NEUROSCIENCE N652
Topics in Vision II: Higher Visual Processing
Time: Mon, Thurs 4:00-6:00pm
Room: +4112 IHP* Scheduling exception
Week Topic
1 Mar 26 Introduction, visual topography, techniques Mar 30* The LGN and parallel pathways 2 Apr 2 Striate cortex: Lamination, circuits and receptive field properties Apr 2 Striate cortex: The origins of orientation tuning 3 Apr 5 Striate cortex: Functional organization Apr 9* Striate cortex: Horizontal connections 4 Apr 12 Striate cortex: Contextual Effects, Synchrony, and Binding Apr 16 Visual area V2 5 Apr 19* (11a-1p) Extrastriate cortex and the visual hierarchy Apr 23 Visual motion processing 6 Apr 26 Color processing in the early vision Apr 30 Higher order color processing 7 May 3 Coding and decision making May 7 (ARVO) Coding and decision making 8 May 10 (ARVO) Binocular disparity and depth perception May 14 (VSS) Binocular disparity and depth perception 9 May 17 Parietal cortex, LIP May 21 Parietal cortex, LIP 10 May 24 Frontal cortex - FEF/SEF and PFC May 28 Frontal cortex - FEF/SEF and PFC 11 May 31 Occipital/Temporal cortex Jun 4 Occipital/Temporal cortex
Handout for Central Visual Pathways (in PDF format)