Prof. Isabel Gauthier of Vanderbilt University on visual object recognition and human variation

About this episode

Prof. Isabel Gauthier discusses visual object recognition and the impact of experience on our visual system.

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Isabel Gauthier is Professor of Psychology, Radiology and Radiological Sciences at Vanderbilt University. She is interested in how we recognize objects visually, and how our experience with objects transforms our visual system. Please subscribe to this channel: http://scientificsense.world

People in this episode

Host: Gill Eapen

Guest: Prof. Isabel Gauthier

Topics covered

• visual object recognition
• human variation
• psychology
• cognitive science
• visual perception

Keywords

• visual recognition
• object recognition
• human variation
• psychology
• cognitive science

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vanderbilt University

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