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Dec 29, 2014

Purves Shares His View in Online Visual Perception Course

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On January 7, Duke University neurobiology professor Dale Purves will teach “Visual Perception and the Brain,” an open online course offered through Coursera, for the second time. The course considers how what we see is generated by the visual system and what visual perception indicates about how the brain works. In a blog post for […]


On January 7, Duke University neurobiology professor Dale Purves will teach “Visual Perception and the Brain,” an open online course offered through Coursera, for the second time. The course considers how what we see is generated by the visual system and what visual perception indicates about how the brain works.

In a blog post for Scientific American, Stephen L. Macknick discusses the course (which he has registered for) and how Purves’ approach to this topic is unique and exciting.

Read the post: A Coursera Course on Visual Perception—Starts January 7th. (Scientific American)