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)