This week's CogSci seminar will take place on Friday (March 6th) at 16:30 in JF 507.
Our invited speaker is Nihan Alp (Sabanci University). Please see the title, abstract of her talk, and the suggested reading list below.
Ediz Dikmelik* (https://cocuklarlafelsefe.com/kim/), one of our Cognitive Science Graduates, will be here on Monday (March the 2nd) to meet with our cognitive science group and share his experiences in the field.
*BA - METU Philosophy
On the contribution of contour mechanisms in early visual cortex to shape perception: an comparative study of neural networks and statistical modeling
The visual system tends to group clusters of similar parts into a single shape. The perceived shape of such an object – consisting of many similar small parts – can be manipulated by creating a perceptual conflict between the orientation and the position of the parts.
