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NSC 539

Visual Neuroscience

Vision is the most thoroughly mapped sensory system in neuroscience, which makes it the natural lens for understanding how any brain turns physical signals into perception and behavior — that framing drives the whole course. You'll move from photoreceptors through retinal and early circuits up to cortical and high-order processing, comparing how insects, mammals, and primates solve problems like motion, depth, and color, with most of the work happening through literature seminars, presentations, two quizzes, and a written final. Expect heavy engagement with recent papers rather than a fixed textbook, since the methods and findings shift fast and the course is really training you to read and critique primary visual neuroscience.

Credit3ECTS5BölümNeuroscience

Değerlendirme 100% — 4 adım

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Presentations Paper presentation 25%
Quiz Quizes after about 5 and 10 weeks 20%
Final:Essay/written Final Exam 30%
In-class participation Participation in discussions throughout the course 25%

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The senses: a comprehensive

Haftalık müfredat 14 hafta

Hafta 1
Updated Course Description --- This course explores visual systems as a model for understanding complex brain functions and discusses methods used to unravel these functions. We will examine how the brains of different organisms processes visual information related to brightness, motion, depth, and color among others, and how this information is used to guide behavior and create perceptual experiences. The course combines lectures and literature seminars emphasizing the architecture and evolution of visual systems across animal species, particularly insects and mammals, including primates. The course will focus on how visual systems are adapted to support survival in natural environments. ----- Introduction to the course and visual neuroscience: Overview of visual systems. Evolutionary perspectives.
Hafta 2
Photoreceptors and transduction mechanisms.
Hafta 3
Early visual processing (retina and equivalent structures in invertebrates/insects) - Part 1.
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Early visual processing - Part 2.
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Early visual processing - Part 3.
Hafta 6
Intermediate stages of visual processing (e.g. lateral geniculate nucleus).
Hafta 7
Overview of central visual processing in the cortex of mammals and high brain structures in invertebrates/insects.
Hafta 8
Parallel pathways for motion vision, depth perception, color vision and polarized light vision - Part 1.
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Parallel pathways for motion vision, depth perception, color vision and polarized light vision - Part2.
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Parallel pathways for motion vision, depth perception, color vision and polarized light vision - Part 3.
Hafta 11
Internal states, attention, feedback mechanisms – Part 1.
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Internal states, attention, feedback mechanisms – Part 2.
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Internal states, attention, feedback mechanisms – Part 3.
Hafta 14
Course summary and expectations for final knowledge assessment.

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