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Gehirn und Gestalt

II. Neuronale Mechanismen

Brain and Gestalt

II. Neuronal Mechanisms

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Abstract

New results in the study of visual perception are presented from a psychophysical, neurophysiological and neuroinformatics viewpoint and discussed in relation to Gestalt psychological ideas. Four topics are emphasized: figureground segregation, perception of surfaces, motion perception, eye movements and attention.

Zusammenfassung

Neue Ergebnisse in der Erforschung der visuellen Wahrnehmung werden aus psychophysischer, neurophysiologischer und neuroinformatischer Sicht dargestellt und ihre Bedeutung für gestaltpsychologische Ideen diskutiert. Vier Themenbereiche stehen im Vordergrund: Figur-Grund-Abhebung, Wahrnehmung von Flächen, Bewegungswahrnehmung, Augenbewegungen und Aufmerksamkeit.

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Zusammenfassung ausgewählter Vorträge einer Tagung über ‘Gehirn und Gestalt’, die anläßlich des 100. Geburtstages von Wolfgang Metzger im Juni 1999 im Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg in Delmenhorst (bei Bremen) stattfand.

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