Postgraduate Course: Visual Memory (PSYL11042)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Psychology |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course examines how human observers create, store, and employ memory representations of visually experienced objects, scenes, and events. Although the term ?visual memory? sounds as though it refers to unitary line of scientific enquiry, research in the area varies tremendously across the time scales, stimuli, and scenarios of interest.
- While some researchers are interested in memory for events in the distant past, other researchers? investigations are restricted to memory for visual experiences that occurred no more than 500 ms ago
- While some examine memory for simple features, others consider memory for entire scenes
- While some are interested in memory for specific events, others are interested in how memory for those events can be mentally manipulated to support future action and reasoning
- While some are interested in the veridicality of visual memory, others are interested in the susceptibility of memory to various errors and distortions.
The course will bring together these separate strands of research and present the state-of-the-science in areas of visual memory research including objects, faces, locations, scenes, events, and mental images.
This course will complement 'Visual Attention' and students are encouraged (but not required) to also enroll in that course.
The course consists of five 2-hr lectures. Lectures are designed to provide students with a working understanding of the key literature in the area of visual memory and to provide students with a forum for debate and discussion. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of the course students should
a) be aware of the major topics of inquiry in the field of visual memory.
b) understand how experimentation is carried out in the field of visual memory and how results of experiments can bear on theory.
c) be able to critically analyze recent theories proposed in the literature.
d) be able to intelligently discuss the state-of-the science in the area of visual memory.
e) be able to apply knowledge and skills gained to their individual research projects. |
Assessment Information
| One 3000 word essay |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Keywords | Human Cognition, Vision, Perception |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Graham Mackenzie
Tel: (0131 6)50 3451
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Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
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