Neural Information Processing

Winter Term 2014/15

Course title

Sensory Psychology

Vorlesungsverzeichnis

 Winter Term 2014/15
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 16:00 - 18:00, Sand 6/7, Hörsaal 2 (room F122)
Fri 16:00 - 18:00, Sand 6/7, Hörsaal 2 (room F122)
Detailed TIMETABLE		 Start
Friday the 17th of October 2014
Assessment & grading
Written exam		 Exam date & location
Friday the 23rd of January 2015, 8:00-10:00
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

Course Coordinator
Prof. F. A. Wichmann, DPhil
felix.wichmann(at)uni-tuebingen(dot)de