ECE511/PSY511 Psychophysics
Fall 2018 Schedule
Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:00-4:50 pm in MSEE184)
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Dates | Tuesday | Thursday | Assignment |
Week 1 8/21 & 23 |
Lecture Notes: Psychophysics in a Nutshell Fechnerian Psychophysics Reading: Gescheider (Chap. 1) (p.1-35) |
Lecture Notes: Method of Constant Stimuli Reading: Gescheider (Chap. 2) (p.37-46) | HW #1 Method of Constant Stimuli and Probit Analysis assigned: 8/23 due: 8/30 |
Week 2 8/28 & 8/30 |
Lecture Notes: Method of Limits Method of Adjustment Reading: Gescheider (Chap. 2) (p.46-59) | Lecture Notes: Signal Detection Theory (1) Signal Detection Theory (2) Reading: M&C (Chap. 1 & 2) | HW #2 Method of Limits and Method of Adjustment assigned: 8/30 due: 9/6 |
Week 3 9/4 & 6 |
Lecture Notes: Signal Detection Theory (3) Signal Detection Theory (4) Reading: M&C (Chap. 7) | Lecture Notes: Rating Experiment Signal Detection Theory (5) Reading: (1) M&C (Chap. 3) (2) Pang et al.'s article | HW #3 A Decision Model for Psychophysics assigned: 9/6 due: 9/13 |
Week 4 9/11 & 13 |
Lecture Notes: Adaptive Methods (1) Adaptive Methods (2) Reading: (1) M&C (Chap. 11) (2) Levitt's article (3) Barbagli et al.'s paper | Brainstorm Project Ideas; Prepare for Presentations HW #4 |
ROC, 1-I and 2-I Paradigms assigned: 9/13 due: 9/20 |
Week 5 9/18 & 20 |
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS: 3:00-3:15 pm: Human Research Protection Program (Victoria) 3:15-3:30 pm: Discussion (All) 3:30-3:45 pm: "Manual discrimination of force ..." by Pang et al. (Yujie) 3:45-4:00 pm: Discussion (All) 4:00-4:15 pm: "Transformed Up-Down Methods ..." by H. Levitt (Denys) 4:15-4:30 pm: Discussion (All) 4:30-4:45 pm: "Haptic Discrimination of Force Direction ..." by Barbagli et al. (Nade) 4:45-5:00 pm: Discussion (All) | Lecture Notes: Information Theory (1) Information Theory (2) Reading: (1) M&C (Chaps. 5 & 10) (2) Miller's article |
HW #5 Signal Detection Theory, Rating Experiments assigned: 9/20 due: 9/27 |
Week 6 9/25 & 27 |
Lecture Notes: Information Theory (3) Information Theory (4) | Lecture Notes: Multidimensional Scaling Speed-accuracy Tradeoff Reading: (1) Hollins et al.'s article (2) Jennings et al.'s article | HW #6 Information Theory assigned: 9/27 due: 10/4 |
Week 7 10/2 & 4 |
Brainstorm Project Ideas; Form Project Teams | STUDENT PRESENTATIONS: 3:00-3:15 pm: "The Magical Number Seven, ..." by Miller (Part II) (He) 3:15-3:30 pm: Discussion (All) 3:30-3:45 pm: "Perceptual dimensions of ... texture ..." by Hollins et al. (Gaojian) 3:45-4:00 pm: Discussion (All) Finalize Project Teams | (no assignment) |
Week 8 10/9 & 11 |
October Break (NO CLASS) | Lecture: Overview of Haptic Perception and Haptic Technologies | Project Teams: Sean, Vikas, Makaela Anvesh, Gabriel, Zach Gaojian, Clayton, Xinrui Victoria, Patricia, Denys Yujie, Conner, He Nade, Chengzhang, Trevor Alyssa, Sarah, Jacob Paul, Prof. Tan |
Week 9 10/16 & 18 |
Experiment Design Discussions (Stimulus, Response, Paradigm, Data to be collected, Expected results); Preparation for Midterm Exam | MIDTERM EXAM | HW #7 Project Proposal assigned: 10/18 due: 11/1 |
Week 10 10/23 & 25 |
Experiment Design Discussions 3:00-3:20 pm: Sean, Vikas, Makaela 3:20-3:40 pm: Anvesh, Gabriel, Zach 3:40-4:00 pm: Gaojian, Clayton, Xinrui 4:00-4:20 pm: Victoria, Patricia, Denys 4:20-4:40 pm: Yujie, Conner, He
Reading: | Experiment Design Discussions 3:00-3:20 pm: Nade, Chengzhang, Trevor 3:20-3:40 pm: Alyssa, Sarah, Jacob 3:40-4:00 pm: Paul, Prof. Tan | |
Week 11 10/30 & 11/1 |
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS: 3:00-3:15 pm: "Effects of ... alcohol ..." by Jennings et al. (Zach) 3:15-3:30 pm: Discussion (All) 3:30-3:45 pm: "Tactor Localization ..." by Chen et al. (Anvesh) 3:45-4:00 pm: Discussion (All) 4:00-4:15 pm: "The Magic Number Seven, ..." by Miller (Part I) (Chengzhang) 4:15-4:30 pm: Discussion (All) Get Ready for Proposal Presentation on Thursday | Project Proposal Presentations 3:00-3:15 pm: Alyssa, Sarah, Jacob (group delay detection); 3:15-3:30 pm: Anvesh, Gabriel, Zach (grip force and weight perception); 3:30-3:45 pm: Gaojian, Clayton, Xinrui; 3:45-4:00 pm: Nade, Chengzhang, Trevor; 4:00-4:15 pm: Paul, Prof. Tan (RT to audiohaptic cues); 4:15-4:30 pm: Sean, Vikas, Makaela (distance perception on the skin); 4:30-4:45 pm: Victoria, Patricia, Denys (invisible shapes); 4:45-5:00 pm: Yujie, Conner, He (inter-car distance); |
HW #8 Project Preliminary Report assigned: 11/1 due: 11/15 |
Week 12 11/6 & 8 |
Guest Lecture: Perception-Based Engineering: Integrating Sound Perception into Engineering Design Prof. Patricia Davies (ME), Director of Ray W. Herrick Labs | Group Project Time
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Week 13 11/13 & 15 |
Group Project Time Group Project Time |
HW #9 |
Oral Project Presentation assigned: 11/15 due: 11/29 |
Week 14 11/20 & 22 | Group Project Time Thanksgiving Vacation | (NO CLASS)
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Week 15 11/27 & 29 |
Guest Lecture by Faculty and Students Beijing Normal University User Experience (BNUX) Master's Program 3:00-3:10 pm: How BNUX Collaborates with Companies (Dr. Wei Liu) 3:10-3:50 pm: Case 1 - Connecting Vehicles with PSA Groupe (Di Zhu) 3:50-4:00 pm: Case 2 - 6 Background Introductions (Di Zhu) 4:00-4:50 pm: Five Short Presentations Museum Service Design for Couples (Jinge Huang) Staircase Guide Design (Zhenyu Zhang & Huanyu Zhang) Learning Experience of 6-year-old Boy in Museum (Yunuo Li) Botanical and Human Museums Service Design (Ning Sun) Self-Guide in Museums (Jiatai Li) | Project Presentations 3:00-3:15 pm: "Drivers' Perception of Headways ..." Yujie, Conner, He 3:15-3:30 pm: "Persistence of Contour-Flicker Illusions" Victoria, Patricia, Denys 3:30-3:45 pm: "Prosthetic Haptic Interfaces" Sean, Vikas, Makaela 3:45-4:00 pm: "Reaction Time to Audio vs. Audio-Haptic Stimuli" Paul, Prof. Tan 4:00-4:15 pm: "The Effect of Lowered Mental Workload ..." Nade, Chengzhang, Trevor 4:15-4:30 pm: "The Effect of Multimodal Cue Combination ..." Gaojian, Clayton, Xinrui 4:30-4:45 pm: "Motor Behavior and Perception Interaction" Anvesh, Gabriel, Zach 4:45-5:00 pm: "Audibility Threshold of Group Delay" Alyssa, Sarah, Jacob |
HW #10 Project Final Report assigned: 11/29 due: 12/6 |
Week 16 12/4 & 6 |
Project Final Reports Due |