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(01) Oct 21, 2014, Introduction – Senses, action, and the brain (ag)

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

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Last update of this page: Dec 3, 2014