The questions we will ask in this course include (but not limited to): How do the senses work? How do physical stimuli get transformed into signals in the nervous system? How does the brain use those signals to determine what is out there in the world? Specifically, the course aims;

• to develop an understanding of various experimental methods used for measuring perception, i.e. psychophysics and Signal Detection Theory.
• to introduce the basic concepts for visual cortex and other sensory cortices, receptor cells and other elements of the nervous system for perception.
• to enable the students to effectively interpret and communicate research findings.