Course title Sensory Psychology Vorlesungsverzeichnis | Winter Term 2013/14 |
Type of course
Combination of lecture course and seminar | Lecturer
Prof. F. A. Wichmann, DPhil | Credits allocated
6.0 |
Objective
Sensory psychology of the visual and auditory systems: What are the behavioural limits of human vision and audition? To this end the course will cover - Psychophysical methods and signal detection theory
- Absolute sensitivity thresholds
- Spatial vision
- Object and Scene recognition
- Gestalt psychology
- Color vision
- Auditory frequency discrimination and critical bands
- Auditory sound localization
Detailed TIMETABLE |
Learning targets
Participants learn the central behavioural limits, concepts and psychophysical methods in sensory psychology. In addition, they get to know the state-of-the-art models in these domains and their theoretical foundations. |
Prerequisites
Basic mathematical skills (probability theory, calculus) |
Suggested reading
Wandell, B. A. (1995). Foundations of Vision. Sinauer Associates.
Wickens, T. D. (2002). Elementary Signal Detection Theory. OUP. |
Online Resources
All materials will be posted on ILIAS |
Day, time & location
Tue 8:00 - 10:00, Sand 6/7, Hörsaal 2 (room F122)
Fri 8:00 - 10:00, Sand 6/7, Hörsaal 2 (room F122)
Detailed TIMETABLE | Start
Tuesday the 22nd of October 2013 |
Assessment & grading
Written exam | Exam date & location
Friday the 31st of January 2014,
ZDV Kursräume, Wächterstr. 76 |
Target Audience - Kognitionswissenschaft - Master Hauptfach, Kognitionspsychologie
- Informatik - Diplom, Hauptstudium
- Infomatik - Master, Wahlpflichtbereich Praktische Informatik
- Infomatik - Master, Wahlpflichtbereich Informatik
- Medieninformatik - Master, Allgemeiner Wahlpflichtbereich
- Medieninformatik - Master, Wahlpflichtbereich Computergraphik und Visual Computing
- Infomatik - Lehramt an Gymnasien, Wahlpflichtbereich Hauptfach Informatik
- GTC - Master, Wahlpflichtbereich Neural Information Processing
- GTC - Master, Wahlpflichtbereich Neural and Behavioural Sciences
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Course Co-ordinator
Prof. F. A. Wichmann, DPhil
felix.wichmann(at)uni-tuebingen(dot)de |
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