Our approach to understanding perception will include anatomy, physiology, neuroscience, and concepts from a sub-field of psychology known as sensory psychophysics. Because some of the fundamental concepts of perception take time and thought to grasp, and require some quantitative thinking, you will have to spend extra time working through these ideas to really understand them. Perception is generally thought to be comparable in difficulty to courses in biology, zoology or math.
Attendance is highly recommended, because the concepts in perception are deceptively difficult.
They look simple, but they are not intuitive, and build upon one another in ways that will not make sense unless you understand the component parts. My lectures are intended to help guide you through the maze of new concepts and jargon and to help you learn what is important to know. All of my lectures are illustrated Power point presentations, which will be made available to you for review. Four, approximately spaced through the semester and of final. Example short-essay questions will be provided.