Like the other strandscore topic modules, the Perception & Cognition strand runs modules run through Years 1 and 2 and is in Semester 2 in both years. In each year 1, Perception & Cognition runs through the Autumn and Spring terms, with each term being divided into two four week teaching blocks, each normally the responsibility of a different member of the strand's teaching team. In year 2, the strand again runs through both Autumn and Spring terms but also extends into the Summer term. Exams occur each year at the beginning of the Spring term and at the end of the Summer termthe module is split into four teaching blocks covering different topics. These blocks are often taught by different members of staff.
Year 1
In Year 1 we investigate the processes through which our primary senses (vision and hearing) gain and interpret information about our world and how this information is organised, stored in, and retrieved from, memory.
- TB1Block 1: Cognition - Dr Fiona McNab
- TB2Block 2: Hearing Hearing - Prof Sven Mattys
- TB3Block 3: Memory Memory - Dr Fiona McNab
- TB4Block 4: Seeing - Prof Alex Wade
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Year 2 develops a greater emphasis on higher level perceptual processing and more advanced topics in cognitive psychology. This leads onto how knowledge of the principles of perception and cognition can be applied in the real world.
- TB6Block 1: Attention - Prof Paul Bishop
- TB7Block 2: High-Level Perception: Dr Nick Barraclough
- TB8Block 3: Cognition & Emotion - Dr Thomas Davies
- TB9Block 4: Reasoning & Decision Making: Dr Aidan HornerTB10: Animal Cognition - Prof Katie Slocombe
Text Books
Basic Vision: an introduction to visual perception. Snowden, R. Thompson, P. & Troscianko T. (2012) Oxford University Press
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