Instructors:
Dan Kersten (Psy 8036, kersten@umn.edu)
Sheng He (Psy 8993-025, sheng@umn.edu)
Geoff Ghose
(geoff@cmrr.umn.edu)
Scott Murray (somurray@tc.umn.edu)
Meeting time : 8:45
to 10:15 Tuesdays
Place: Elliott Hall 204
Learning and adaptation take place within the visual and other perceptual pathways. Understanding the principles of learning at this early input stage of information processing is a critical prerequisite for understanding human capacities that rely on sensory input. Because of its intrinsic importance to human behavior, vision is a model system for researchers interested in development, neuroscience, cognition and behavior, and artificial intelligence. We will study three burgeoning areas of vision research: perceptual learning, brain plasticity, and machine learning. Recent advances are questioning the prevailing view that human vision is frozen following a brief early critical period. The visual system (and presumably other neural systems) are modifiable throughout the human lifespan. Just how modifiable, on what time scale, and at what level of specificity are key unresolved issues to be discussed.
Format: Discussion of journal articles led by seminar members. Students can
sign up for 1-3 credits. Students who register for 2 or 3 credits will
prepare a term paper or term project on a related topic.
(UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
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