DATE	DAY	TOPIC
Measurement of Perceptual Experience
1/14	M	Course Requirements, etc.
1/16	W	Fechner and the mind-body problem The importance of the absolute threshold Home for International Society for Psychophysics Your Textbook: 16-19
1/18	F	Classical Psychophysical Techniques Example Psychophysical Function for Absolute Threshold Your Textbook: 19-24
1/21	M	MLK DAY
1/23	W	Practice Explaining a Difference Threshold More Practice Explaining a Difference Threshold
1/25	F	Picture of Ernst Weber Difference thresholds & Weber's Law Your Textbook: 39-41
1/28	M	...and Fechner's Law Exercise to guide you through Fechner's Law Your Textbook: 41
1/30	W	Magnitude estimation & Steven's Power Law Results from the Class Demonstration Your Textbook: 42-44
2/1	F	Signal Detection Theory
2/4	M	Signal Detection Theory Sample ROC curve Your Textbook: 24-33
2/6	W
2/8	F	Question & Answer/Review [Study Guide]
2/11	M	TEST 1
VISION I
2/13	W	Thinking about light Take Bob Miller's Light Walk Light is a portion of the Electromagnetic Spectrum See where vision is located in the US Government Frequency Allocation chart! Light encounters an object Types of reflection Your Textbook: 48-50
2/15	F	Everything you wanted to know about the Vertebrate Retina Simple Diagram of Eye Simple Diagram of other Eyes Saggital Schematic with Retinal Section Diagram of Eye Front of Eye Human Retina My Myopic Crescent Diagram of the Retina Notice the size of Aimee's fovea Human Fovea Rod/Cone Distribution Another map of Rod/Cone Distribution Eye Movement Tutorial Here are instructions for the do-it-yourselfer: Cow's Eye Your Textbook: 50-56
2/18	M	Duplex Retina Anableps - The 4-eyed Fish Close View of Eye of Anableps Another Close View of Eye of Anableps Diagram of Eye of Anableps Dark Adaptation Curve Your Textbook: 57-64, 243
2/20	W	Brightness Constancy Example of Simultaneous Brightness Contrast Your Textbook: 100-108
2/22	F	Mach Bands Hermann Grid Illusion Hermann Grid Illusion on Steroids The Horseshoe Crab (Limulus) Limulus again Your Textbook: 89-96
2/25	M	Color Dimensions of Color The Munsell System of Color Notation CIE Color System Creating colors from other colors Nonspectral Colors! Description of Color Systems from Adobe What is the color of the Universe? Your Textbook: 214-224
2/27	W	Mechanisms of Color Helmholtz's Color Mixing Experiments Young-Helmholtz Trichromatic Theory Maxwell's Additive Color Mixing System Spectral Sensitivity of Photoreceptors Ewald Hering Return to the Color Circle Opponent Process Circuit New Explanation of Evolution of Color Vision in Mammals Your Textbook: 225-233
3/1	F	Color Blindness and Color Deficiencies Example Test Item Ishihara Test Items Simulation of Color Blindness Another Simulation of Color Blindness Another set of Color Blindness Simulations Do some women have 4 color receptors? Your Textbook: 233-236
3/4	M	Concept of Modularity Fading Dot Illusion
3/6	W	Question & Answer/Review [Study Guide]
3/8	F	TEST 2
3/11	M	SPRING BREAK
3/13	W
3/15	F
3/18	M	Space, Distance, & Depth - Binocular Cues Corresponding Retinal Points Vieth-Muller Circle Noncorresponding Retinal Points The Horopter The Horopter and Retinal Disparity Your Textbook: 182-189
3/20	W	Manipulation of Binocular Cues to Produce Depth Effects Anaglyphs Effect of Looking at an Anaglyph through a Red Filter How the Anaglyph Produces its Depth Effects
3/22	F	Space, Distance, & Depth - Monocular Cues Ames Room (2 Mb QT Movie) Ames Room Diagram Your Textbook: 166-174
3/25	M	Motion Phi and MagnaPhi Why does this object shimmer and why is this effect important?
3/27	W
3/29	F	Structure from Motion 1 Structure from Motion 2 Depth from Motion 1 Your Textbook: 174-177
4/1	M	Easter Break
4/3	W	Form Classic Form Illusions Your Textbook: 129-138
4/5	F	Diagram Illustrating Spatial Frequency Analyzers Fourier Analysis -- Fingerprint Identification Your Textbook: 124-129, 139-144
4/8	M	Question & Answer/Review [Study Guide]
4/10	W	TEST 3
AUDITION: Parallels and Differences A fantastic animated tutorial by Tutis Vilis of UWO
4/12	F	Physics of Sound Your Textbook: 276-282
4/15	M	Auditory Physiology Your Textbook: 282-293
4/17	W	Pitch Your Textbook: 304-314
4/19	F
4/22	M	Loudness Your Textbook: 314-318
4/24	W
4/26	F	Localization Your Textbook: 319-329
4/29	M
5/1	W	Music Pitch Perception Pitch as a linear scale Octave effect Piano Octaves Pitch as a helix Pitch chroma circle Shepard tone Endless staircase - visual illusion Endless staircase - Shepard illusion Shepard discrete steps [wav] [mp3] Risset continuous change [wav] [mp3] Your textbook: 341-353
5/3	F	Question & Answer/Review [Study Guide]
5/6	M	TEST 4
5/8	W	Review for Final Exam