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Visual Perception and Visual Illusions

Saint Petersburg State University

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Vision is one of the main ways for us to gather information about the world around us and about ourselves. Thus, studying vision naturally leads to new hypotheses on how cognition works. This way, our course on visual perception will also provide you with knowledge on cerebral mechanisms of vision, sensory systems and, in general, on how the mind and consciousness work.
This course is aimed at everyone who is interested in perceptual psychology, in particular, psychology of visual perception. The course discusses different theoretical approaches to studying vision, introduces the most important concepts and experimental results. The material is selected in such a way that the course is interesting and accessible for both students who study psychology and general audience without special knowledge in this area.

The course includes lectures, presentations and graded tests. Each student will be required to perform a small research project to be submitted by the end of the course.

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100% online

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Flexible deadlines

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Approx. 15 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: English

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Saint Petersburg State University

Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет (СПбГУ) — старейший вуз России, основанный в 1724 году. Университет сегодня — научный, образовательный и культурный центр мирового значения, неизменно входящий во все международные рейтинги вузов. В номинации взаимодействие с работодателями QS Graduate Employability 2018 СПбГУ занимает 20 место среди 400 ведущих вузов мира и является лучшим в России.

В настоящее время СПбГУ реализует 418 образовательных программ, включающих самые современные направления подготовки и специальности. Сертификат об успешном окончании представленных онлайн-курсов дает 5 дополнительных баллов при поступлении на программы магистратуры и аспирантуры СПбГУ. St Petersburg University is the oldest university in Russia, founded in 1724. The University today is a world-class research, educational and cultural centre which is always included in all international rankings of world universities. St Petersburg University was ranked 20th in QS Graduate Employability Ranking 2018 among 400 leading universities in the world and is the best in Russia. At present, St Petersburg University offers 418 academic programmes, including the most advanced areas and fields of study. The certificate of successful completion of offered online courses gives five additional points when applying for master’s and doctoral programmes at St Petersburg University.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week

Week 1

2 hours to complete

Module 1. Introduction

In this module you will learn about different theories of perception and classifications of illusions.

2 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 75 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

6 videos

1.14m

1.25m

1.317m

1.49m

1.511m

1.626m

1 reading

Presentations for Module 1

1 practice exercise

Graded test30m

Week

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Module 2. Physiology of Visual Perception

In Module 2 you will learn about the physiological and neurological basis of visual perception.

2 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 58 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

6 videos

2.119m

2.26m

2.34m

Видео 2.49m

2.57m

Видео 2.610m

1 reading

Presentation for Module 220m

1 practice exercise

Graded test for Module 230m

Week

Week 3

2 hours to complete

Module 3. Lightness and contrast

In Module 3 we will discuss physics of light, lightenss (brightness) perception and illusions of lightness.

2 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 33 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

6 videos

3.13m

3.27m

3.32m

3.43m

3.57m

3.67m

1 reading

Presentation for Module 330m

1 practice exercise

Graded test for module 330m

Week

Week 4

2 hours to complete

Colour Peception

In Module 4 you will learn how colour perception works and see some examples of fascinating colour illusions.

2 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 36 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

5 videos

4.13m

4.25m

4.312m

4.46m

4.58m

1 reading

Presentation for Module 430m

1 practice exercise

Graded test for module 430m

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Visual Perception and Visual Illusions

Visual Perception and Visual Illusions