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2017-2018 Academic Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PSY 231 - Sensation and Perception

4 credits (Fall)
This course pursues the psychological questions of how the body detects sensory information and of how the mind integrates this information into a coherent interpretation of experience. This course will showcase psychological questions of perception that enlist approaches and perspectives possibly including, but not limited to, the physiology and behavior of natural systems (e.g., us), appreciation of art and music, the engineering of smart devices (e.g., robots), and remaining challenges. Laboratory work may be required.

Prerequisite: PSY 113 Prerequisite or co-requisite: MAT 115 , SST 115  or MAT 209 .
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: D. Kelty-Stephen