As part of the course, students will conduct a self-directed empirical independent project, to investigate an aspect of vision and art that they find appealing. These projects will be designed in consultation with the instructor and will undergo regular progress review. Projects must be empirical: they must involve measuring something. Students will design and execute an experiment and/or create and measure a work of art. Projects cannot only involve a literature review or term paper.
To view sample projects in the gallery, use the scrollbar to scroll left.
Colleen Kirkhart "Drawing vs. Matching: Comparisons of Shape Constancy" read more
Rosa Lafer-Sousa "The Wellesley Student Body: Investigating the Perception of Skin Color" read more
Kendra Terry "How Eye Movements Reflect Higher Cognitive Processes in a Subject’s Experience of Watching a Movie" read more
Libby MacFarlane "Investigating Kandinsky’s Color Theory" read more
Hillary Chu "Binocular Rivalry and Perceptual Instability in Ambiguous Luminance-Contrast Figures" read more
Rachel Schoenfeld "Observation of Dance by Dancers and Non-dancers" read more
Created by : Kate Ciurej ‘08 and Donna Yee ’11
Created: July 9, 2008
Maintained By: Bevil Conway
Last Modified: July 23, 2013
Expires: July 23, 2013