Robust, quantitative, psychophysical assessment on the relationship between the physical environment and subjective experience is one of the core skills not only for understanding the human brain functions but also optimizing the machine usability, design, interface, etc. This is the laboratory training course focused on the measurement of the basic eight different brain functions. Each weeks, students run one particular experiment to measure their own subjective experience or behavior, such as attention, walking, eye movement, etc. Then they run the statistical data analysis for the results by themselves. They should hand out a written assignment to show their measurement procedure and to discuss their own result based on the state of the art brain science.
By the end of this course,
1. Students will be able to understand and experience basic eight different subjective experiences and behaviors in the brain science by one's own brain and body.
2. Students will be able to understand the methods, theories, accuracy, and limitations to measure human subjective experience in subjective, quantitative ways.
3. Students will be able to practice the statistics, experimental designs, and filter processing required for the basic data analysis.
4. Students will be able to obtain the basic brain science knowledge to explain the result, and can apply for some user experience measurement on artificial systems, such as virtual reality systems, information devices, lighting systems, medical devices, etc.
Brain science, psychophysics, motion capture, eye movement, semantic differential method, Kansei assessment, reversed prism adaptation, EEG, fMRI
✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Each weeks, students run one particular experiment to measure their own subjective experience or behavior, such as attention, walking, eye movement, etc. Then they run the statistical data analysis for the results by themselves. They should hand out a written assignment to show their measurement procedure and to discuss their own result based on the state of the art brain science.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Inversed prism adoptation. -Brain plastisity- | By the end of this course, students will be able to understand the relationship between body movement, feedbacks, and brain plasticity. |
Class 2 | Kansei assessment including semantic differential method. | By the end of this course, students will be able to understand the Kansei assessment and statistical method. |
Class 3 | Eye movement recording | By the end of this course, students will be able to understand the visualization of the eye movement. |
Class 4 | Psychophysics methods | By the end of this course, students will be able to understand the psychophysics method. |
Class 5 | Visual search and visual attention | By the end of this course, students will be able to understand the difference between eye movement and visual attention. |
Class 6 | Motion capture and biological motion | By the end of this course, students will be able to understand the motion capture system and floor reaction force gauge. |
Class 7 | EEG and surface electromyogram recording | By the end of this course, students will be able to understand the EEG and electromyogram. |
Class 8 | fMRI measurement | By the end of this course, students will be able to understand the fMRI and individual difference of the human brain. |
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Handouts.
100% from class participation and assignment.
Basic knowledge on the cognitive science, human perception, and statistics essential.
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