(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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