(01) Oct 21, Introduction – Senses, action, and the brain (ag)

Slides

Topics addressed in the lecture:
• Sensory modalities
• Sensory stimuli
• Structure and major cell types of the retina

Examples for question you should be able to answer:
• Give examples for properties of sensory stimuli which are common to multiple modalities.
• What is hierarchical coding?
• What is retinotopy?

Important concepts:
• Labeled-line coding
• Hierarchical vs. parallel processing
• Receptive field
• Retinotopy