UNSW Handbook Course - Perception and Cognition

Perception and Cognition - PSYC2071


	Faculty: Faculty of Science
	School: School of Psychology
	Contact: Taft,Marcus
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	Contact Hours per Week: 4
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: PSYC1001, PSYC1011
	Offered: Semester 2 2005
	Fee Band: 1

Description

Introduces the fundamental principles underlying human perception and cognition such as sensory coding, perceptual organisation, perception of spatial layout, perceptual learning, object recognition, attention, memory storage and retrieval, problem solving and decision making. The practical program will provide an introduction to the use of psychophysical methods, experimental approaches to the study of cognitive processes, and the application of findings in society.

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