Students in this laboratory course will explore how humans sense and perceive the world via visual, auditory, chemical, and skin senses. Physiological, psychophysical, and cognitive approaches will be used to help explain how perceptions arise from the conversion of physical energy in the environment to electrochemical signals and how the brain then processes these signals. Topics include perceptual development, clinical aspects of vision and audition, music, speech, and pain perception as well as applications with respect to art, education, and health. Prerequisite: PSYC 301 or instructor’s consent.