PSYCH 4120 - Laboratory in Cognition and Perception

(crosslisted)
(also COGST 4120) (KCM-AS)

Spring. 4 credits.

Prerequisite: statistics and one course in cognition or perception recommended. Co-meets with PSYCH 6121. Limited to 15 students.

D. J. Field.

Laboratory course designed to introduce students to experimental methods in perception and cognitive psychology. Students take part in a number of classic experiments and develop at least one independent project. Computers are available and used in many of the experiments although programming skills are not required. Projects are selected from the areas of visual perception, pattern recognition, memory, language and concept learning.