Level

High School

Essential Questions

How is vision processed by the eye and brain?

What role does memory and context play in social recognition?

How does the brain recognize familiar faces?

Materials

Lesson Slides

Student Worksheet + Exit Ticket

Source Material

The Stavros Niarchos Brain Insight Lecture, "How We Perceive Ourselves and Others" 

By Steven A. Siegelbaum, PhD. and Jon B. Freeman, PhD

Created by:

Andrew Anderson

Edited by:

Maia Gumnit, PhD

With input from:

Alejandro Mundo

Christine Chan

Claryliz Peralta Rodriguez

Deborah Reich

Emma Schmich

Gwendolyn Salas

Jason Econome

Jorge Torres

Madalyn McDaniel

Mariya Barreras

Mariya Barreras

Meng-Ping Tu

Michael Becker

Mosammat Rahim

Ramona Fittipaldi

Ramsha Farooq

Reva Hinds

Sean McFadden

Stephen Kos

Sylvie Ozon

Theresa Stanley