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PSY237: Cognition and Perception |
Perception is the study of the mechanisms with which organisms encode sensory information in order to create an internal representation of the world and to act on that representation. Cognition is the study of what organisms then do with that encoded information: its storage, retrieval and integration. Specific topics covered in Perception include the low-level mechanisms of perception through a variety of senses, with special attention given to auditory and visual perception, as well as higher level processes of face and object perception. Topics in Cognition include mechanisms of attention, psycholinguistics (visual word recognition and skilled reading) and short- and long-term memory. Although the focus of these lectures is on normal cognition, disorders of cognitive processes will also be considered.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 3.5 |
| When Offered: |
D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
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| Staff Contact: |
Dr Kevin Brooks, Associate Professor Veronika Coltheart |
| Prerequisites: |
[PSY104(P) and PSY105(P) and (STAT170 or STAT171)] or [admission to GDipPsych]
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| Unit Designations: |
Science
Medical Sciences
| | Assessed As: |
Graded
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| Offered By: |
Department of Psychology |
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