1 | The layout of the visual system, the retina, and the lateral geniculate nucleus (PDF) |
2 | The visual cortex (PDF) |
3 | The ON and OFF channels (PDF) |
4 | The midget and parasol channels (PDF) |
5 | Adaptation and color (PDF) |
6 | Depth perception (PDF) |
7 | Form perception (PDF) |
8 | Illusions and visual prosthetics (PDF - 1.1 MB) |
9 | The neural control of visually guided eye movements, subcortical control (PDF - 1.0 MB) |
10 | The neural control of visually guided eye movements, cortical control |
11 | Motion perception and pursuit eye movements (PDF - 1.3 MB) |
12 | Discussions and overview |
13 | Midterm exam |
14 | Sound; external, middle, and inner ears |
15 | Hair cells: Transduction, electrophysiology and "Cochlear Amplifier" |
16 | Auditory nerve; psychophysics of frequency resolution |
17 | Hearing loss and cochlear implants |
18 | Cochlear nucleus: Tonotopy, unit types and cell types |
19 | Brainstem reflexes: OC efferents and middle ear muscles |
20 | Sound localization I: Psychophysics and neural circuits |
21 | Sound localization II: Superior olivary complex and inferior colliculus |
22 | Auditory cortex I: General physiology and role in sound localization |
23 | Auditory cortex II: Language; Bats and echolocation |
24 | Eaton-Peabody lab tour at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary |
25 | Review session for audition |
26 | Comparison of vision and audition, vision review (PDF) |