Required Readings
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| September 17 | |
| Web Tutorial | |
| Required: Cornsweet, T. N. (1962). The staircase-method in psychophysics. The American Journal of Psychology, 75(3), 485-491. | |
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| Extra: Stanislaw, H. & Todorov, N. (1999). Calculation of signal detection theory measures. Behavioural Research Methods, Instruments and Computers, 31(1), 137-149. | |
| Search for this article in PsycINFO (foundin UBC Library's Indexes and Databases in e-Resources). If, at the Psychonomic Society Publications page, it says "No Results Found", enter the authors names into the search boxes (below No Results Found). The article is available as a pdf and will be found. | |
| November 17 | |
| Required: Basbaum & Julius (2006). Toward better pain control. Scientific American, 294(6), 60-67. | |
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