Workshop on Simplicity and Likelihood in Perceptual Organization

Understanding intrinsic simplicity and statistical likelihood in visual Gestalts

March 14-16, 2012, University of Leuven, Belgium

The Laboratory of Experimental Psychology is hosting a small-scale
workshop on simplicity and likelihood principles in perceptual
organization. The workshop aims at understanding how the brain
organizes the visual input into a coherent interpretation. Why are
certain organizations preferred over others? Is it because those
organizations are simpler, or because they are more likely?

The workshop combines tutorial style lectures by our invited speakers
(Jacob Feldman, Lars Muckli, Peter van der Helm, & Laurenz Wiskott),
with short empirically focused presentations by lab members (Hans Op
de Beeck, Wouter Braet, Maarten Demeyer, Lee de-Wit, Jonas Kubilius,
Bart Machilsen, Tom Putzeys, Michaël Sassi, Sander van de Cruys,
Nathalie van Humbeeck, Cees van Leeuwen, & Johan Wagemans). There will
be ample time for open discussion.

Anyone who is interested in participating is welcome, but note that
attendance will be limited to 30 places. Registration cost is 50
Euros. More details and practical information about the event can be
found here:

http://www.gestaltrevision.be/en/events/upcoming/27-events/234