2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Engineering Undergraduate major in Information and Communications Engineering
Sensation and Perception Systems
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Information and Communications Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Hirohiko Kaneko
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 7-8 Tue (W9-325(W934)) / 7-8 Fri (W9-325(W934))
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ICT.H313
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jun 12, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Human sensation and perception system which is an essential knowledge to develop effective and friendly information processing, communications and display for human life is described in addition to explain quantification procedures of sense and these mechanisms.
Human centered information communication technologies using human information processing are also presented.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
(1) understand foundation of human sensory information processing, and the relationships between sensory information processing and information engineering systems.
(2) learn methodologies such as quantification procedures for sense.
Keywords
Visual Information Processing, Human Information Processing, Sensation, Psychophysics
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Towards the end of class, students are given quizes related to the lecture given that day to solve. At the beginning of the next class, the solutions to exercise problems that were assigned during the previous class are reviewed. To prepare for class, students should read the course schedule section and check what topics will be covered. Required learning should be completed outside of the classroom for preparation and review purposes.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Guidance of the lecture, Introduction to Human sensory information processing | Reviewing key contents of the lecture and quizes. |
| Class 2 | Foundations of visual perception (Eye) | Reviewing key contents of the lecture and quizes. |
| Class 3 | Pattern recognition in the retina | Reviewing key contents of the lecture and quizes. |
| Class 4 | Pattern recognition in the brain | Reviewing key contents of the lecture and quizes. |
| Class 5 | Brightness perception, Color perception | Reviewing key contents of the lecture and quizes. |
| Class 6 | Space perception | Reviewing key contents of the lecture and quizes. |
| Class 7 | Motion perception, Object perception | Reviewing key contents of the lecture and quizes. |
| Class 8 | Eye movements and pupil responses | Reviewing key contents of the lecture and quizes. |
| Class 9 | Visual attention | Reviewing key contents of the lecture and quizes. |
| Class 10 | Foundations of vestibular and somatosensory systems | Reviewing key contents of the lecture and quizes. |
| Class 11 | Multimodal integration, perception and action | Reviewing key contents of the lecture and quizes. |
| Class 12 | Development, adaptation, and individual differences in perception | Reviewing key contents of the lecture and quizes. |
| Class 13 | Sensory disorder | Reviewing key contents of the lecture and quizes. |
| Class 14 | Human perception and sensory information presentation systems | Reviewing key contents of the lecture and quizes. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Materials used in class can be downloaded from LMS.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
R.L. Gregory, Eye and Brain 5th edition, Oxford press, 1998
J.M. Wolfe et al., Sensation & Perception, 3rd edition, Sinauer Associates, 2012
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students will be evaluated based on the results of each quiz, midterm report, and final exams. The final grade will be calculated as 50% based on the quiz score 50% based on the midterm report and final exam.
Related courses
- No related courses.
Prerequisites
No prior conditions