Psychology of Visual Perception

Learning Results

The course syllabus is designed in a logic of permanent joint between the variables involved in perceptual processes and the ability to identify the main research paradigms in psychology of perception and its influence on the decoding of visual stimulus in nature. This syllabus also aims that each student learns how to recognize the instrumental value of perception theories regarding communicative situations, helping students develop skills of reflection and critical analysis in order to promote proper articulation between the various theories and their own experiences, throughout their academic and/or professional career.

Internship(s)

NAO

Bibliography

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Beau Lotto: Thriving in a world that doesn’t exist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYO-y_0S_1w
Poetry of perception
https://vimeo.com/139463445
Psychology of Perception: Resources
https://isle.hanover.edu