Lecture (Sept 28 - Oct 2):
Sensory processing
SensationSlides
World-brain interfaceSensory processing
Sensory organs
Sensory pre-processing
Sensory receptive fields
Gain modulation
Self-organizing maps
Seminar:
Bradley & Goyal (2008)
Aumentado-Armstrong et al. (2015)
Lecture (Oct 5-9):
Eye movements
Introduction to eye movementsSlides
TypesModelling eye movements
Neural substrates
Control problems
Linear systems theoryCoordinating different eye (and head) movements
Modelling the eye (Laplace formalism)
Gaze holding (the neural integrator)
Motor command generation
Problems and solutions
Seminar:
Ghasia, et al. (2008)
Orban de Xivry et al. (2013)
Team-based learning project (Oct 12 - 16):
Reading portfolio
Deneve & Pouget (2004)
Körding & Wolpert (2006)
Probabilities primer (optional)
Project - groups
Deadline for submission: Oct 18, 11:59pm
"Tell me, and I will forget.
Show me, and I may remember.
Involve me, and I will understand."
(Chinese proverb)
Nov 2: drop-out deadline
Team-based learning project (Nov 2-6):
Reading portfolio
Scott (2012)
Diedrichsen, et al. (2010)
Shadmehr & Krakauer (2008)
Project - groups
Deadline for submission: Nov 8, 11:59pm
"Any fool can know.
The point is to understand."
(Albert Einstein)
Lecture (Nov 9-13):
Adaptation and learning
Introduction
What is learning?Motor learning
Reward
Plasticity
Systems level approachReinforcement learning (RL)
Synaptic plasticity
Hebbian learningLearning in neural networks
Physiology and biophysics
Supervised vs. unsupervised learning
Conditioning and reinforcement learning
Lecture (Nov 16-20):
Modelling attention
What is attention?Slides
Overt vs. covert attentionModelling visual attention (Itti & Koch)
Visual attention
Neural mechanisms
Feature mapsNeglect
Saliency maps
Top-down modulation: expectation & task demands
Selective tuning model & hierarchies (Tsotsos)
Seminar:
Miconi & VanRullen (2016)
Akbas & Eckstein (2017)
Lecture (Nov 23-27):
Memory
IntroductionSlides
Definition & processesShort-term memory
Long-term vs. short-term memory
Neuronal behaviourMemory theories (long-term)
Potential mechanisms
Link to attention
Associative and auto-associative memoryDisorders
Distributed memory
Sparse coding and capacity
Amnesia
Seminar:
Wilson & Linster (2008)
Couey, et al. (2013)
Schneegans & Bays (2017)
Updated:
September 9, 2020 |
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