Our seminar this fall will focus on Early vision, Visual Cortex, and Neuroimaging
and should be appropriate for students with a variety of backgrounds and interests.
We will read and discuss papers on the physiology and anatomy of visual cortex
and visual psychophysics.
There will be two components to the seminar:
* Reading list.
* Articles by speakers in the Cognitive
Neuroscience Colloquium Series and, when possible, visits by the speakers
to the seminar.
The course is year-long with a total of 3 credits. Students should sign up for
one credit Fall Semester and 2 credits Spring Semester. It is possible to take
the seminar for one semester only, but we recommend year-long
attendance. The second semester will emphasize early vision and natural image
coding, and will include a two-day symposium on April 5th and 6th on the topic.
Seminar members are expected to lead discussion of articles or chapters on a
rotating basis and to attend regularly and contribute to discussion. We invite
faculty and postdocs to attend the seminar.
For the first meeting on Fri., Sept 7, 8:30-10:00 in Elliott 204, we expect
to have Richard Normann visiting from the University of Utah. In preparation
for his morning class visit and afternoon
colloquium talk, read:
1. Vision Res 1999 Jul;39(15):2577-87 A neural interface for a cortical vision prosthesis. Normann RA, Maynard EM, Rousche PJ, Warren DJ.
2. Vision Res 2001;41(10-11):1261-75 High-resolution spatio-temporal mapping of visual pathways using multi-electrode arrays. Normann RA, Warren DJ, Ammermuller J, Fernandez E, Guillory S.
e-mail: kersten@umn.edu