PSYCH 787Visual Perception

This course focuses on both classic and contemporary studies of visual perception. The readings will involve studies of perception from a variety of perspectives including cognitive, cognitive neuroscience, Gestalt, phenomenological and ecological perspectives of vision. Studies of normal, unusual and disordered perception will be discussed. Students will be required to (a) facilitate a discussion in class based on the assigned research articles, (b) write commentaries on the articles covered each week, and (c) write a paper outlining a novel conceptual idea or a proposed experiment based on the studies discussed in class.