FALL 2010
Tuesdays & Thursdays: 12:30 pm to 1:45 pm
COURSE
SYLLABUS FALL 2010Clicking on this link will take you to a copy of the course syllabus for Perception (EXP 4204). This was updated on 8-9-10.
CLASS
SCHEDULE AND IMPORTANT DATES FALL 2010Clicking on this link will provide you with a list of assigned readings by week and examination dates. This was updated on 8-9-10.
PRESENTATIONS
Clicking on this link will provide you with
instructions your required course presentations. It will also
list your presentation topic
and the date of your presentation.
EXAMS Clicking on this link will provide you information regarding what will be covered on the next exam and an answer keys and exam grades.
RESEARCH
PARTICIPATION FOR EXTRA CREDIT
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participate in Psychology Experiments here!
VIDEOS
Clicking on this link will
provide you with a linked list of the video handouts for videos that
have been shown in class so that you may print or save your own copy of
these handouts.
ADOBE
READER:
You will need Adobe Reader to access a number of files on this
webpage
and others. If you do not have an acrobat reader installed on
your
computer click on this link and you can download one from adobe's
website.
FACULTY IN THE
PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT AT USF WHOSE RESEARCH INTERESTS INCLUDE TOPICS
COVERED IN YOUR PERCEPTION TEXT
Clicking on these links will take you to comprehensive sites dedicated
to Cognitive Psychology as well as Web pages of faculty members doing
research in the area of Cognitive Psychology.
Emanuel
Donchin - USF faculty member and Department Chair whose
research research interest
include the following: cognitive psychophysiology.
Thomas
Sanoki - USF faculty member whose research interests include the
following:
Scene Perception, Object Recognition, Visual Attention, the Time Course
of
Perception, Computation Models of Perception and Cognition, Reading and
Learning
to Read, Processing Consequences of the Self-schema.
Toru Shimizu
- USF faculty member whose research interests include
the following: Comparative Psychology, Psychology of Learning,
Physiological Psychology, Methods in Neurosciences, and Neuroscience
Seminar.
SENSATION & PERCEPTION WEB SITES
The
Joy of Visual Perception: A Web Book. Explore some of the
most interesting visual phenomena all in one place on the web. Contains
an extensive library of visual illusions and phenomena that are recreated using computers. Excellent!
The San
Francisco Exploratorium: Illusion, Vision, and Perceptual Examples:
A very neat link to some interesting sensation and perception
activities from the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
Color
Vision: the module does feature an interactive additive color
mixer, a java applet that allows students to explore the sensitivity of
various types of cone, and several interactive features that go beyond
the material in an ordinary textbook.
The
Senses Challenge: This is a test of you perceptual
knowledge.
Center for
Sensation and Perception- This site displays many resources for
psychology students and is
maintained by Athabasca University. Go here to see actual experiments
and to participate.
Visual Illustrations
and Demonstrations - Here is collection of slides that can be used
as illustrations and demonstrations for sensation and perception.
Psychological
Tutorials and Demonstrations - This is a page that contains links
to hypertext tutorials in psychology.
Sensation and Perception
Jeopardy - Go here to play the ever popular game "Jeopardy" with
psychology facts and terms.
Center for
Sensory Research and Applications - The Center is a non-profit
organization dedicated to exploring the chemical senses at every level,
from molecular to behavioral.
Sensation and Perception
Tutorials - Here is a small collection of tutorials and
demonstrations related to our senses.Choose a topic and have fun.
Optical
Illusions & Visual Phenomena - Over 55 optical issusions.
Look at the upper right figure.This experiment works better if you close one eye. Fixate on the black dot in the center for about 10 - 15 seconds.
Pay close attention to what you see. Now do the same thing with the upper left figure. Did you notice any difference? In the accompanying explanation I tell you what most people see and the reason for it.
