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Vision is central to our daily interactions with the world: we can effortlessly navigate through a city, comprehend fast movie trailers, and find a friend in a crowd. While we take the visual experience for granted, visual perception Involves a series of complicated cognitive processes beyond just opening our eyes. The goal of this course is to introduce students to the field of visual cognition, including existing theoretical frameworks and recent research findings. We will explore questions such as: How do we see the visual world? Do we see and remember correctly what's in the physical world? How many items can we keep track of and remember at a time? How is the visual system structured and what are the neural mechanisms underlying visual perception? Meets with AS.050.319. Recommended Course Background: AS.200.101, AS.050.101, or AS.080.203/AS.050.203