{"id":30,"date":"2016-04-26T19:26:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T19:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/wmace\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2016-05-13T16:09:58","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T16:09:58","slug":"perception-laboratory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/wmace\/courses\/perception-laboratory\/","title":{"rendered":"Perception Laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"header\">\n<h1 align=\"center\">Perception Laboratory<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sidebar1\">\n<h3><strong>Useful Links<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/Academics\/MajorsAndMinors\/Psychology\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Trinity Department of Psychology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journalofvision.org\/\">Journal of Vision<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelbach.de\/ot\/\">Lovely site showing illusions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haskins.yale.edu\/\">Haskins Laboratories <\/a>(Speech)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visionscience.com\/\">Big list of sites about vision<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www-ai.ijs.si\/sirds\/sirds.html\">Magic Eye Autostereograms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.psychwww.com\/\">Lab Report Formatting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onlineconversion.com\/\">Unit Conversions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www1.psych.purdue.edu\/Magniphi\/index.html\">The Magni-Phi story from Pizlo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/wmace\/files\/2016\/04\/horizon_1.ppt\" rel=\"\">First horizon case<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/wmace\/files\/2016\/04\/horizon_2.ppt\" rel=\"\">Second horizon case<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mainContent\">\n<h1 align=\"center\">Spring 2015<\/h1>\n<p class=\"thrColLiqHdr\">Warning: This is a dynamic syllabus. It gets updated as we go. Consult it several times a week on line.<\/p>\n<p>Last Updated April 21, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Instructor:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/wmace\/\" target=\"_blank\">William M. Mace<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Office: Life Sciences 212A<\/p>\n<p>Office Hours: Monday 4:00 pm &#8211; 5:15 pm<br \/>\nThursday 3 pm &#8211; 4 pm &#8212; and by appointment<br \/>\nPhone: X2343<\/p>\n<p>E-Mail: <a href=\"mailto:william.mace@trincoll.edu\">william.mace@trincoll.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.gov\/timezone.cgi?Eastern\/d\/-5\">What time is it? (BROKEN LINK)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/wmace\/courses\/perception\/honesty\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trinity College Intellectual Honesty Policy<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/moodle.trincoll.edu\/login\/index.php\" target=\"blank\">Moodle<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The syllabus will be linked to Moodle. We may use Moodle more during the term, but most things will be linked to this webpage.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Required Reading<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div align=\"justify\">All reading will be available online.<\/div>\n<hr align=\"justify\" \/>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Grading:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">In order to pass the course, you must <strong>complete<\/strong> all assignments &#8212;collecting data formal write-ups of assigned lab experiments.<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 1115px\" width=\"998\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Schedule of Labs<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Date<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Reading for lab<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Topic description<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lab 1<br \/>\nJanuary 20<\/td>\n<td>Introduction &#8212; including computer portions on Excel and the World Wide Web.<br \/>\nVisual Angle. Calculating the visual angle of your thumbnail at arm&#8217;s length and then using it.<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/wmace\/files\/2016\/04\/Visual_angle.ppt\" rel=\"\">Visual Angle Powerpoint<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/wmace\/files\/2016\/04\/Visual_Angle_15.xls\" rel=\"\">Visual Angle Excel<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adsvm19.cc.trincoll.edu\/ecopsyc\/courses\/lab\/constant_angle.gsp\">Constant Angle to manipulate (BROKEN LINK)<\/a> in Geometer&#8217;s Sketchpad program (GSP)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adsvm19.cc.trincoll.edu\/ecopsyc\/courses\/lab\/constant_size2.gsp\">Constant Size to manipulate (BROKEN LINK)<\/a> in GSP<\/td>\n<td>Visual Angle.Assignment: Calculate the visual angle of your thumb at arm&#8217;s length, the moon, the sun, and your computer screen at a comfortable viewing distance.<\/p>\n<p>Review visual angle data; What does it mean? What does the comparison between the sun and moon imply?<\/p>\n<p>Look at visual angle of objects in hallway at different distances<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lab 2<br \/>\nJanuary 27<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/wmace\/files\/2016\/04\/daycaredoordetail_15.xlsx\" rel=\"\">Excel sheet<\/a> with Daycare door details about angles for all distancesSee article by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/wmace\/files\/2016\/04\/Baird_etal_90.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">Baird et al (1990)<\/a> on the Moon Illusion. Author Fuld <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sam_Fuld\">son<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/wmace\/files\/2016\/04\/journal_visangle.docx\" rel=\"\">Journal of Vision Assignment<\/a> for FridayMoon illusion assignment due <em>before class<\/em> next week.<\/td>\n<td>Class today: [1] Review visual angle with Geometer&#8217;s Sketchpad program. [2] Calculate distance to Daycare Center door. [3] Finding visual angles in the <i>Journal of Vision<\/i>.[4] Learn PowerPoint animation. [5] Review Moon illusion for PowerPoint homework.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lab 3<br \/>\nFebruary 3<\/td>\n<td>Review of Moon Illusion<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/badastronomy\/2009\/01\/15\/how-far-away-is-the-horizon\/\">How far is it to the horizon?<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Learning to program with Matlab and Psychtoolbox. Beginning with exploring the coordinate grid and then drawing shapes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lab 4<br \/>\nFebruary 10<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikonusa.com\/en\/Learn-And-Explore\/Article\/g3cu6o2o\/understanding-focal-length.html\">More visual angle applications:<\/a> Focal length of cameras<\/p>\n<p>Matlab lab<\/p>\n<p>Scripts with m files:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/Placeholder\">Script named &#8220;MouseCoordsWmm.m&#8221; (FILE INCOMPATIBLE)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/Placeholder\">Script named &#8220;DrawFigsOne.m&#8221; (FILE INCOMPATIBLE)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adsvm19.cc.trincoll.edu\/ecopsyc\/courses\/lab\/CircleMoveSimple.m\">Script named &#8220;CircleMoveSimple&#8221; (FILE INCOMPATIBLE)<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Learning to program with Matlab and Psychtoolbox. Beginning with exploring the coordinate grid and then drawing shapes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lab 5<br \/>\nFebruary 17<\/td>\n<td>Scripts for a full experiment are in MoodleBegin full experiment in lab<\/td>\n<td>Finally &#8212; we begin an experiment on the sensitivity to squares &#8212; of all things.<\/p>\n<p>Method of Constant Stimuli<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Square&#8221; experiment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lab 6<br \/>\nFebruary 24<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Review of results of Square experiment; discussion of writing lab report.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lab 7<br \/>\nMarch 3<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lab 8<br \/>\nMarch 10<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/Placeholder\" target=\"_blank\">Simple apparent motion (File not compatible)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adsvm19.cc.trincoll.edu\/ecopsyc\/courses\/lab\/RamAnstis.m\">Ramachandran and Anstis Simple (File not compatible)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adsvm19.cc.trincoll.edu\/ecopsyc\/courses\/lab\/RamAnstisDiag.m\">Ramachandran and Anstis Variant (File not compatible)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/bcs\/schillerlab\/APM\/start.htm\">Schiller extensions of Ram and Anstis (File not compatible)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adsvm19.cc.trincoll.edu\/ecopsyc\/courses\/lab\/WaitTill.m\">Wait Till command (File not compatible)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adsvm19.cc.trincoll.edu\/ecopsyc\/courses\/lab\/ReadKey.m\">Read Key command (File not compatible)<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Apparent motion lab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lab 9<br \/>\nMarch 24<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haskins.yale.edu\/featured\/bdg.html\">Archetype of categorical perception research<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haskins.yale.edu\/featured\/sentences\/ppsentences.html\">Other synthetic speech examples<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Collect data<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lab 10<br \/>\nMarch 31<\/td>\n<td>Discussion of data from bistable experiment<\/p>\n<p>Discussion of data from speech experiment<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Write up speech data as lab report due April 14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Lab 11<br \/>\nApril 7<\/td>\n<td>Binocular vision<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitwise.net\/~ken-bill\/stereo.htm\">Stereopticon<\/a> (Includes anaglyphs)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vmresource.com\/\">ViewMasters<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www-ai.ijs.si\/sirds\/sirds.html\">Collection of Autostereograms<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www-ai.ijs.si\/sirds\/SirdsFaq.html#Subject7\">ASCii stereograms<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/sydney.edu.au\/science\/psychology\/staff\/barta\/lab\/\">Anderson Web Site<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/wmace\/files\/2016\/04\/Stereo_lab.ppt\" rel=\"\">Stereo Tutorial<\/a> PowerPoint &#8212; You can manipulate these.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/wmace\/files\/2016\/04\/Stereo_lab-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">Same tutorial<\/a> in pdf. Easy to look at, but not manipulable.<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Lab 12<br \/>\nApril 14<\/td>\n<td>Try stereo with inexpensive stereoscopes and displays for them.<\/p>\n<p>Begin event perception and biological motion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyk.uu.se\/about-us\/history-of-the-department\/\">Films of Gunnar Johansson<\/a><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Speech Lab Report Due by 10 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Lab 13<br \/>\nApril 21<\/td>\n<td>Gunnar Johansson and biological motion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DASjQNmAWEo\">BBC video on movement<\/a> Beginning of this video is Sverker Runeson research to follow up the Johansson videos. The film, made for TV, was made by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfreeth.com\/\">Martin Freeth<\/a>, who is shown on camera as the participant in the experiment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/caribou.cc.trincoll.edu\/depts_ecopsyc\/pointlight\/classthrow\/\">images from a past senior thesis (TO BE DEALT WITH)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/caribou.cc.trincoll.edu\/depts_ecopsyc\/pointlight\/Hammer_exp1\/\">And a different student project (TO BE DEALT WITH)<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/wmace\/courses\/perception\/\" target=\"_blank\">Return to Perception Syllabus<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perception Laboratory Useful Links Trinity Department of Psychology Journal of Vision Lovely site showing illusions Haskins Laboratories (Speech) Big list of sites about vision Magic Eye Autostereograms Lab Report Formatting Unit Conversions The Magni-Phi story from Pizlo First horizon case &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/wmace\/courses\/perception-laboratory\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":875,"featured_media":0,"parent":12,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/wmace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/wmace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/wmace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/wmace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/875"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/wmace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/wmace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":508,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/wmace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions\/508"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/wmace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/wmace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}