Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, MLSC 609
Eye and Brain, Mind and World
Tuesdays, 6:15 ‐ 9:30 p.m., Sept. 4 – Nov 13, 2007
Rayzor Hall 205, Rice University
James R. Pomerantz
www.ruf.rice.edu/~pomeran/
An advanced graduate seminar in the psychology of vision
covering
the neural, psychophysical, and phenomenological approaches to visual
perception.
Text: Stephen E. Palmer, Vision Science:
Photons to
Phenomenology. MIT Press, 1999
.
Grades for the short paper, long paper,
and final exam are
here:
Your exams and papers will be returned to you by the Glasscock School staff.
Thanks for your patience, thanks for being such a great class, and have a
wonderful holiday!
Jim Pomerantz, December 31, 2007
Revised schedule: Final exam on Nov. 6
Presentations on special Monday Nov. 12 class (our final class)
... same time, same place, 10 minutes + 3 minutes Q&A each
No class on Tuesday Nov. 13
Papers due Nov. 19 email delivery is fine
Syllabus: here
Major paper topic suggestions:
Lecture notes:
Useful link: Psychology 351 website
Good illusion sites:
Michael Bach's illusion site (one of my two personal favorites)
Akiyoshi Kitaoka's illusion site (my other personal favorite)