Module Code - Title:
CS4005
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PERCEPTUAL SYSTEMS AND MULTIMEDIA
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
Creating an awareness and understand how our senses work in order to perceive the world around us.
Syllabus:
Fundamentals of physical dimensions used by human sensation and perception - light, sound, heat, pressure;
Fundamentals of the senses of hearing, seeing and touch: physiology and function;
Psychophysical measures and correlates of perception;
Introduction to Signal Detection Theory;
Theories of perception, perceptual organisation, attention, object recognition, depth perception and motion perception; Navigation and Spatial Cognition;
Multimodal integration;
Memory and training; introduction to theories of mind and their relationship to theories of mediation, communication and perception.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
On successful completion of this module students will be able to:
1. List and describe the relevant temporal, visual and auditory boundaries of our sensory systems.
2. Distinguish between sensory input and perceptual experience, and explain the relationship that exists between the two.
3. Discuss why the process of perception is crucial to living creatures and how our systems prevent us from experiencing sensory overload.
4. Explain the sequential chain of events precipitating perception. Specify the key components to this sequence and explain each in detail.
5. Describe different theories that describe how our sensory information is processed and organisation within our brain.
6. Discuss and evaluate different psychophysical measures of perceptual and cognitive systems.
7. Evaluate multimedia systems with respect to visual, aural, tactile and kinesthetic perception.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
N/A
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
N/A
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
Michael W. Eysenck and Mark T. Keane (2005)
Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook (5th edition)
, Psychology Press
Other Relevant Texts:
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Module Leader:
Neil.OConnor@ul.ie