Abstract:

The existence of a central fovea, the small retinal region with high analytical performance, is arguably the most prominent design feature of the primate visual system. This centralization comes along with the corresponding capability to move the eyes to reposition the fovea continuously. Past research on perception was mainly concerned with foveal vision while the eyes were stationary. In my talk I will compare human visual perception with and without eye movements to emphasize different aspects and functions of eye movements.

Members of the unit are interested in understanding the mechanisms underlying our perception of the world, with an emphasis on vision and audition. For this purpose, we harness tools from multiple disciplines, in particular behavioural psychophysics, integrative neuroscience, and computational modelling.

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