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PSYCH 30

Introduction to Perception

UNITS:4
GRADING:Letter or Credit/No Credit
LEVEL:Undergrad
GER:WAY-SI, WAY-SMA

Behavioral and neural aspects of perception focusing on visual and auditory perception. Topics include: scientific methods for studying perception, anatomy and physiology of the visual and auditiory systems, color vision, depth perception, motion perception, stereopsis, visual recognition, pitch and loudness perception, speech perception, and reorganization of the visual system in the blind.

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Sections

1 Term
Lecture 1Open
ID: 26411
0 / 150 enrolled
DAYS:Monday, Wednesday
TIME:4:30 PM – 5:20 PM
LOCATION:200-002
INSTRUCTOR:
Grill-Spector, Kalanit
4units
Discussion 1Open
ID: 26412
0 / 30 enrolled
DAYS:Wednesday
TIME:5:30 PM – 6:20 PM
LOCATION:Lathrop 190
INSTRUCTOR:
Im, Elizabeth Jiwon
4units
Discussion 2Open
ID: 26413
0 / 30 enrolled
DAYS:Wednesday
TIME:5:30 PM – 6:20 PM
LOCATION:Hewlett Teaching Center Rm 101
INSTRUCTOR:
Feng, Qiyuan
4units
Discussion 3Open
ID: 26414
0 / 30 enrolled
DAYS:Wednesday
TIME:5:30 PM – 6:20 PM
LOCATION:ANKO 108
INSTRUCTOR:
Fang, Ke
4units
Discussion 4Open
ID: 26416
0 / 30 enrolled
DAYS:Wednesday
TIME:5:30 PM – 6:20 PM
LOCATION:Gates B12
INSTRUCTOR:
Lee, Seojin
4units
Discussion 5Open
ID: 26417
0 / 30 enrolled
DAYS:Wednesday
TIME:5:30 PM – 6:20 PM
LOCATION:380-380F
INSTRUCTOR:
Hu, Xirong
4units
Discussion 6Open
ID: 26418
0 / 30 enrolled
DAYS:Wednesday
TIME:5:30 PM – 6:20 PM
LOCATION:Littlefield 103
4units

PSYCH 30: Introduction to Perception

4 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit · GER: WAY-SI, WAY-SMA

Behavioral and neural aspects of perception focusing on visual and auditory perception. Topics include: scientific methods for studying perception, anatomy and physiology of the visual and auditiory systems, color vision, depth perception, motion perception, stereopsis, visual recognition, pitch and loudness perception, speech perception, and reorganization of the visual system in the blind.

Offered in Autumn 2026 at Stanford University.

Autumn 2026 sections

  • Discussion — Wednesday 5:30 PM – 6:20 PM — Littlefield 103 (Undergrad)
  • Lecture — Monday Wednesday 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM — 200-002 — Grill-Spector, Kalanit (Undergrad)
  • Discussion — Wednesday 5:30 PM – 6:20 PM — Hewlett Teaching Center Rm 101 — Feng, Qiyuan (Undergrad)
  • Discussion — Wednesday 5:30 PM – 6:20 PM — Lathrop 190 — Im, Elizabeth Jiwon (Undergrad)
  • Discussion — Wednesday 5:30 PM – 6:20 PM — ANKO 108 — Fang, Ke (Undergrad)
  • Discussion — Wednesday 5:30 PM – 6:20 PM — 380-380F — Hu, Xirong (Undergrad)
  • Discussion — Wednesday 5:30 PM – 6:20 PM — Gates B12 — Lee, Seojin (Undergrad)

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