PSYC 2220. Sensation and perception I
Department of PsychologyYork University
Fall term 2013
Tuesday and Thursday, 1:00-2:30
• 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
• October 17. Here are some suggestions on how to study.• October 22. If you have a good GPA, consider applying for an NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award. The application deadline is around February 1, but contact a professor well ahead of time in order to plan a research project proposal.
• October 22. The Undergraduate Psychology Students' Association is a good way to get involved with psychology-related groups at York.
Lecture slides
| • Lecture 1. Light and the eye | slides | |||||||||||||||
| • Lecture 2. Spatial vision | slides | |||||||||||||||
| • Lecture 3. Colour | slides colour channels | |||||||||||||||
| • Lecture 4. Motion | biological motion
aperture problem
second order motion
| • Lecture 5. Attention
| slides | • Lecture 6. Depth |
slides
wheatstone's stereograms | • Lecture 7. Signal detection theory |
| • Lecture 8. Psychophysical laws |
| • Lecture 9. Mid-level vision
| slides | • Lecture 10. Research articles
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Goldsmith (2006)
Adelson (1993)
| • Lecture 11. Sound and the ear
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| • Lecture 12. Hearing
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