Course at a Glance
The course Psychophysics Methods will briefly review the principal methods used in psychophysics to measure sensory thresholds and perceptions in general. See the synopsis and the syllabus for more details. The course is organized by the U-VIP group at the Italian Institute of Technology.
Instructors
Monica Gori -- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) , monica.gori@iit.it
Hours and Credits
total of 8 hours 3 credits
Synopsis
Psychophysics investigates the relationship between stimuli in the physical domain and sensations or perceptions in the psychological domain. It provides a corpus of wellestablished methods to study and formulate models of perception. The course will start with a review of the history of psychophysics and of the principal results obtained in this field. Then, the course will present some psychophysical concepts (e.g., the concepts of sensory threshold and psychological scale) and describe classic and modern psychophysical methods to measure them. The students will have the opportunity to make simple psychophysical experiments in class to test their understanding of the methods.
Tools used:
Hardware Laptop
Syllabus
- class 1 (C1) History of psychophysics and concept of threshold.
- class 2 (C2) Methods of threshold measurement
- class 3 (C3) The measurement of Sensory Attributes and Discrimination Scales.
- class 4 (C4) Laboratory Final exam There will be a final examination decided by the instructors. Prerequisites none Reading List
Final exam
There will be a final examination decided by the instructors.
Prerequisites
None
Reading List
- Psychophysics the fundamentals, George A. Gescheider
Venue
The course will be held at IIT (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia), Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova
Course dates
The course will be held on September, 2017
- Docente: MONICA GORI