Like other strands, the Perception & Cognition strand runs through Years 1 and 2. In 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 term.

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.

TB1: Cognition - Dr Fiona McNab
TB2: Hearing - Prof Sven Mattys
TB3: Memory - Dr Fiona McNab
TB4: Seeing - Prof Alex Wade

Year 2

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.

TB6: Attention - Prof Paul Bishop
TB7: High-Level Perception: Dr Nick Barraclough
TB8: Cognition & Emotion - Dr Thomas Davies
TB9: Reasoning & Decision Making: Dr Aidan Horner
TB10: Animal Cognition - Prof Katie Slocombe