| Required Readings & Web Tutorial |
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Outline |
| Help and Guides |
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Outline |
pdf |
ppt |
| Sept. 8 |
Imagine UBC Day (no class) |
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| Sept. 10 |
Introduction |
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| Sept. 15 |
Psychophysics - Classical Methods |
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| Sept. 17 |
Psychophysics - Modern Improvements |
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| Sept. 22 |
Biology of perception; Physics of light |
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internet experiment due; sign up for research topics |
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| Sept. 24 |
Visual system (eye & optics) |
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| Sept. 29 |
Visual system (retina) |
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individual proposal due |
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| Oct. 1 |
Visual system (visual acuity) |
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| Oct. 6 |
Visual system (pathways) |
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| Oct. 8 |
plan group experiments |
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| Oct. 13 |
Visual system (cortex) |
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| Oct. 15 |
conduct group experiments |
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| Oct. 20 |
Physics of Sound; Auditory System (ear) |
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| Oct. 22 |
Auditory system (inner ear) |
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| Oct. 27 |
MIDTERM EXAM |
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| Oct. 29 |
group analysis and slide making |
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| Nov. 3 |
Auditory system (pathways;cortex;loudness) |
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| Nov. 5 |
Auditory system (pitch;hearing loss) |
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group slides due |
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| Nov. 10 |
Auditory system (sound localization) |
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| Nov. 12 |
Somatosensory system (touch) |
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| Nov. 17 |
Somatosensory system (temperature & pain) |
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individual research reports due |
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| Nov. 19 |
Olfactory system (physiology) |
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| Nov. 24 |
Olfactory system (psychophysics) |
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| Nov. 26 |
Gustatory system (physiology) |
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| Dec. 1 |
Gustatory system (taste psychophysics) |
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| Dec. 3 |
Vestibular system |
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| Dec. 16 |
FINAL EXAM (3:30-5:30) |
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HEBB THEATRE |
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