PY3110 - Human Sensation and Perception
[Offered in even-numbered years in Cairns. ]
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | Discipline of Psychology |
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: | (PY1001 or PY1101) and (PY1002 or PY1102) and (PY2091 or PY2101) |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | PY3024 |
Availabilities | |
| JCU Singapore, Block, Study Period 51 | |
| Census Date 30-Mar-2007 | |
| Face to face teaching 05-Mar-2007 to 01-Jun-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Ms Kerry McBain, jc145779 |
| Lecturers: | jc145779, jc153856. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); essays (40%). |
| JCU Singapore, Block, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 31-Aug-2007 | |
| Face to face teaching 02-Jul-2007 to 28-Sep-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Ms Kerry McBain |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); essays (40%). |
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