Sensation & Perception
(PSY 345 / NEU 325)
Spring 2019
Princeton University
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| instructor: Jonathan
Pillow (pillow AT princeton)
| | AIs: Aaron Kurosu
(akurosu AT princeton) and Shruthi Ravindranath (shruthi AT princeton)
| | time: Tues/Thurs 10-10:50 am
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location: Guyot 10
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office hours:
Dr. Pillow: Tues 11am-12pm (PNI 254),
and by appt.
AIs: by appt. (and special hours during exam wk). |
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| piazza: course
page
| | syllabus: syllabus.pdf |
| textbook: Sensation & Perception, 5th ed.
Wolfe, Kluender, et al. Sinauer 2018 |
| companion website:
5th
edition
(4th edition)
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| Precept readings: readings
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| brief description: This course will provide
an introduction to the scientific study of sensation and
perception. We will undertake a detailed study of the major senses
(vision, audition, touch, smell, taste), using insights and methods
from a variety of disciplines (philosophy, physics, computer
science, neuroscience, psychology). We will begin with a study of
the physical basis for perceptual information (e.g., light, sound
waves), and proceed to the biological, psychological,and computational processes by
which such information is converted to percepts in the brain.
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