| Course Outline |
| Required Readings & Internet Experiments |
| Human Subject Pool |
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Outline |
pdf |
ppt |
| Sept. 7 |
Imagine UBC Day (no class) |
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| Sept. 9 |
Introduction |
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| Sept. 14 |
Psychophysics - Classical Methods |
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| Sept. 16 |
Psychophysics - Modern Improvements |
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| Sept. 21 |
Biology of Perception; Physics of Light |
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Internet experiment due |
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| Sept. 23 |
Eye and Optics |
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Sign up for proposal/group topic |
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| Sept. 28 |
Retina |
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| Sept. 30 |
Visual Acuity |
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Individual proposals due |
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| Oct. 5 |
Visual Pathways |
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| Oct. 7 |
Visual Cortex |
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| Oct. 12 |
MIDTERM EXAM |
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| Oct. 14 |
Plan group experiment; group proposal due |
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| Oct. 19 |
Physics of Sound; Ear |
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| Oct. 21 |
Inner Ear |
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| Oct. 26 |
Conduct group experiment |
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| Oct. 28 |
Group analysis and slide making |
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| Nov. 2 |
Auditory Pathways and Cortex; Loudness |
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| Nov. 4 |
Pitch; Hearing Loss |
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Group slides due |
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| Nov. 9 |
Sound Localization; Somatosensory Receptors |
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| Nov. 11 |
Remembrance Day (no class) |
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| Nov. 16 |
Somatosensory Pathways and Perception |
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| Nov. 18 |
Pain Perception; Olfactory System |
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| Nov. 23 |
Smell |
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| Nov. 25 |
Olfactory Hedonics; Gustatory System |
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| Nov. 30 |
Taste |
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| Dec. 2 |
Vestibular System |
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| TBA |
FINAL EXAM (2 hrs) |
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