The Legacy of Kanizsa in Cognitive Science

June 10-13, 2002
30 Portici Street, Bolzano (Italy)


10 June, Morning: Opening session

9.00-9.30 Registration

9.30-9.45 Authorities's Address

Chairman. A. Zimmer

9.45-10.45 L. Albertazzi, Gaetano Kanizsa: Varieties of Intentional Reference

10.45-11.00 Coffee break

11.00-12.00 K. Nugochi, The relationship between visual illusions and aesthetic preference

Afternoon

Chairman J. Petitot

15.00-16.00 M. Kubovy, Phenomenology, phenomenological psychophysics, and perceptual organization

16.00-16.15 Coffee break

16.15-17.15 J. Malik, Ecological statistics and perceptual organization

17.15-17.30 Coffee break

17.30-18.30 A. Zimmer, The role of invariants for stability and singularity in perception

11 June, Morning

Chairman. D. Hoffman

9.00-10.00 S. Palmer, Early vs late grouping

10.00-10.15 Coffee break

10.15-11.15 M.A. Stadler, Bottom-up and Top-down components in perception of multistable visual patterns

11.15-11.30 Coffee break

11.30-12.30 R. Luccio, The emergence of Praegnanz

Afternoon

Chairman. I. Biederman

15.00-16.00 M. Zanforlin, Stereokinetic anomalous contours

16.00-16.15 Coffee break

16.15-17.15 G.B. Vicario, On masking in visual field

17.15-17.30 Coffee break

17.30-18.30 J. Petitot, Geometry of V1 and Kanizsa’s contours

ROUND TABLE

20,30-22,00 Gestalt and Neuroscience
Discussants: Ehrenstein, Sarris, Spillmann, Pierantoni

12 June, Morning

Chairman. S. Palmer

9.00-10.00 D. Hoffmann, The role of attention in face perception

10.00-10.15 Coffee break

10.15-11.15 I. Biedermann, M.C. Mangini, A neurocomputational account of face representation

11.15-11.30 Coffee break

11.30-12.30 A. Carsetti, Rational perception and self-organization of forms

End of Conference