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Introduction to Psychological Information System

Summary

Human psychological information system consists of three memory elements and two processing elements. The memory elements are Sensory Information Storage (SIS), Short-term Memory (STM) and Long-term Memory (LTM). The processing elements are pattern recognition and rehearsal. Students will learn the functions and characteristics of these five elements based on past experimental results from the viewpoint of information processing. Further, students will become the subjects of psychological experiments to confirm the knowledge they have acquired through lectures.

Course Contents

1. Lectures

・Sensory information storage
・Pattern recognition
・Short-term memory

・Rehearsal
・Long-term memory

2. Practical Training

・C programming
・Experiment on visual information storage
・Experiment on short-term memory
・Experiment on long-term memory
・Data analysis

Structure and Schedule

Lectures will be given using books and reference material specified in the package. Progress will be presented in seminar style followed by written submission as a report. Experiments will take place according to the procedure specified in the package. Reports will be made once per week and meetings will be called as needed.

Course Option

Exercise problems related to the theme will be decided upon through private consultation with each student

Course Objectives

Human heart consists of four parts: mind, emotion, will and conscience. Students will learn especially about the part of mind in reference and comparison to computers according to the flow of information processing in the mind. Through practical training, students will conduct experiments using programs that they made and confirm what they have learned. At the same time, students will also learn methods of data analysis.

Fundamental skills required for the course

Students are required to have a basic knowledge of C language programming and mathematics.

Examples of Research Theme Combinations

The following list shows examples of research projects that can be combined with this course.
"Human- friendly control systems"
"Human- friendly assistive devices"
"Human- friendly robot interface"
"Prevention of human error"

Assessment of academic achievemen

Scores will be given on a scale of 1 to 5 for the items listed below. An average score of 3.5 is considered a passing score.

(1) Level of understanding of sensory information storage
(2) Level of understanding of short-term memory
(3) Level of understanding of long-term memory
(4) Final presentation and report