Course Schedule

May be subject to change

Date Topic Reading Assignments
T 4/7 Intro Lab 1 Groups / Course Description / Final Project Ideas / Sensory Perception – Data-driven experiences Intro to Game Salad Lab 1 Assigned
F 4/10 Sensory Perception – Data-driven experiences cont. Physiology of the Auditory Pathway / Perception 1 - Loudness / Masking Intro to building sounds in Matlab and Python Moore Ch 1-2
T 4/14 Lab 1 Game Play (Pong) Physiology of the Auditory Pathway / Perception 1 - Loudness / Masking cont. / Intro to Unity Lab 1 Due, Lab 2 Assigned
F 4/17 Perception 2 – Loudness / Temporal Processing / Neuroplasticity 1 / Advanced Unity Moore Ch 3-4
T 4/21 Lab 2 Game Play (controller) Neuroplasticity 2 / Intro to AR/VR technologies in Unity Lab 2 Due, Lab 3 Assigned
F 4/24 Auditory Scene Analysis / Sensory Integration / More AR/VR in Unity
T 4/28 TBD
F 5/1 Lab 3 Game Play (AR) - Intro to EEG / Closed-loop gaming / Sensory Interface and Emotion-Tracking in Unity Papers for debate Lab 3 Due, Lab 4 assigned
M 5/4 Essay set 1 due
T 5/5 TBD Papers for Debate
F 5/8 Lab 4 Game Play (emotion-tracking / biofeedback) / TBD Lab 4 Due, Lab 5 (Matlab / Python only) assigned
T 5/12 In Class Debate - Neurogaming Regulatory Issues
F 5/15 Auditory Attention / Speech Perception Lab 5 (Matlab / Python only) due / Final Project assigned
T 5/19 Continued - Psychophysical Testing Methods / Metrics of Assessing Performance
F 5/22 Final Project Outlines; Music and Neuroscience / Creativity / Sensory Integration
T 5/26 Final Project Working Session Final Project Milestone due
F 5/29 Special Topics / Final Project Working Session
T 6/2 Final Project First Stage Demo Presentations Essay Set 2 Due
F 6/5 Special Topics
T 6/9 Final Presentations – Virtual Sonic Synapse Arcade – Time TBD Essay Set 3 due