Description
In this course you will learn
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Explain the structure and function of the sensory systems of vision, audition, touch, taste, and smell.
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Assess the extent to which the processes of transduction and coding are common to all senses or specific to each different sense.
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Compare the advantages and disadvantages of the main types of psychophysical methods.
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Interpret some of the ways perceptual elements, including edges and contours, are perceptually grouped (Gestalt principles).
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Evaluate the mechanisms of perceptual constancies.