Perception, Action and Consciousness
1. Basic concepts of Sensation and Perception
1. Distinction between sensation and perception
2. Perceptual tasks
3. Basic laws of psychophysics of sensory processes
2. The limits of visual resolution in perception and action
1. Temporal resolution
2. Spatial resolution
3. Cue combination in perception and action
1. Priors and likelihood
2. Optimal combination
4. Sequences of actions: implicit and explicit processes
1. Deterministic and probabilistic sequences
2. Stimulus-based and plan-based action control
3. The role of intention in sequence acquisition and execution
Practical sessions:
1. Measuring sensations:
1. Obtaining detection and discrimination thresholds
2. Factoring out response biases: Signal detection theory
Classes teòriques dels diferents temes amb el suport d’articles. Les classes teòriques inclouran la discussió d’articles per a cada tema.
Les classes pràctiques es basaran en analitzar dades a classe.
Ernst, M. O. and Banks, M. S. (2002). Humans integrate visual and haptic information in a statistically optimal fashion. Nature, 415:429–433.
Indovina, I., Maffei, V., Bosco, G., Zago, M., Macaluso, E., and Lacquaniti, F. (2005). Representation of visual gravitational motion in the human vestibular cortex. Science, 308:416–419.
Kording, K. (2007). Decision theory: what "should" the nervous system do? Science, 318(5850):606–610.
Körding, K. P. and Wolpert, D. M. (2004). Bayesian integration in sensoriomotor learning. Nature, 427:244–247.
López-Moliner, J., Field, D. T., and Wann, J. P. (2007). Interceptive timing: Prior knowledge matters. Journal of Vision, 7(13):11, 1–8.
Tubau, E., Hommel, B., and López-Moliner, J. (2007b). Modes of executive control in sequence learning: from stimulus-based to plan-based control. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 136:43–63.
Tubau, E. and López-Moliner, J. (2004). Spatial interference and response control in sequence learning: the role of explicit knowledge. Psychological Research, 68:55–63.
Tubau, E. and López-Moliner, J. (2009). Knowing what to respond in the future does not cancel the influence of past events. PLoS ONE, 4(5):1–6.
