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9.04 Sensory Systems (Fall 2013, MIT OCW). Instructors: Professor Peter H. Schiller and Professor M. Christian Brown.
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638 years, 9 months
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23
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This course examines the neural bases of sensory perception. The focus is on physiological and anatomical studies of the mammalian nervous system as well as behavioral studies of animals and humans. Topics include visual pattern, color and depth perception, auditory responses and sound localization, and somatosensory perception. (from ocw.mit.edu)
Course Currilcum
- Lecture 01 – Introduction, the Visual System Unlimited
- Lecture 02 – Basic Layout of the Visual System and the Retina Unlimited
- Lecture 03 – The Lateral Geniculate Nucleus and the Visual Cortex Unlimited
- Lecture 04 – The ON and OFF Channels Unlimited
- Lecture 05 – The Midget and Parasol Systems Unlimited
- Lecture 06 – Adaptation and Color Unlimited
- Lecture 07 – Depth Perception Unlimited
- Lecture 08 – Form Perception Unlimited
- Lecture 09 – Illusions and Visual Prosthesis Unlimited
- Lecture 10 – The Neural Control of Visually Guided Eye Movements 1 Unlimited
- Lecture 11 – The Neural Control of Visually Guided Eye Movements 2 Unlimited
- Lecture 12 – Motion Perception and Pursuit Eye Movements Unlimited
- Lecture 13 – Review: The Visual and Oculomotor Systems Unlimited
- Lecture 14 – Sound: External, Middle and Inner Ears Unlimited
- Lecture 15 – Hair Cells Unlimited
- Lecture 16 – Auditory Nerve; Psychophysics of Frequency Resolution Unlimited
- Lecture 17 – Cochlear Nucleus: Tonotopy, Unit Types and Cell Types Unlimited
- Lecture 18 – Hearing Loss; Demo by Sheila Xu, Cochlear Implant User Unlimited
- Lecture 19 – Descending Systems and Reflexes Unlimited
- Lecture 20 – Sound Localization 1: Psychophysics and Neural Circuits Unlimited
- Lecture 21 – Sound Localization 2: Superior Olivary Complex and IC Unlimited
- Lecture 22 – Auditory Cortex 1: Physiology and Sound Localization Unlimited
- Lecture 23 – Auditory Cortex 2: Language; Bats and Echolocation Unlimited
