Sensory Systems (Fall 2013) (M-I-T)

• Lecture 1: Introduction, the visual system (M-I-T)
• Lecture 2: Basic layout of the visual system and the retina (M-I-T)
• Lecture 3: The laternal geniculate nucleus and the visual cortex (M-I-T)
• Lecture 4: The ON and OFF channels (M-I-T)
• Lecture 5: The Midget and Parasol systems (M-I-T)
• Lecture 6: Adaptation and color (M-I-T)
• Lecture 7: Depth perception (M-I-T)
• Lecture 8: Form perception (M-I-T)
• Lecture 9: Illusions and visual prosthesis (M-I-T)
• Lecture 10: The neural control of visually guided eye movements 1 (M-I-T)
• Lecture 11: The neural control of visually guided eye movements 2 (M-I-T)
• Lecture 13: Review: The visual and oculomotor systems (M-I-T)
• Lecture 14: Sound: External, middle and inner ears (M-I-T)
• Lecture 15: Hair cells (M-I-T)
• Lecture 16: Auditory nerve; psychophysics of frequency resolution (M-I-T)
• Lecture 17: Cochlear nucleus: Tonotopy, unit types and cell types (M-I-T)
• Lecture 18: Hearing loss; demo by Sheila Xu, cochlear implant user (M-I-T)
• Lecture 19: Descending systems and reflexes (M-I-T)
• Lecture 20: Sound localization 1: Psychophysics and neural circuits (M-I-T)
• Lecture 21: Sound localization 2: Superior olivary complex and IC (M-I-T)
• Lecture 22: Auditory cortex 1: Physiology and sound localization (M-I-T)
• Lecture 23: Auditory cortex 2: Language; bats and echolocation (M-I-T)