NROSCI 1033 - NEURAL BASIS OF VISION

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines the neural basis of visual perception and action. It is divided into four units. The first unit covers methods for studying visual perception and its neural basis and discusses the neural hardware that underlies our ability to see. The second unit covers object recognition, cognitive factors that influence visual perception, and how the way we are planning to use visual information affects the way it is encoded in the brain. Unit three focuses on perceptual decision-making and using visual motion as a model system. We will also touch on some data analysis methods for using psychophysical and neuronal data to figure out how we make decisions based on visual information. The fourth unit will focus on perception of color and depth and on how visual perception develops after birth. Throughout the course, we will focus on what neural mechanisms can tell us about how we perceive the visual world and on how we can design experiments to better understand the relationship between neural mechanisms and perception.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (NROSCI 1000 or NROSCI 1003 (MIN GRADE 'B-')) and NROSCI 1011; PLAN: Neuroscience (BS or MN)

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