PSYC 2220. Sensation and perception I
Department of PsychologyYork University
Summer term S1, 2011
Mondays and Wednesdays, 1:00-4:00
• Course syllabus
General description: How do we use light and sound to perceive our immediate environment? We will approach this topic both from a biological point of view, discussing the sensory systems and brain areas that underlie our perceptual abilities, and also from a computational point of view, investigating how we use the information that reaches our eyes and ears. Topics include: visual perception of shape, colour, depth, and motion; visual object recognition; auditory perception of pitch, loudness, and location; music and speech.
Announcements
• May 16. Here is the attending physician's statement form that you should use for medical documentation if you miss a test or quiz.• May 31. Here are answers to the first midterm test.
• June 9. Here are answers to the second midterm test.
• June 28. Here are the marks for all quizzes, the two midterm tests, and the final exam.
Lecture slides
| • Lecture 1. Light and the eye | Slides |
| • Lecture 2. Spatial vision | Slides |
| • Lecture 3. Motion | Slides |
| • Lecture 4. Colour | Slides |
| • Lecture 5. Depth | Slides |
| • Lecture 6. Objects | Slides |
| • Lecture 7. Psychophysics | ( no slides for this lecture ) |
| • Lecture 8. Sound and the ear | Slides |
| • Lecture 9. Hearing | Slides |
| • Lecture 10. Attention | Slides |
| • Lecture 11. Music and speech | Slides |