Module Number INFO-4169 (MKOGW1) |
Module Title Sensory Psychology |
Lecture Type(s) Lecture, Seminar |
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ECTS | 6 | |
Work load - Contact time - Self study |
Workload:
180 h Class time:
60 h / 4 SWS Self study:
120 h |
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Duration | 2 Semester | |
Frequency | Each Semester | |
Language of instruction | English | |
Type of Exam | Written exam (Lecture), Oral presentation (seminar) |
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Content | The module consists of 2 parts: To complete the module, students have to take the compulsory lecture "Psychophysical Methods" first (in the winter term), followed by one of the three seminars (in the summer term). The contents of the lecture and the seminars are: 2a) Seminar "Spatial Vision": Optics of the eye, absolute thresholds, adaptation, contrast sensitivity function, spatial frequency selectivity, contrast gain-control, early visual representation of the world. 2b) Seminar "Colour Vision & Material Perception": Spectral composition of light, wavelength encoding, colour matching, trichromacy, colour appearance, colour constancy, material properties & perception. 2c) Seminar "Theories of Vision": Inverse optics, Gibson’s direct perception, vision as (unconscious) inference, the interface theory of vision, vision as predictive coding, the efficient coding hypothesis. |
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Objectives | The students can classify and critically reflect the central behavioural limits, concepts and psychophysical methods in sensory psychology. They have in-depth knowledge of the state-of-the-art models and their theoretical foundations in one specific subdomain of sensory psychology (spatial vision, |
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Allocation of credits / grading |
Type of Class
Status
SWS
Credits
Type of Exam
Exam duration
Evaluation
Calculation
of Module (%)
Lecture
V
o
2
3.0
wt
90
g
50
Seminar
S
o
2
3.0
op
30
g
50
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Prerequisite for participation | There are no specific prerequisites. | |
Lecturer / Other | Wichmann | |
Literature | Literatur / Literature: Wird zu Beginn jeder Veranstaltung angekündigt. / Will be announced at the beginning of each course. Teilnahmevoraussetzungen / Prerequisites: Grundlagenwissen in Mathematik und Statistik; dringend empfohlen wird zudem Grundlagenwissen über die Prinzipien visueller Wahrnehmung. / Basic knowledge in mathematics and statistics is required; basic knowledge of the fundamentals of visual perception is strongly recommended. |
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Last offered | Wintersemester 2022 | |
Planned for | Sommersemester 2023 | |
Assigned Study Areas | INFO-INFO, MEDI-APPL, MEDI-INFO, MEDI-MEDI, MEDI-VIS, MEDZ-SEM, ML-CS |