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Content: In this module you will learn about how we perceive the world through the modalities of vision and audition, and how attention modulates what we perceive. The module aims to provide students with a basic understanding of core theoretical issues and experimental findings in the study of a) the representation of events in the outside world through neural activity, b) the processing of information in the auditory and visual sensory systems and c) the effects of attention on visual and auditory perception.
Teaching delivery: This module is taught via 20 hours of in-person lectures over 10 teaching weeks.
Indicative Topics: Indicative topics 鈥� based on module content in 2023/24, subject to possible changes: Introduction to Perception Research Methods, The Visual System, Colour and Depth Perception, Spatial and Motion Perception, Object and Face Perception, Multi-sensory Perception, Vision for Action, Attention (2 parts), Audition (2 parts).
Module Aims: By the end of the module you should
- understand how the activity of neural systems encodes information about the external world
- be able to describe and compare theoretical perspectives on how we might best understand the processes involved in perception and attention
- understand the role of attention in the perception of visual and auditory events
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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