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Lecture Notes

LEC #TOPICS
1The layout of the visual system, the retina, and the lateral geniculate nucleus (PDF)
2The visual cortex (PDF)
3The ON and OFF channels (PDF)
4The midget and parasol channels (PDF)
5Adaptation and color (PDF)
6Depth perception (PDF)
7Form perception (PDF)
8Illusions and visual prosthetics (PDF - 1.1 MB)
9The neural control of visually guided eye movements, subcortical control (PDF - 1.0 MB)
10The neural control of visually guided eye movements, cortical control
11Motion perception and pursuit eye movements (PDF - 1.3 MB)
12Discussions and overview
13Midterm exam
14Sound; external, middle, and inner ears
15Hair cells: Transduction, electrophysiology and "Cochlear Amplifier"
16Auditory nerve; psychophysics of frequency resolution
17Hearing loss and cochlear implants
18Cochlear nucleus: Tonotopy, unit types and cell types
19Brainstem reflexes: OC efferents and middle ear muscles
20Sound localization I: Psychophysics and neural circuits
21Sound localization II: Superior olivary complex and inferior colliculus
22Auditory cortex I: General physiology and role in sound localization
23Auditory cortex II: Language; Bats and echolocation
24Eaton-Peabody lab tour at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
25Review session for audition
26Comparison of vision and audition, vision review (PDF)

 








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