Master
2020/2021
Visual Perception and Brain Function
Type:
Elective course (Visual Culture)
Area of studies:
Cultural Studies
Delivered by:
School of Philosophy and Cultural Studies
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
1 year, 1-3 module
Mode of studies:
distance learning
Instructors:
Ilya Inishev
Master’s programme:
Визуальная культура
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
2
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Learners will be introduced to the problems that vision faces, using perception as a guide. The course will consider how what we see is generated by the visual system, what the central problem for vision is, and what visual perception indicates about how the brain works. The evidence will be drawn from neuroscience, psychology, the history of vision science and what philosophy has contributed. Although the discussions will be informed by visual system anatomy and physiology, the focus is on perception. We see the physical world in a strange way, and goal is to understand why.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Knowing the basic principles how our seeing works
- Understanding of interrelations between neuroscience, psychology, the history of vision science
- Understanding how human beings perceive space and motion
Course Contents
- Background: What We Actually See
- Seeing Lightness, Darkness and Color
- Seeing Space; Seeing Motion
Interim Assessment
- Interim assessment (3 module)0.3 * interview with academic supervisor + 0.7 * Online-course grade
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Benton, A. L. (2017). Brain and Behavior : Research in Clinical Neuropsychology. Routledge.
- George P. Prigatano, & Mark Sherer. (2020). Impaired Self-Awareness and Denial During the Postacute Phases After Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Frontiers in Psychology, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01569
- Vicki Bruce, Mark A. Georgeson, & Patrick R. Green. (2003). Visual Perception : Physiology, Psychology and Ecology: Vol. Fourth edition. Psychology Press.
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Gilbert, C. D., & Sigman, M. (2007). Brain States: Top-Down Influences in Sensory Processing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.ACE18BE3