Like the other core topic modules, the Perception & Cognition modules run through Years 1 and 2 and is in Semester 2 in both years. In each year, the module is split into four teaching blocks covering different topics. These blocks are often taught by different members of staff.

Year 1

In Year 1 we investigate the processes through which our primary senses (vision and hearing) gain and interpret information about our world and how this information is organised, stored in, and retrieved from, memory.

• Block 1: Cognition - Dr Fiona McNab
• Block 2: Hearing - Prof Sven Mattys
• Block 3: Memory - Dr Fiona McNab
• Block 4: Seeing - Prof Alex Wade

Year 2

Year 2 develops a greater emphasis on higher level perceptual processing and more advanced topics in cognitive psychology. This leads onto how knowledge of the principles of perception and cognition can be applied in the real world.

• Block 1: Attention - Prof Paul Bishop
• Block 2: High-Level Perception: Dr Nick Barraclough
• Block 3: Cognition & Emotion - Dr Thomas Davies
• Block 4: Reasoning & Decision Making: Dr Aidan Horner

Text Books

Basic Vision: an introduction to visual perception. Snowden, R. Thompson, P. & Troscianko T. (2012) Oxford University Press

Cognitive Psychology. Quinlan, P. & Dyson, B. (2008) Pearson.

Teaching Team