Teaching code

4S000289

Teacher

Roberto Burro

Credits

3

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-PSI/01 - GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

Period

lezioni CLID - ROV - 1 SEMESTRE dal Oct 2, 2023 al Dec 22, 2023.

Courses Single

Not Authorized

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

To show the organization of the course that includes this module, follow this link:  Course organization

Program

INTRODUCTORY ARGUMENTS
- The philosophy of perception
- Innatism and empiricism
- The Psychophysics
- The biology of perception
THE FIRST STAGES OF VISION
- Hints on the physics of light
- The eye
- Information processing in the retina
- Light / dark adaptation
SPATIAL VISION
- Visual acuity
- Retinal ganglion cells and stripes
- The lateral geniculate nucleus
- The striped bark
- Receptive fields
- Columns and hyper-columns
- Selective adaptation
PERCEIVING AND RECOGNIZING OBJECTS
- Perception of contours
- Grouping and weaving
- Figure and background
THE PERCEPTION OF COLORS
- Basic principles of color perception
- The tri-color
- Opposing processes
- Colored lights, colored surfaces
SPACE PERCEPTION AND BINOCULAR VISION
- Monocular clues of three-dimensional space
- Binocular vision and stereopsis
- The combination of depth clues
MOTION PERCEPTION
- Visual movement
- Eye movements
- Use of movement information
ATTENTION AND SCENE PERCEPTION
- The selection of space
- Visual research
- Attention over time
- Physiological bases of attention
- Disorders of visual attention
- Perception and impairment of complex visual scenes
HEARING: PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOACOUSTICS
- The function of hearing
- What is a sound
- The structures of the auditory system
- Frequency and height of a sound
- Hearing loss
HEARING IN THE ENVIRONMENT
- Sound localization
- Complex sounds
- Auditory scene analysis
- The effect of continuity and restoration
TOUCH
- The physiology of touch
- Sensations and pain
- Sensitivity and tactile acuity
- Haptic perception
OLFACTION
- The physiology of smell
- From chemicals to odors
- Psychophysics of smell
- Hedonic aspects of smell
- Smell, memory and emotions
TASTE
- Difference between tastes and flavors
- Basic tastes
- The coding of the quality of taste
- The pleasure of taste

Bibliography

Didactic methods

Frontal teaching

Learning assessment procedures

The examination taken during an official call will consist of a written test with thirty multiple-choice questions to be taken in 30 minutes (3 answer alternatives of which only one is correct).

Evaluation criteria

For the purposes of the final grade expressed in thirtieths, a correct answer has a value of 1 point, an incorrect answer has a value of 0 points, an answer not given has a value of 0 points).

Exam language

Italiano