Welcome
to
Sensation & Perception!
Does
Everyone
Have
A
Syllabus?
Outline Of Today’s Lecture
1. About You (and what’s expected of you)
2. About Me (and what you can expect of me)
3. S&P In Everyday Life & In The News
4. Demo: Sensory Motor Integration
Part 1
About You
(and what’s expected of you)
Part 1: About You
Learning Names & Faces
Part 1: What’s Expected Of You
Read Thy Syllabus
Part 1: What’s Expected Of You
Read Thy “Blackboard”
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Part 1: What’s Expected Of You
Read Thy Course Pack
(CP)
Part 1: What’s Expected Of You
Watch Thy Video Lectures
Part 1: What’s Expected Of You
1. Watch Videos before coming to class.
2. Actively participate in class discussions.
3. Hand in all assignments on time.
4. Be considerate of others in class.
5. Seek help if you need it.
Part 2
About Me
(and what you can expect of me)
You Can Expect Me To
1.
Hold You To High Standards
2.
Ensure Fairness In “Air Time”, Grading, & Punctuality
3.
Encourage Your Active Participation
4.
Lead & Focus Class Discussions / Lectures
5.
Make Lecture Notes Available (on Blackboard & S Drive)
6.
Meet With You During Office Hours / Appointment
Undergraduate Training
• Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ
• Fall, 1991: I took my first S & P course, junior year
• Mentored by Dr. Robert W. Allan
• Graduated from F.D.U., May 1993: B.A., Psychology
Graduate Training
• Entered Brown University, Psychology, Fall 1993
• Mentored by Dr. Leslie Welch
• M.Sc., Experimental Psychology, 1995
• Lectured in Sensation & Perception Courses
• Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, 1997
Postdoctoral Training
• Entered Columbia University, Neurobiology/Behavior, 1997
• Mentored by Dr. Ning Qian
• Research in Psychophysics, N.I.H. Grant (1999)
• Lectured in S & P (NYU, Rutgers), Neuroscience (Columbia)
• Interviewed at Denison University (March 22-23, 2001)
Part 3
S&P
In Everyday Life
&
In The News
S&P In The News
• A controversy about abortion…
• From the online version of the Journal of the
American Medical Association (JAMA).
PubMed ID: 16118385
• Let’s read the abstract about S&P research on
fetal pain and thalamocortical fibers.
S&P In The News
• Another controversial news story that relates
to S&P is the Terri Shiavo case….
S&P In The News
• Could someone tell us about phantom limbs, or
synesthesia?
Part 4
Demo:
Sensory Motor Integration
Welcome
to
Sensation & Perception!