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Syllabus



Course Description


This course examines the neural bases of visual and auditory processing for perception and sensorimotor control, focusing on physiological and anatomical studies of the mammalian nervous system as well as behavioral studies of animals and humans. Visual pattern, color and depth perception, auditory responses and speech coding, and spatial localization are studied.

The first twelve lectures are devoted to the organization of the visual system and eye-movement control. Topics covered during those lectures are: the retina, the lateral geniculate nucleus and the visual cortex, the parallel channels of the visual system, the processing of color, motion, depth and form, and the neural control of visually guided eye movements. The twelve lectures that follow the midterm exam focus on audition. At the end of the semester, the last session will provide an overview of the auditory and visual systems.



Course Schedule



LEC #TOPICS
1The layout of the visual system, the retina, and the lateral geniculate nucleus
2The visual cortex
3The ON and OFF channels
4The midget and parasol channels
5Adaptation and color
6Depth perception
7Form perception
8Illusions and visual prosthetics
9The neural control of visually guided eye movements, subcortical control
10The neural control of visually guided eye movements, cortical control
11Motion perception and pursuit eye movements
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

 








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