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

Sensory Psychology