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Sensation and Perception With Laboratory

Students in this laboratory course explore how humans sense and perceive the world via visual, auditory, chemical and skin senses. Physiological, psychophysical and cognitive approaches are used to help explain how perceptions arise from the conversion of physical energy in the environment to electrochemical signals and how the brain then processes these signals. Topics include perceptual development, clinical aspects of vision and audition, music, speech, and pain perception, as well as applications with respect to art, education and health. Prerequisite: PSYC 301 or instructor’s consent.

Grade Basis: Letter Grade

Credits: 4.0