Perception and Imagination

Year offered: 2013

Justin Junge / Psychology / justinjunge@gmail.com

*Psychology 980o, Mondays 4-6 p.m., William James Hall 950

Perception is required to have a mind like yours. How does perceiving work? How are streams of sensory input processed into rich and useful models of the world around you? This course will converge on the 5 senses from many informative angles, explaining how perception tracks and shapes reality, then gives rise to imagination. Prerequisite: Science of Living Systems 20 or its predecessors and one foundational course. Enrollment: Limited to 16. (catalog #97975)