ECE511/PSY511 Psychophysics
Fall 2019 Schedule
Lecture/Lab times: Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:00-4:50 pm
Location: PHYS 110 (Tuesdays), PHYS 331 (Thursdays)
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Dates Tuesday Thursday
Week 1
8/20 & 8/22 		No lecture today;
Prof. Tan is at a workshop

Required Reading:
Course policies;
Gescheider (Chap. 1) (p.1-35)

 Lecture Notes:
Psychophysics in a Nutshell
Fechnerian Psychophysics

Reading:
Gescheider (Chap. 2) (p.37-46)

Assignment:
(1) Download and install JAVA on your PC here
(You need the file "jdk-12.0.1_windows-x64_bin.exe")
(2) Download demo exp package (see email from Prof. Tan)

Week 2
8/27 & 8/29 		Lecture Notes:
Method of Constant Stimuli

Reading:
FechDeck paper

Pre-lab Assignment: MCS
(1) Download spreadsheet for data (Fig. 4, Ferwerda 2019)
(2) Take notes on procedures (Sec. 4.1, Ferwerda 2019)

Lab:
Conduct MCS using FechDeck

Reading:
Gescheider (Chap. 2) (p.46-59)

HW Assignment:
HW #1: MCS and Probit Analysis
(Due: before 3 pm on 9/5)
Week 3
9/3 & 9/5 		Lecture Notes:
Method of Limits
Method of Adjustment

Reading:
Reed et al. (2019)

Pre-lab Assignment: Method of Adjustment
(1) Download spreadsheet for data (Fig. 8, Ferwerda 2019)
(2) Take notes on procedures (Sec. 4.3, Ferwerda 2019)

Lab:
Conduct Method of Adjustment using FechDeck

Reading:
M&C (Chap. 1)

HW Assignment:
HW #2: Method of Limits & Method of Adjustment
(Due: before 3 pm on 9/12)

Week 4
9/10 & 9/12 		Lecture Notes:
Signal Detection Theory (1)
Signal Detection Theory (2)

Reading:
M&C (Chap. 2 & 7)

Lecture Notes:
Signal Detection Theory (3)

Reading:
M&C (Chap. 3)

HW Assignment:
HW #3: A Decision Model for Psychophysics
(Due: before 3 pm on 9/19)
Week 5
9/17 & 9/19 		Lecture Notes:
Signal Detection Theory (4)
Signal Detection Theory (5)

Reading:
Pang et al.'s article

 Lecture Notes:
Rating Experiment

Reading:
M&C (Chap. 5)

HW Assignment:
HW #4: SDT, ROC, Rating Experiment
(Due: before 3 pm on 9/26)
Week 6
9/24 & 9/26 		Lecture Notes:
Information Theory (1)
Information Theory (2)

Reading:
Miller's article
M&C (Chap. 10)

 Lecture Notes:
Information Theory (3)
Information Theory (4)

Reading:
M&C (Chap. 11)

HW Assignment:
HW #5: Information Theory
(Due: before 3 pm on 10/03)
Week 7
10/1 & 10/3 		Lecture Notes:
Adaptive Methods (1)
Adaptive Methods (2)

Reading:
(required) Levitt's article
(optional) Barbagli et al.'s paper

Introduction to Team Projects;
Human Research Protection Program at Purdue University;

Assignment
Project Ideas & Proposal
(Due: before 3 pm on 10/10 & 10/31 - extended)
Week 8
10/8 & 10/10 		October Break
(NO CLASS) 		Discussion of Team Project Ideas;
Project Team Formation

Reading:
Jones & Tan psychophysics review article

Week 9
10/15 & 17 		No lecture today;
Prof. Tan is at a workshop
 MIDTERM EXAM
(Please bring a ruler, and a TI-30X IIS calculator)

HW Assignment:
HW #6: Adaptive Procedures
(Due: before 3 pm on 10/24)
Week 10
10/22 & 10/24 		Lecture Notes:
Multidimensional Scaling
Develop team project ideas

Reading:
Hollins et al.'s article

 Prof. Jean-Louis THONNARD
(Institute of NeuroScience, UCLouvain, Belgium)
"GRIP: Manipulating a Weightless Object on the International Space Station"
Location: Potter Fu Room (Room 234)
Week 11
10/29 & 10/31 		Lecture Notes:
Speed-accuracy Tradeoff
Develop team project ideas

Reading:
Jennings et al.'s article

 Project Proposal Presentations

Reading:
A published course project by Chen et al.

Assignment:
Preliminary Written Report
(Due: before 3 pm on 11/14)
Week 12
11/5 & 11/7 		Group Project Time
 Group Project Time
Week 13
11/12 & 11/14 		Group Project Time
 Group Project Time

Assignment:
Team Project Oral Presentation
(Due: 12/3)
Week 14
11/19 & 11/21 		Group Project Time
 Group Project Time

Assignment:
Team Project Written Report
(Due: 12/5)
Week 15
11/26 & 11/28 		- Group Project Time -
Prof. Tan will hold office hour in MSEE272 		Thanksgiving Vacation (NO CLASS)
Week 16
12/3 & 12/5 		Team Project ORAL Presentations (3 teams)
 Team Project ORAL Presentations (3 teams)
Team Project Final WRITTEN Reports Due