Sensation & Perception PSYC 3041 / 6014 Spring 2014 Dr. Bruce Walker Spring 2014 PSYCH 3041 / 6014Spring 2014 PSYCH 3041 / 6014 S&P: Overview Ø How do humans (and other animals) sense and perceive the world? Ø Consider philosophical questions that humans have long posed about perception Ø Study the methods and techniques scientists use to try to answer them Ø Study the sensory pathways, fundamental perceptual processing, and higher-level meaning-making Ø Start with the skin senses and chemical senses followed by audition, vision, etc. Ø Consider sensation and perception from several perspectives: physiological, psychophysical, ecological, motivational, and computationalSpring 2014 PSYCH 3041 / 6014 Administrivia Ø Instructor: "Bruce Walker"Ø Office: " "Room 230, Psych Building"Ø Telephone: "(404) 894-8265"Ø Email: " "[email protected] "Ø http://sonify.psych.gatech.edu/~walkerb/classes/perception/ !Ø TA: "Jared Batterman"Ø Lab Instr.: Jonathan Schuett & Thom Gable#"Ø Required Textbook:"v Goldstein, E. B. (2014). Sensation and Perception, 9th Edition. Cengage Learning. (ISBN-10: 1133958494 ISBN-13: 9781133958499)!v Textbook is available in hardcover, as well as various electronic versions. It may be purchased or rented in print or electronic format.!v See syllabus for details!Ø Note: Additional readings will be required. It is the student's responsibility to obtain and read all required readings before the class in which they are discussed."Spring 2014 PSYCH 3041 / 6014 Outline of Topics 1. History & Methods of S&P 2. Skin senses 3. Pain 4. Chemical Senses 5. Orienting 6. Audition 7. Vision 8. Time Perception 9. Perceptual DevelopmentSpring 2014 PSYCH 3041 / 6014 Grading Midterm I 50 Midterm II 50 Final Paper/Proposal (6014) (100) Final Exam 100 TOTAL: 200 (300) 3041 LAB Grade: 25% of the overall grade. Note: Read online syllabus carefully regarding assignments, reading, expectations, grading, and most of all, the final paper/research proposal.Spring 2014 PSYCH 3041 / 6014 Some General Points Ø We hope to have discussions and perhaps even interesting debate… Ø BUT this requires you to learn lots of background facts. So read and prepare before class. v Don’t expect to get everything you need to know from the lectures--you may be tested on stuff never covered in class. v Don’t expect to get everything you need to know from the textbook & readings--come to class. Ø Respect and consideration are important: v Show up on time, turn off your cell phones, don’t play Minecraft in class… you know, remember all those things your mother taught you about good manners.Spring 2014 PSYCH 3041 / 6014 Questions?…Spring 2014 PSYCH 3041 / 6014 Sensation & Perception Questions Ø Christopher’s “Broken fish”Spring 2014 PSYCH 3041 / 6014 Other Questions… Ø If a tree falls in the forest….? Ø Why is the sky blue (or is it?)? Ø Can a computer see as well as we can? Ø What is it like to feel no pain (none at all!)? Ø Can babies hear before they are born? Ø What, really, is “brain freeze”? Ø What makes food spicy? Ø Do blind people hear better? Ø What happens to our senses as we get