Psyc 111 Perception
Course Calendar  Spring 2008 - Tentative

Additional readings will be assigned during the semester

Lec. No.

Date

Day

Topic

Reading

Events

1

1/17

Thur

Intro / Syllabus / Demos



2

1/22

Tu

Studying perception

Ch 1


3

1/24

Thur

Physiology: Neurons and action potentials

Ch 2


4

1/29

Tu

Physiology: Light and the eye

Ch 2


5

1/31

Thur

Early visual processing

Ch 3


6

2/5

Tu

Receptive fields

Ch 3


7

2/7

Thur

Modularity

Ch 4


8

2/12

Tu

Animal Eyes



9

2/14

Thur



1st Midterm (Lec 1-8)

10

2/19

Tu

Color: Stimulus and early vision

Ch 7


11

2/21

Thur

Color: Constancy and cortical processing

Ch 7


12

2/26

Tu

Objects

Ch 5


13

2/28

Thur

Visual Attention

Ch 6


14

3/4

Tu

Depth and Size

Ch 8


15

3/6

Thur

Movement

Ch 9


Spring Break

3/11

Tu




Spring Break

3/13

Th




16

3/18

Tu

Movement

Ch 9


17

3/20

Thur

Perception and Action

Ch 10


18

3/25

Tu



2nd Midterm (Lec 9-17)

20

4/1

Tue

Signal Detection Theory

Appendix 1


21

4/3

Thur

Auditory system

Ch 11


22

4/8

Tue

Sound Localization

Ch 12


23

4/10

Thur

Speech Perception

Ch 13


24

4/15

Tue

Cutaneous senses (touch / pain)

Ch 14


25

4/17

Thur

finish touch / pain

Ch 14


26

4/22

Tue



3rd Midterm (Ch 10-14, Appendix 1)

28

4/24

Thur

Chemical Senses

Ch 15 


29

4/29

Tue

Perceptual Development

Ch 16













Final exam

5/13

Tue

9-11 am


Final exam