Psychology 314 - SEM: BEHAVIOR-COG IN FILM

Topics course.: This seminar explores the cognitive processes underlying human perception and comprehension of film, the techniques filmmakers use to capitalize on these processes, as well as the general portrayal of cognition by filmmakers. We read and discuss empirical articles and view relevant examples of film. Topics range from change blindness and apparent motion to various depictions of amnesia in 20th-century film. Prerequisite: PSY 100.

Instructor Permission. Not open to first-years, sophomores