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Curriculum
13 Topics
Lecture 1.1 - (S) Introduction to the Course
Lecture 1.2 - (S) Vision: What Do We See?
Lecture 1.3 - (S) Vision: How Light is Sensed by Neurons Part 1
Lecture 1.4 - (S) Vision: How Light is Sensed by Neurons Part 2
Lecture 1.5 - (S) Vision: How the Eye Forms an Image Part 1
Lecture 1.6 - (S) Vision: How the Eye Forms an Image Part 2
Lecture 1.7 - (E) Vision: Movie Interlude - Turning the World Upside-Down
Getting Started
Syllabus
Grading and Logistics
Philosophy
Readings
Module 1 Quiz
10 Topics
Lecture 2.1 - (S) Vision: Binocular Cues for Depth Perception
Lecture 2.2 - (S) Vision: Monocular Cues for Depth Perception
Lecture 2.3 - (S) Introduction to Body Position Sensing
Lecture 2.4 - (S) Body Position Sensory Receptors
Lecture 2.5 - (G) Neural Signals: The Resting Membrane Potential
Lecture 2.6 - (G) Neural Signals: The Action Potential
Lecture 2.7 - (S) Converting the Mechanical to the Electrical
Lecture 2.8 - (E) Body Position Illusions and Experiments I: Pinocchio and Crossed Hands
Lecture 2.9 - (E) Body Position Illusions and Experiments II: Prisms
Module 2 Quiz
7 Topics
Lecture 3.1 - (S) Introduction: Figures and Backgrounds
Lecture 3.2 - (S G E) Synapses and Center-Surround Organization
Lecture 3.3 - (S) Maps of Visual Space
Lecture 3.4 - (S) Orientation and Border Ownership
Lecture 3.5 - (S E) Phantom Limb and the Blind Spot
Lecture 3.6 - (S E) Motion Vision
Module 3 Quiz
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Lecture 4.1 - (S) What is sound and how is it sensed?
Lecture 4.2 - (S) Deducing the Location of Sounds
Lecture 4.3 - (S) Movements and the "Cone of Confusion"
Lecture 4.4 - (S) Spectral Cues and the "Cone of Confusion"
Lecture 4.5 - (S) Learning to Find Sounds
Lecture 4.6 - (S E) Ventriloquism and Finding Sounds
Lecture 4.7 - (S) Determining the Distance of Sounds
Lecture 4.8 - (S) Brain Maps as Representations
Lecture 4.9 - (S) Brain Meters as Representations
Lecture 4.10 -(S) Brain Meters and Movements
Lecture 4.11 -(S E) Translating Maps to Meters
Lecture 4.12 - (S E) Brain Representations for Sound
Module 4 Quiz - Part I
Module 4 Quiz - Part II
9 Topics
Lecture 5.1 - (S) Defining Spatial Locations
Lecture 5.2 - (S) Visual Space is Synthesized Across Eye Movements
Lecture 5.3 - (S E) Sensing Eye Position via Motor Commands
Lecture 5.4 - (S E) Coordinating Between Vision and Touch
Lecture 5.5 - (S E) Coordinating Between Vision and Hearing
Lecture 5.6 - (S E) Translating Auditory Information into Visual Coordinates
Lecture 5.7 - (S) Going Places I: The Vestibular System
Lecture 5.8 - (S) Going Places II: Vision and Movement
Module 5 Quiz
10 Topics
Lecture 6.1 - (S) Memory and Space: A Two-Way Street
Lecture 6.2 - (S) Memory in Neural Activity
Lecture 6.3 - (S) Memory in Synapses
Lecture 6.4 - (S E) Memory and Parietal Cortex
Lecture 6.5 - (S E) Memory Navigation and the Hippocampus
Lecture 6.6 - (S) Space and Thinking
Lecture 6.7 - (S E) Behavioral Ties Between Space and Thought
Lecture 6.8 - (S E) Brain Evidence Connecting Space and Thought
Lecture 6.9 - (S) Space and Abstract Thought
Module 6 Quiz
The Brain and Space
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