| Course Outline |
| Required Readings & Internet Experiments |
| Human Subject Pool |
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Outline |
pdf |
ppt |
| Sept. 6 |
Imagine UBC Day (no class) |
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| Sept. 8 |
Introduction |
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| Sept. 13 |
Psychophysics - Classical Methods |
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| Sept. 15 |
Psychophysics - Modern Improvements |
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| Sept. 20 |
Biology of Perception; Physics of Light |
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Internet experiment due |
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| Sept. 22 |
Eye and Optics |
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Sign up for proposal/group topic |
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| Sept. 27 |
Retina |
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| Sept. 29 |
Visual Acuity |
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Individual proposal due |
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| Oct. 4 |
Visual Pathways |
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| Oct. 6 |
Visual Cortex |
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| Oct. 11 |
MIDTERM EXAM |
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| Oct. 13 |
Physics of sound; Ear |
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| Oct. 18 |
Plan group experiment; group proposal due |
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| Oct. 20 |
Inner Ear |
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| Oct. 25 |
Conduct group experiment |
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| Oct. 27 |
Group analysis and slide making |
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| Nov. 1 |
Auditory Pathways and Cortex |
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Group slides due |
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| Nov. 3 |
Loudness; Pitch |
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| Nov. 8 |
Hearing loss; Sound localization |
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| Nov. 10 |
Somatosensory systems; Touch |
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| Nov. 15 |
Temperature and pain |
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| Nov. 17 |
Olfactory System |
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| Nov. 22 |
Smell |
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| Nov. 24 |
Gustatory System |
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| Nov. 29 |
Taste |
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| Dec. 1 |
Vestibular System |
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individual research report due |
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| Dec 8 |
FINAL EXAM |
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