Welcome to Sensation & Perception!

Does Everyone Have A Syllabus?

Outline Of Today’s Lecture 1.About You (and what’s expected of you) 2.About Me (and what you can expect of me) 3.S&P In Everyday Life & In The News 4.Demo: Sensory Motor Integration

Part 1 About You (and what’s expected of you)

Part 1: About You Learning Names & Faces

Part 1: What’s Expected Of You Read Thy Syllabus

Part 1: What’s Expected Of You Read Thy “Blackboard”

Printing PowerPoint Lectures You can print my lecture notes in advance, and bring them to class! Please save paper by printing 6 slides per page.

Part 1: What’s Expected Of You Read Thy Course Pack (CP)

Part 1: What’s Expected Of You Watch Thy Video Lectures

Part 1: What’s Expected Of You 1.Watch Videos before coming to class. 2.Actively participate in class discussions. 3.Hand in all assignments on time. 4.Be considerate of others in class. 5.Seek help if you need it.

Part 2 About Me (and what you can expect of me)

You Can Expect Me To 1.Hold You To High Standards 2.Ensure Fairness In “Air Time”, Grading, & Punctuality 3.Encourage Your Active Participation 4.Lead & Focus Class Discussions / Lectures 5.Make Lecture Notes Available (on Blackboard & S Drive) 6.Meet With You During Office Hours / Appointment

Undergraduate Training Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ Fall, 1991: I took my first S & P course, junior year Mentored by Dr. Robert W. Allan Graduated from F.D.U., May 1993: B.A., Psychology

Graduate Training Entered Brown University, Psychology, Fall 1993 Mentored by Dr. Leslie Welch M.Sc., Experimental Psychology, 1995 Lectured in Sensation & Perception Courses Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, 1997

Postdoctoral Training Entered Columbia University, Neurobiology/Behavior, 1997 Mentored by Dr. Ning Qian Research in Psychophysics, N.I.H. Grant (1999) Lectured in S & P (NYU, Rutgers), Neuroscience (Columbia) Interviewed at Denison University (March 22-23, 2001)

Part 3 S&P In Everyday Life & In The News

S&P In The News A controversy about abortion… From the online version of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). PubMed ID: Let’s read the abstract about S&P research on fetal pain and thalamocortical fibers.

S&P In The News Another controversial news story that relates to S&P is the Terri Shiavo case….

S&P In The News Could someone tell us about phantom limbs, or synesthesia?

Part 4 Demo: Sensory Motor Integration

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