9.04
Sensory Systems
Fall 2013
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.
Readings
- [FundamentalNeuro] – Chapter 28.
- Fafrowicz, Magdalena, et al, eds. Section 5 in Neuroadaptive Systems: Theory and Applications . CRC Press, 2012, pp. 97–138. ISBN: 9781439857458.
- Sekuler, R., and R. Blake. Chapters 5–8 in Perception . McGraw-Hill College, 2001. ISBN: 9780072488951.
- LEC #: 2 · TOPICS: Basic layout of the retina · READINGS: [Preparatory reading] Sections 1A–D: The neural control of vision.
- LEC #: 3 · TOPICS: The lateral geniculate nucleus and visual cortex · READINGS: [Preparatory reading] Sections 1E–F: The neural control of vision.
- LEC #: 4 · TOPICS: The ON and OFF channels · READINGS: [Preparatory reading] Section 1G: The neural control of vision.
- LEC #: 5 · TOPICS: The Midget and Parasol channels · READINGS: [Preparatory reading] Section 1H: The neural control of vision.
- LEC #: 6 · TOPICS: Adaptation and color · READINGS: [Preparatory reading] Sections 1I–J: The neural control of vision.
- LEC #: 7 · TOPICS: Depth perception · READINGS: [Preparatory reading] Section 1L: The neural control of vision.
- LEC #: 8 · TOPICS: Form perception · READINGS: [Preparatory reading] Sections 1M: The neural control of vision.
- LEC #: 9 · TOPICS: Illusions and visual prosthesis · READINGS: [Preparatory reading] Sections 1O and 3A–D: The neural control of vision.
- LEC #: 10 · TOPICS: The neural control of visually guided eye movements, part 1 · READINGS: [Preparatory reading] Sections 2A–B: The neural control of visually guided eye movements.
- LEC #: 11 · TOPICS: The neural control of visually guided eye movements, part 2 · READINGS: [Preparatory reading] Section 2C: The neural control of visually guided eye movements.
- LEC #: 12 · TOPICS: Motion perception and pursuit eye movements · READINGS: [Preparatory reading] Section 1K: The neural control of visually guided eye movements.
- LEC #: 17 · TOPICS: Cochlear nucleus: Tonotopy, unit types and cell types · READINGS: [AuditoryNeuro] pp. 86–8.
- Brown, M. “Efferent Systems to the Auditory Periphery.” In Encyclopedia of Neuroscience . 4th ed. Edited by L. Squire, T. Albright, F. Bloom, F. Gage, and N. Spitzer. Academic Press, 2009. ISBN: 9780080446172.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.