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LEC #	TOPICS	READINGS
Vision
1	The layout of the visual system, the retina, and the lateral geniculate nucleus	Zigmond, Michael, et al, eds. Fundamental Neuroscience. 2nd ed. Burlington, MA: Academic Press, 2002, chapter 28. ISBN: 9780126603033. Waessle, H., and B. Boycott. "Functional Architecture of the Mammalian Retina." Physiological Reviews 71 (1991): 447-479. Schiller, P. H. "The ON and OFF Channels of the Mammalian Visual System." In Progress in Retinal and Eye Research. Vol. 15. Edited by N. N. Osborne and G. J. Chader. Oxford, UK: Pergamon Press, 1995. ASIN: B000PYFD8K. Schiller, P. H., and N. K. Logothetis. "The Color-Opponent and Broad-Band Channels of the Primate Visual System." Trends in Neurosciences 13 (1990): 392-398. Schiller, P. H. "The Neural Control of Visually Guided Eye Movements." In Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention: A Developmental Perspective. Edited by J. E. Richards. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1998. ISBN: 9780805824094. Sekuler, R., and R. Blake. Perception. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2001, chapters 5-8. ISBN: 9780072488951. Tehovnik, E. J., W. M. Slocum, C. E. Carvey, and P. H. Schiller. "Phosphene Induction and the Generation of Saccadic Eye Movements by Striate Cortex." Journal of Neurophysiology 93 (2005): 1-19. Schiller, P. H., and C. E. Carvey. "The Hermann Grid Illusion Revisited." Perception 34 (2005): 1375-1397. Recommended Schiller, P. H. "The Central Visual System." Vision Research 26 (1986): 1351-1386. ———. "Past and Present Ideas About How the Visual Scene is Analyzed by the Brain." In Cerebral Cortex: Volume 12: Extrastriate Cortex in Primates. Edited by Rockland, Kaas, and Peters. New York, NY: Springer, 1998. ISBN: 9780306455308. Written report Oyster, C. W., and H. B. Barlow. "Direction-Selective Units in Rabbit Retina: Distribution of Preferred Directions." Science 155 (1967): 841-842.
2	The visual cortex
3	The ON and OFF channels
4	The midget and parasol channels
5	Adaptation and color
6	Depth perception
7	Form perception
8	Illusions and visual prosthetics
9	The neural control of visually guided eye movements, subcortical control
10	The neural control of visually guided eye movements, cortical control
11	Motion perception and pursuit eye movements
12	Discussions and overview
13	Midterm exam
Audition
14	Sound; external, middle, and inner ears	Hofman, P. M., J. G. A. Van Riswick, and J. Van Opstal. "Relearning Sound Localization with New Ears." Nature Neuroscience 1 (1998): 417-421.
15	Hair cells: Transduction, electrophysiology and "Cochlear Amplifier"	Hudspeth, A. J. "Sensory Transduction in the Ear." Chapter 31 in Principles of Neural Science. Edited by E. R. Kandel, J. H. Schwartz, and T. M. Jessell. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2000. ISBN: 9780071120005. Liberman, M. C., J. Gao, D. Z. Z. He, X. Wu, S. Jia, and J. Zuo. "Prestin is Required For Electromotility of the Outer Hair Cell and For the Cochlear Amplifier." Nature 419 (2002): 300-304.
16	Auditory nerve; psychophysics of frequency resolution	Brown, M. C. "Functional Neuroanatomy of the Cochlea." In Physiology of the Ear. Edited by A. F. Jahn and J. Santos-Sacchi. New York, NY: Raven Press, 2001. ISBN: 9781565939943. McKinney, M. F., and B. Delgutte. "A Possible Neurophysiological Basis of the Octave Enlargement Effect." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 106 (1999): 2679-2692.
17	Hearing loss and cochlear implants	Wilson, B. "Cochlear Implant Technology." In Cochlear Implants: Principles and Practices. Edited by J. K. Niparko, K. I. Kirk, N. K. Mellon, et al. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000. ISBN: 9780781717823. ———. "Strategies for Representing Speech Information with Cochlear Implants." In Cochlear Implants: Principles and Practices. By J. K. Niparko, K. I. Kirk, N. K. Mellon, et al. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000. ISBN: 9780781717823.
18	Cochlear nucleus: Tonotopy, unit types and cell types	Pickles, J. O. An Introduction to the Physiology of Hearing, London, UK: Academic Press, 1988, chapter 6. ISBN: 9780125547536. Colletti, V., and R. V. Shannon. "Open Set Speech Perception with Auditory Brainstem Implant." Laryngoscope 115 (2005): 1974-1978.
19	Brainstem reflexes: OC efferents and middle ear muscles	Guinan, J. J., Jr. "The Physiology of Olivocochlear Efferents." In The Cochlea. Edited by P. Dallos, A. N. Popper, and R. R. Fay. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1996, sections 1, 3 (parts 3.1, 3.2, 3.4), section 6 (part 6.1.1), and section 8 (part 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4). ISBN: 9780387944494. May, B. J., C. A. Prosen, D. Weiss, and D. Vetter. "Behavioral Investigation of Some Possible Effects of Central Olivocochlear Pathways in Transgenic Mice." Hearing Research 171 (2002): 142-157.
20	Sound localization I: Psychophysics and neural circuits	Brand, A., O. Behrend, T. Marquardt, D. McAlpine, and B. Grothe. "Precise Inhibition Is Essential for Microsecond Interaural Time Difference Coding." Nature 417 (2002): 543-547.
21	Sound localization II: Superior olivary complex and inferior colliculus	Knudsen, E. I. "Capacity for Plasticity in the Adult Owl Auditory System Expanded by Juvenile Experience." Science 279 (1998): 1531-1533.
22	Auditory cortex I: General physiology and role in sound localization	Krumbholz, K., M. Schonwiesner, D. Y. von Cramon, R. Rubsamen, N. J. Shah, K. Zilles, and G. R. Fink. "Representation of Interaural Temporal Information from Left and Right Auditory Space in the Human Planum Temporal and Inferior Parietal Lobe." Cerebral Cortex 15 (2005): 317-324.
23	Auditory cortex II: Language; Bats and echolocation	Suga, N. "Biosonar and Neural Computation in Bats." Scientific American 262 (1990): 60-68. Caplan, D., T. Carr, J. Gould, and R. Martin. "Language and Communication." In Fundamental Neuroscience. 2nd ed. Edited by Michael Zigmond, et al. Burlington, MA: Academic Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780126603033.
24	Eaton-Peabody lab tour at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
25	Review session for audition
26	Comparison of vision and audition, vision review

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