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- CNS/Bi 176 - Cognition
Thursday 4:00 PM - 6:00PM, Broad 200
The cornerstone of current progress in understanding the mind, the brain, and the relationship between the two is the study of human and animal cognition. This course will provide an in-depth survey and analysis of behavioral observations, theoretical accounts, computational models, patient data, electrophysiological studies, and imaging results on mental capacities such as attention, object representation and recognition, memory, cognitive development, and language.
Offered: Spring, 2008
- CNS/Bi 176 - Cognition
Tuesday 4:00 - 6:00pm, Moore 080
The cornerstone of current progress in understanding the mind, the brain, and the relationship between the two is the study of human and animal cognition. This course will provide an in-depth survey and analysis of behavioral observations, theoretical accounts, computational models, patient data, electrophysiological studies, and imaging results on mental capacities such as attention, object representation and recognition, memory, cognitive development, and language.
Offered: Spring, 2003
- CNS/Bi 286b - Cross-Modal
Integration: Perception and Cognition of Speech and Non-Speech
Wednesdays 1:00-3:00pm, 13 Beckman Institute
Ventriloquism is a well-known example of how information from one
sensory
modality (vision) can influence what we perceive in another modality
(hearing). In the McGurk effect, the video of a person saying one
syllable is combined with the audio for another syllable. What syllable
you hear depends profoundly on whether your eyes are open or closed at the
time. Research has uncovered many such interactions between our senses.
The course will cover a broad array of such effects and their underlying
mechanisms, but will center on how vision and hearing interact to process
speech. Our basic question will be whether speech processing is somehow
special, or if common mechanisms unite both speech and non-speech sounds.
Do all cross-modal integration effects follow the same basic principles?
Grades will be based on an in-class presentation of selected research
papers, a few short quizzes, and a final essay exam.
Offered: Winter, 2002
CNS/Bi/EE 186 -
Vision:
From Computational Theory to Neuronal
Mechanisms
Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:30-12:00, 080 Moore
Lecture, laboratory, and discussion course
aimed at understanding visual information processing, in both machines and
the mammalian visual system. The course will emphasize an interdisciplinary
approach aimed at understanding vision at several levels: computational
theory, algorithms, psychophysics, and hardware (i.e., neuroanatomy and
neurophysiology of the mammalian visual system). The course will focus on
early vision processes, in particular motion analysis, binocular stereo,
brightness, color and texture analysis, and boundary detection. Students
will be required to hand in approximately three homeworks as well as
complete one project (mathematical analysis, computer modeling, or
psychophysics). Instructors: Perona, Shimojo, Koch. Given in alternate years
Offered: Winter 2002
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