Aug 03, 2024  
Rensselaer Catalog 2024-2025 
    
Rensselaer Catalog 2024-2025
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PSYC 4410 - Sensation and Perception


What are the processes that allow humans to detect information about their surroundings, recognize people and objects, and perceive depth and motion? This course will focus on the physiological and neural mechanisms underlying sensation (sight, hearing, and touch), the qualitative aspects of human perceptual experience, and how perception and action are interconnected. Color perception, object recognition, space and motion perception, and perception and action are all examined.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200  or COGS 2120 

When Offered: Spring term annually.

Credit Hours: 4



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