2009/09/22 Introduction: Overview of the history of visual theory 2009/10/20 Ch 4: Developmental stages in shape formation 2009/10/13 Ch 3: Of groups and borders 2009/10/06 Ch 2: Visible and invisible forms 2009/09/29 Ch 1: Ambiguous figures in our daily environment 2009/11/03 Ch 6: Brightness and spatial forms 2009/10/27 Ch 5: Gestalt law serving camouflage 2009/11/17 Ch 7: Gestalt law in the spatial effect of perspective drawings 2009/11/24 Ch 8: Form and substance of seen things－the Pragnanz tendency 2009/12/01 Ch 9: Gestalt law in the spatial effect of brightness
Ch 10: Yet another important camouflage principle 2009/12/08 Ch 11: The wondering moon 2009/12/29 Individual project meeting (II) 2009/12/22 Individual project meeting (I) 2009/12/15 Ch 12: Finale: Laws of seeing and laws of nature Student's Presentation 2010/01/05 Final Oral Exam 2010/01/12 Final Exam Week－no class 2009/09/15 Orientation 2009/11/10 Midterm Exam Week－no class