Sensorimotor modeling
Download in PDF- Lecturer: Emmanuel Guigon (emmanuel.guigon@sorbonne-universite.fr)
- Course code:
- Student workload: 16 h of lectures, 12 h of labs
- Credits: 3 ECTS
- Specialization tracks: ROBOT SI MeDH (elective)
- Semester offered: S1 S2 S3 S4
- Language of instruction: French English
- Targeted audience: Eng. Sc. department Other :
- Localization : PMC Campus Other :
Course Overview
The goal of this course is to introduce students with knowledge on psychological, neural and computational processes involved in perception and action. The course starts with an introduction on the conceptual nature of perceptual and motor processes, and their interplay. Then, it is be divided into three parts: (1) a detailed description of perceptual processing (sensation/perception, attention, spatial perception, multisensory interactions, sensory substitution); (2) a detailed description of motor processing (organization of action, computational motor control, biological motor control, models and theories); (3) a practical part during which students replicate basic experimental or computational results related to human sensorimotor performance.
Mots-clés : sensation, perception, action, cognition, model, experiment
Prerequisites
Students should have previously acquired the following prerequisites to follow this course:
- General background either in engineering, mathematics, physics, computer science, psychology or medicine. Some programming skills (python/C/Matlab) and knowledge in statistics will be required to realize the project.
Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- knowledge acquisition on perceptual processes
- knowledge acquisition on motor processes
Indicative Teaching Sequence and Methods
| Week | C/TD/TP* | Content | Preparation | Learn.\ outc. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | C | Introduction - sensation/perception/attention | reading articles | AAV1 |
| S2 | C | spatial perception, multisensory interactions, sensory substitution | reading articles | AAV1 |
| S3 | C | organization of action, computational motor control | reading articles | AAV2 |
| S4 | C | biological motor control, models and theories | reading articles | AAV2 |
| S5 | TP | in class project + work in autonomy | ||
| S6 | TP | in class project + work in autonomy | ||
| S7 | TP | in class project + work in autonomy | ||
| S8 | TP | oral project report (whole class) |
- C/TD/TP respectively corresponds to lectures, tutorials and lab sessions.
Indicative Assessment of Intended Learning Outcomes (1st session)
| Week | Individ./group | In-person/remote | Type of exam | Evaluated outcomes | Scale % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S8 | Group | In-person | Other | AAV1-2 | 100% |
2nde session
| Session | Individ./group | In-person/remote | Type of exam | Evaluated outcomes | Scale % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bibliographic references
- Turvey MT (1977) Preliminaries to a theory of action with reference to vision. In: Perceiving, Acting and Knowing: Toward an Ecological Psychology (Shaw R, Bransford J, eds), pp 211-265. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Alais D, Newell FN, Mamassian P (2010). Multisensory processing in review: from physiology to behaviour. Seeing Perceiving. 23(1):3-38. doi: 10.1163/187847510X488603.
- Posner MI, Petersen SE. The attention system of the human brain. Annu Rev Neurosci. 1990;13:25-42. doi: 10.1146/annurev.ne.13.030190.000325.
Date of generation of this unit description: 06/10/2026
