| Date | Notes | Topic | Reading(s) * | Notes Outline |
| 1/06 | Introduction to Course | Syllabus | Slides PDF | |
| 1/08 | History & Philosophy | Bartoshuk (2019) |
Slides PDF
Notes DOC | PDF |
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| 1/10 | Methods & Techniques | Goldstein CH1 | Slides PDF Notes DOC | PDF | |
| 1/13 (T) | Psychophysics; Signal Detection Theory | Goldstein Appendix A, B, C & D Stevens (1961) |
Notes DOC | PDF | |
| 1/15 | Physiology of Perception | Goldstein CH2 | Notes DOC | PDF | |
| 1/17 | Neuroimaging; Bottom-Up vs. Top-Down |
Notes DOC
| PDF
Notes DOC | PDF |
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| 1/20 | School Holiday--MLK Day--no classes | |||
| 1/22 | Cutaneous Senses | Goldstein CH14 | Notes DOC | PDF | |
| 1/24 | Pain | Goldstein CH14; No Pain video No Pain Update 1 | Update 2 |
Notes DOC | PDF | |
| 1/27 | Olfaction (smell) | Goldstein CH15 Dmitrenko (2020) |
Notes DOC | PDF | |
| 1/29 (T) | Gustation (taste); Flavor | Goldstein CH15 | Notes DOC | PDF | |
| 1/31 | Midterm 1 | Midterm 1 | Midterm 1 | Midterm 1 |
| 2/03 | Vestibular Sense | Carlson CH7, p218-220 YouTube Video on Balance Fun YouTube Video on Semicircular Canals |
Notes DOC | PDF | |
| 2/05 | Auditory System/Pathways | Goldstein CH11; Carlson CH7 |
Notes DOC
| PDF
Slides PDF |
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| 2/07 | Auditory System/Pathways 2 | Deutsch (2002) | Deutsch (2004) | ||
| 2/10 | Fundamental Auditory Functions | Goldstein CH11 | Notes DOC | PDF | |
| 2/12 | Fundamental Auditory Functions 2 | |||
| 2/14 | Auditory Localization | Goldstein CH12 | Notes DOC | PDF | |
| 2/17 | Auditory Scene Analysis / Pathology | Bregman (1993) | Bregman (2013) |
Notes DOC
| PDF
Notes DOC | PDF |
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| 2/19 | Speech | Goldstein CH13; Carlson CH16 (pp. 496-514) | Notes DOC | PDF | |
| 2/21 | Visual System/Pathways | Goldstein CH3 | Notes DOC | PDF | |
| 2/24 | Visual System/Pathways 2 | Goldstein CH4; Hubel & Wiesel (1979) | ||
| 2/26 | Visual Functions | Notes DOC | PDF | ||
| 2/28 | Midterm 2 | Midterm 2 | Midterm 2 | Midterm 2 |
| 3/02 | Object Perception | Goldstein CH5 | Notes DOC | PDF | |
| 3/04 | Object Perception 2 | |||
| 3/06 | Visual Attention | Goldstein CH6 | Notes DOC | PDF | |
| 3/09 (T) | Taking Action | Goldstein CH7 | ||
| 3/11 (T) | Motion Detection | Goldstein CH8 | Notes DOC | PDF | |
| 3/13 (T) | Motion Detection 2 | |||
| Mar 16-20 | Spring Break-no classes | Spring Break-no classes | ||
| Mar 23-27 | Online learning test phase | Online learning test phase | ||
| Week of 3/30 - 4/03 | Color Vision | Watch recorded lecture on Color Vision via Canvas Slides PDF |
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| Mon 3/30 | Color Vision (no class :: watch recorded lecture & read) | Goldstein CH9; Rigden (1999) | Notes DOC | PDF | |
| Wed 4/01 | Color Vision (Office hours live via BlueJeans -optional) | Finke (1986) | ||
| Fri 4/03 | Color Vision (Office hours live via BlueJeans -optional) | Burns (2005) | ||
| Week of 4/06 - 4/10 | Depth and Size Perception | Watch recorded lecture on Depth and Size Perception via Canvas
Slides PDF |
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| Mon 4/06 | Depth and Size Perception (no class :: watch lecture & read) | Goldstein CH10 | Notes DOC | PDF | |
| Wed 4/08 | Depth and Size Perception (Office hours live via BlueJeans -optional) | |||
| Fri 4/10 | Final Paper | Depth and Size Perception (Office hours live via BlueJeans -optional) | Final Paper Due | |
| Week of 4/13 - 4/17 | Constancy & Illusions, and Camouflage | Watch recorded lectures on Constancy & Illusions, and Camouflage via Canvas
Slides PDF |
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| Mon 4/13 | Constancy & Illusions (no class :: watch lectures & read) | Notes DOC | PDF | ||
| Wed 4/15 | Constancy & Illusions (Office hours live via BlueJeans -optional) | |||
| Fri 4/17 | Camouflage (Office hours live via BlueJeans -optional) | Slides PDF | Notes DOC | PDF | |
| Mon 4/20 | ONLINE LIVE Q&A and DISCUSSION SESSION via BlueJeans (required attendance) | |||
| APRIL 24 (Fri) | ** 2019 FINAL EXAM ** (11:20 am - 2:10 pm) | (see official finals schedule) | Final Exam | |
| (skip) | Computer Vision / Vision and Computing (HCI) | Poggio (1984) | ||
| (skip) | Time Perception | (Schiffman 2001, CH19) Carlson CH9 (pp. 296-303) |
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| (skip) | Perceptual Development | Goldstein Development Sidebars | ||
| *Note: Additional readings may be added. This list is not to be considered complete or final. | ||||