As neuro-cognitive psychologists, we study how the brain processes information to enable perception, action, memory, and reasoning. This becomes possible only because we have got a rich toolbox of experimental methods allowing us to approach big questions about the mind with scientific rigor. Such questions are, for example: Is there unconscious perception? Does perception require attention? Does perception require memory? In this course, we are going to discuss how we can address these questions. We are going to learn the basics of designing and analyzing experiments in neuro-cognitive psychology and cognitive psychophysics. Step-by-step, we are going to discuss the principles of experimental design, apply them in designing our own experiments, perform (simple) experiments ourselves, and discuss the fundamentals of data analysis. As a result, by the end of the course, we will have developed a strong idea about the scientific process in neuro-cognitive psychology. We will be able to assess whether and how experiments can answer specific research questions. Most importantly, we will be able to design our own experiments and, in this way, ask Nature questions about the mind and receive answers that we can understand.
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To participate in this course, it is mandatory that you register in the following course in the EkVV and indicate your course preferences for this BSc module there.
Please follow the instructions stated in the description of this course. Based on your preferences and on the available course capacities, the places for all the courses of this BSc module are going to be assigned. You can enter your preferred courses from March 18 until March 26, 2023. Thank you.
Cunningham, D.W., & Wallraven, C. (2012). Experimental Design: From User Studies to Psychophysics (1st ed.). A K Peters/CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/b11308
Available from campus at: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.1201/b11308/experimental-design-douglas-cunningham-christian-wallraven
Kingdom, F. A. A., & Prins, N. (2010). Psychophysics: A practical introduction. Elsevier Academic Press.
Available from campus at: https://katalogplus.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/Record/991000944559706442
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27-GF-Allg1 Allgemeine Psychologie I | GF-Allg1.3 Vertiefung zur Allgemeinen Psychologie I | Studienleistung
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2) lead the discussion about this topic,
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4) and prepare a contribution to our final discussion (e.g., raising a discussion question linking different topics of our course, proposing a new application of what we have learned, etc.)
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