Screened as a part of a unique project, Art and Brain Week, launched by the Edmond and Lily Safra Centre for Brain Sciences (ELSC) at the Hebrew University and Jerusalem Cinematheque, the award winning film helped students understand how the brain collates a stream of electro-chemical signals and distinctly two different images sent by two human eyes to present a single image.
A doctoral student, Adi Kol, of the ELSC centre in an interesting interactive presentation on "Depth Perception" in imagery prepared the young minds to understand how the brain analyses information sent by sensory organs and how the knowledge has helped enrich artistic creativity.
The purpose of the Brain Awareness Week "is to raise public awareness to the importance of brain research and present research advances in the field", Aviram said.
"ELSC's 'Art and Brain Week' promotes this goal while strengthening the relationship between community and academia", he added.
A special scientific event has been planned every evening at the Jerusalem Cinematheque as part of the week-long initiative which includes a lecture by a leading neuro- scientist at the forefront of brain research and screening of a film related to the lecture.