October 31, 2020 "Illusion and Reality: The Science of Perception"

 “Illusion and Reality: The Science of Perception”. (Please click here to get the Show Slides for the Show.)

 The brain constructs the experience of reality using sensory information from the outside world combined with internal information from memory, fears, desires, and goals.
Sometimes the experience of reality is distorted and results in so-called visual and auditory illusions. We will learn how the brain works by exploring the conditions under which certain visual and auditory illusions
occur. Be prepared to have your reality distorted!