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Course Name	Turkish	Görsel Mekansal Biliş
	English	Visual-Spatial Cognition
Course Code	MBL 608E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	2	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Elif Sezen Yağmur Kilimci
Course Objectives		To introduce concepts, the prominent hypotheses, models , issues and debates in the areas of visual and spatial cognition To introduce and discuss some of the prominent research methods adapted in spatial and visual cognition research To introduce and discuss the previous research conducted on visual and spatial reasoning and visual and spatial abilities in design
Course Description		This course will discuss research in visual and spatial cognition towards unfolding visual/spatial thinking in design. These include research in visual mental imagery, (spatial) mental models and visual thinking in design, individual differences in visual/spatial abilities, the roles of and the relationship between external and mental visuospatial representations and individual differences in visual/spatial abilities.
Course Outcomes		Establish an in-depth understanding about the prominent issues in the areas of visual and spatial cognition Learn about the research methods adapted in visual and spatial cognition research Be able to design a research study for investigating an issue of their interest in visual and/or spatial cognition (in design) Improve their skills in formulating research problems and developing research proposals
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