PY3110 - Human Sensation and Perception

Credit points:	03
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
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This subject reviews the anatomy and physiology of the visual, auditory, gustatory, olfactory and somaesthetic sensory systems from periphery to cortex and explores how neural activity gives rise to our rich perceptual world. It explores the hypothesis that all perceptions are creations of our brains and looks at how and why we have evolved this strategy. Visual and somato sensory perception are dealt with in particular detail. Students are introduced to the essentials of psychophysics.

Learning Outcomes

• a detailed knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the senses and the experiences to which they give rise;
• a keen appreciation of the way in which humans make sense of the sea of energies in which they are immersed;
• a thorough understanding of the experimental techniques used to study perception and experience in applying them.

Prerequisites:	(PY2091 or PY2101) and (PY2092 or PY2102) and (PY2093 or PY2106)
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	PY3024

Availabilities
, , Study Period 2
Census Date 08-Sep-2006
Coord/Lect:	jc145779.
Contact hours:	26 hours 24 hours
Assessment:	(50%); (15%); (35%).
, , Study Period 32
Census Date 05-May-2006
Face to face teaching 22-May-2006 to 14-Jul-2006
Contact hours:	24 hours 11 hours 22 hours
Assessment:	(60%); (40%).

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