Course code

IFI7304.DT

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Taju ja tähelepanu digitaalses meedias

Course title in English

Perception and Attention in Digital Media

ECTS credits

4.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

The course aim is first to refresh and deepen the student’s knowledge on human sensory systems including visual, auditory, tactile and other modalities; multisensory perception and human attention principles. Using this knowledge, students will critically analyze and shape multimodal experiences delivered by media and digital games trough assignments.

Brief description of the course

Topics to be covered in the course include (but not limited to):
- Visual perception
- Auditory perception
- Tactile perception and proprioception
- Other senses (olfactory, kinesthetic)
- Imagery and individual sensory differences
- Peripersonal space
- Action-perception loop
- Sensory substitution
- Cross-modal perception
- Attention (selected/divided, spatial/temporal)
- Inattention blindness
- Fill-in effects and gestalt principles
- Top down and bottom up processes
- Place illusion (presence), body illusion and extension (out-of-body experience)

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- is aware of the - main principles of human attention and perception;
- is able to apply this knowledge in critical analysis of existing media content including digital games
- is able to apply this knowledge in design/creation of media content including digital games.

Teacher

Mati Mõttus

The course is a prerequisite

Study programmes containing that course

Human-Computer Interaction (IFIMM/23.DT)
Human-Computer Interaction (IFIMM/22.DT)
Human-Computer Interaction (IFIMM/21.DT)
Human-Computer Interaction (IFIMM/20.DT)
Human-Computer Interaction (IFIMM/19.DT)
Human-Computer Interaction (IFIMM/18.DT)
Human-Computer Interaction (IFIMM/17.DT)
Digital Learning Games (DTLGM/17.DT)
Digital Learning Games (DTLGM/16.DT)
Human-Computer Interaction (IFIMM/16.DT)