EE511/PSY511 Psychophysics
Lecture Notes (Fall 2005)

• Psychophysics in a Nutshell
      08/23/05     lecture notes

• Classical Psychophysical Methods
      08/25/05     lecture notes     reading (p.1-35)
      08/30/05     lecture notes     reading (p.52-55)
      09/01/05     lecture notes     reading (p.46-52)
      09/06/05     lecture notes     reading (p.37-46)     HW1 (due 9/13/05)
  

• Detection Model for Psychophysics
      09/08/05     lecture notes     reading (M&C, chapters 1 and 2)
      09/13/05     lecture notes     reading (M&C, chapters 1 and 2)     HW2 (due 9/20/05)
      09/20/05     lecture notes
      09/22/05     lecture notes     reading
      09/27/05     lecture notes     reading (M&C, chapter 7)     HW3 (due 10/04/05)
  

• Rating Experiment
      09/29/05     lecture notes     reading (M&C, chapter 3)    

• Speed Accuracy Tradeoff
      10/04/05     lecture notes     reading     HW4 (due 10/20/05)     Project Teams
  

• Adaptive Methods
      10/13/05     lecture notes     reading (M&C, chapter 11)    
      10/18/05     lecture notes     reading
  

• Perception as Inverse Problems
      10/25/05     lecture notes
      10/27/05     lecture notes
  

• Information Theory
      11/01/05     lecture notes     reading     reading (M&C, Chap. 5 & 10)
      11/03/05     lecture notes     HW5 (due 11/17/05)
      11/08/05     lecture notes    
      11/17/05     lecture notes     HW6 (due 12/06/05 and 12/08/05)
  

• Multidimensional Scaling
      11/29/05     lecture notes     reading    

• Study Guide for Final Exam
      here
  

Supplements (Fall 2005)

• Sample data file for SAS (method of constant stimuli) (click here)
• Table of Cumulative Probabilities of the Standard Normal Distribution (JPEG file)
  From Neter, Kutner, Nachtscheim & Wasserman, "Applied Linear Statistical Models", 1996.
• Table of Percentiles of the t Distribution (JPEG file for page 1 and page 2)
  From Neter, Kutner, Nachtscheim & Wasserman, "Applied Linear Statistical Models", 1996.
• Table of Percentiles of the chi-square Distribution (JPEG file)
  From Neter, Kutner, Nachtscheim & Wasserman, "Applied Linear Statistical Models", 1996.