Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description

Visual Perception: Methodologies and Approaches

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
DN_145
Branch of Science
Psychology
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
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LQF
Level 8
Study Type And Form
Full-Time

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor
Structure Unit Manager
Structural Unit
Department of Doctoral Studies
Contacts

Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street, dn@rsu.lv, +371 67409159

About Study Course

Objective

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Preliminary Knowledge

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Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

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Skills

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Competences

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Assessment

Individual work

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Grade
1.

Individual work

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Examination

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Grade
1.

Examination

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Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

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  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

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  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
2

Topics

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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
16 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Oral)

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Goldstein, E. B. (Ed.) (2010). Encyclopedia of perception. 2 Vols. Los Angeles, London: SAGE

2.

Luck, S. J., & Hollingworth, A. (Eds.) (2008). Visual memory. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

3.

Palmer, S. E. (1999). Vision science: Photons to phenomenology. Cambridge, MA: MIT press.

4.

Snowden, R., Thompson, P., & Troscianko, T. (2006). Basic Vision: An introduction to visual perception. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Additional Reading

1.

Coren, S., Ward, L. M., Enns, J. T. (Eds.) Sensation and perception. 5th ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1999.

2.

Pashler, H. Stevens’ handbook of experimental psychology. 4 vols. 3rd. ed. New York: Wiley, 2002.

3.

Valberg, A. Light, vision, color. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley&Sons, 2005.

4.

Cosgrove, D. Geography and Vision: seeing, imagining and representing the world. London, New York: I.B. Tauris, 2008.

Other Information Sources

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Vision

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Trends in Cognitive Science

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Cognitive Science

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Cognition