BCSC 151: Lecture Schedule
Optional Readings
(from Sensation & Perception, 4th Edition, Wolfe et al.)
You can also get the 5th edition. Chapters numbers are identical, but page numbers differ slightly.
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Date
Topic
Optional Readings
08/31
General principles of perception
09/05
Measuring perception I
Ch. 1: 3-15
09/07
Measuring perception II
Ch. 1: 18-end (ignore Fig. 1.20)
09/12
The eye & Introduction to vision
Ch. 2: start-38
09/14
Early visual processing
Ch. 2: 38-end
09/19
Cortical visual processing
Ch. 3
09/21
EXAM 1
09/26
Form vision
Ch. 4: 95-112
09/28
Color perception
Ch. 5
10/03
Motion perception I
Ch. 8
10/05
Motion perception II
Ch. 8
10/10
Perception in 3D - I
Ch. 6: start-171
10/12
Perception in 3D - II
Ch. 6: 172-end
10/17
Fall Break
10/19
EXAM 2
10/24
Object and face perception
Ch. 4: start-95; 112-end
10/26
Visual attention
Ch. 7
10/31
Current research in vision
11/02
Auditory sensation
Ch. 9: start-265; 281-end
Ch. 10: 303-308 (complex sounds)
Ch. 10: 303-308 (complex sounds)
11/07
Hearing I
Ch. 9: 265-281
Ch. 10: start-302
Ch. 10: start-302
11/09
Hearing II
Ch. 10: 308-end
11/14
EXAM 3
11/16
Touch
Ch. 13: start-402; 405-410
11/21
No Class
11/23
Thanksgiving Break
11/28
Vestibular, Pain & Haptic;
Chemical senses: Taste
Chemical senses: Taste
Ch. 13: 403-405 (pain); 410-end
Ch. 12: start-352; 356-366; 371-end; Ch. 15 (taste)
Ch. 12: start-352; 356-366; 371-end; Ch. 15 (taste)
11/30
Chemical senses: Smell
Ch. 14
12/05
Perceptual Awareness
12/07
A world beyond human experience
12/12
EXAM 4