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Visual Psychophysics - From Theory to Experiment

In the second half of Summer Semester 2014, we (Prof. Stefan Treue & Dr. Clio Quigley) will offer a lecture entitled "Visual Psychophysics - From Theory to Experiment". This introductory course is a mixture of lecture, seminar and practical exercises and will emphasise the importance of psychophysics as a central method in human perceptual and sensorimotor research. Beyond gaining an understanding of the underlying theoretical principles, students should also be able to critically assess published studies and design and conduct their own psychophysical experiments by the end of the course. The course will be taught in Englisch.

The course is aimed at highly motivated Bachelor and Master students of psychology, biology and physics who have a particular interest in research. Prerequisites are completion of the lecture Biologische Psychologie II/Kognitive Neurowissenschaften or an equivalent university course. In addition, it is mandatory to take part in the preceding course "MATLAB in Biopsychology and Neuroscience" (Prof. Alexander Gail) if you do not already have sufficient MATLAB experience..

The course is limited to a small group of students to allow intensive supervision. Successful completion of "Visual Psychophysics - From Theory to Experiment" is required for admission to a Bachelor or Master thesis or HiWi employment in the Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory and associated Sensorimotor and Decision and Action groups.

This course is offered in the university course catalogue (M.Bio.373) and as a GGNB methods course (A18). Registration is now closed.

Prof. Dr. Stefan Treue

Prof. Dr. Stefan Treue Head of Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory +49 551 3851-118 Contact

Dr. Cliodhna Quigley

Dr. Cliodhna Quigley Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory +49 551 3851-345 Contact

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