Undergraduate Course: Perception (PSYL10116)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Psychology |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course examines the perception of the external world, and one's own body and movement. The course will cover the use of vision and the body senses to guide actions, and the bidirectional interactions between perception and action. It will also consider the representation of our bodies as a feat of multisensory integration, the dynamic flexibility of this body representation, and the experience of body ownership and agency.
The main course content is presented in lectures, with additional in-class discussions. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Psychology 2 (PSYL08002)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 Psychology courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Block 1 (Sem 1), Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 12,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
86 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students should be able:
To understand the core concept of modularity, and to be able to provide examples of modular processing in human vision.
To understand the special role of the neuropsychological double dissociation in inferring modularity, and to be able to cite examples from the research literature.
To appreciate the sensory cues available to the nervous system for representing the spatial world, and to understand how these cues are exploited.
To understand the basic properties of feedforward and feedback control systems, and to be able to relate these to the control of human actions.
To understand the multisensory nature of the brain representations of the body and of the space surrounding it, and to evaluate the factors that mediate the flexibility of such representations.
To appreciate and critically evaluate current evidence of action-perception links. |
Assessment Information
The final lecture slot of the course will take the form of a consolidation/feedforward session in advance of essay submission.
2000 word essay 100%
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
Background reading
For this course, students are expected to take the initiative in following up on references
and to read material on lecture topics that goes beyond the precise content of the lectures and of the
recommended textbooks. Reading of peer-reviewed journal articles is advised and some selections of
these will be recommended.
Essential reading
Chapters 2-4, 9-10 & 14-15 of the following text:
Goldstein, E.B. (2007). Sensation and Perception. Thompson Wadsworth.
Chapters 48 & 8 of the following text:
Simner, J., & Hubbard, E.M. (2013). The Oxford Handbook of Synesthesia , ed. Julia Simner and
Edward M.Hubbard, 999¿1024 . Oxford: Oxford University Press.
The full citation references for chapters 48 and 8 above are:-
Ramachandran, V. S., & Brang, D. 2013. From molecules to metaphor: Outlooks on
synesthesia research. In Oxford Handbook of Synesthesia , ed. Julia Simner and Edward M.
Hubbard, 999¿1024 . Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Simner, J. 2013. The ¿rules¿ of synaesthesia. In Oxford Handbook of Synesthesia , ed. Julia Simner
and Edward M.Hubbard, 149¿164 . Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Other useful reading
Chapter 44 of the following text:
Simner, J., & Hubbard, E.M. (2013). The Oxford Handbook of Synesthesia , ed. Julia Simner and
Edward M.Hubbard, 999¿1024 . Oxford: Oxford University Press.
The full citation reference for chapter 44 above is:-
Day. S.A. 2013. Synesthesia: A first-person perspective. In Oxford Handbook of Synesthesia , ed.
Julia Simner and Edward M. Hubbard, 903¿923. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Additional selected readings and links may be posted on Learn prior to the lectures.
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Julia Simner
Tel: (0131 6)50 3450
Email: j.simner@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Simon Cann
Tel: 0131 650 9870
Email: Simon.Cann@ed.ac.uk |
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