Conference "Art & brain, or how our brain deciphers art".

As part of the 21st edition of Brain Week from March 11 to 17, 2019.
Maison des étudiants Aimé Schœnig, Richter campus - Rue Vendémiaire, Montpellier.

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Speakers:

• Simon Thorpe, Director of Research at CerCO - Centre de recherche cerveau et cognition de Toulouse ;
• Laetitia Delafontaine, artist, teacher at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Montpellier - MoCo ;
• Gregory Niel, artist, teacher at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Montpellier - MoCo.

Is it a bird? Is it an airplane? How long does it take the human visual system to process a complex natural image?

Simon Thorpe's research merrily blends neurophysiology and psychophysics, computer modeling and theoretical work, leading him to study memory mechanisms in humans and machines, which "aim to understand how we can store sensory memories that can last a lifetime". The hypothesis here is that humans can store memories that can remain completely silent for several months or years in so-called "grandmother cells", which constitute a kind of "dark matter neocortex".

Laetitia Delafontaine and Gregory Niel will be experimenting with space, place and its representation in relation to new media. They will explore the specificities of cinematographic, digital and virtual technologies, and their impact on perception and behavior, through the development of artistic proposals. How does one situate oneself in a space that not only offers several possible maps depending on the parameters one chooses, but is also shaped by another space, virtual or mental, which profoundly alters the ways in which places relate to one another? This also raises the question of the position of the viewer or the viewed, in relation to the new media and their way of representing spaces.

Practical info :

Maison des étudiants Aimé Schœnig
Rue Vendémiaire - Tram L1, L3 et L4 Rives du Lez
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An event proposed by COSA - COnnexion Science & Art.