Postgraduate Course: Active Vision (PSYL11097)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course provides an overview of eye movements, attention and cognitive ethology. We will also look at expert-novice differences in gaze behaviour and the training of less skilled individuals to adopt a more expert like gaze behaviour. |
| Course description |
Students will propose their own research idea involving the collection of gaze behaviour and write a funding application outlining the need for this research and how they will conduct it. Students will work individually.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- identify the basic characteristics of eye movements
- understand the relationship between eye movements and (overt) visual attention
- critically evaluate laboratory and real-world approaches to gaze-behaviour collection
- understand the effects of experience on gaze behaviour
- apply knowledge about eye movements to research questions
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Reading List
Findlay, J.M. and Gilchrist, I. A. (2003) Active Vision: The Psychology of Looking and Seeing. Oxford. DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198524793.001.0001
Land, M. and Tatler, B. (2009). Looking and Acting: Vision and Eye Movements in Natural Behaviour. Oxford. DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198570943.003.0008 |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Personal and intellectual autonomy - e.g. thinking independently and creatively; establishing goals
Personal effectiveness - e.g. effectively using resources to achieve goals; managing complexity and self-direction
Communication skills - e.g. written communication skills, including scientific writing |
| Keywords | eye movements,gaze behaviour,real world |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Christopher Egan
Tel: (0131 6)50 3450
Email: C.Egan@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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