Sensation & Perception Concentration

B.S. Degree

Sensation and Perception Concentration

This area studies how our sense organs and brain make it possible for us to construct our consciously experienced representation of the environment. Experiments using stimuli and computer control can be used to test models of sensory or perceptual processes. Processes of particular interest include color vision, motion perception, and auditory illusions and paradox.

Psyc 125 Clinical Neuropsychology and Assessment
Psyc 128 Psychology of Reading
Psyc 129 Logic of Perception
Psyc 138 Sound and Music Perception
Psyc 150 Cognitive Neuroscience of Vision
Psyc 159 Physiological Basis of Perception
Psyc 169 Brain Damage and Mental Functions
Psyc 182 Illusions & the BrainPsyc 138 Sound and Music Perception
Psyc 199** Independent studies in this field - must culminate in a research paper approved by the advisor to fulfill lab requirement.

**199 courses do not count as one of the 12 upper division Psychology courses towards the major