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Lec # Topics KEY DATES
1 The Layout of the Visual System, The Retina, and The Lateral Geniculate Nucleus
2 Introduction to Audition
3 Hair Cells: Transduction, Electrophysiology and "Cochlear Amplifier"
4 The Visual Cortex
5 The ON and OFF Channels
6 The Midget and Parasol Channels
7 Adaptation and Color
8 Depth Perception
9 Form Perception
10 Written Report
11 The Neural Control of Visually Guided Eye Movements, Subcortical Control
12 The Neural Control of Visually Guided Eye Movements, Cortical Control
13 Motion Perception and Pursuit Eye Movements Assignment 1 due
14 Discussions and Overview
15 Vision Review Handout
16 Midterm Exam
17 Auditory Nerve

Psychophysics of Frequency Discrimination
18 Hearing Loss and Cochlear Implants
19 Cochlear Nucleus: Tonotopy, Unit Types and Cell Types
20 Brainstem Reflexes: OC Efferents and Middle Ear Muscles
21 Sound Localization: I. Psychophysics and Neural Circuits
22 Sound Localization: II. Superior Olivary Complex and Inferior Colliculus
23 Auditory Cortex: I. General Physiology and Role in Sound Localization
24 Written Report Assignment 2 due
25 Discussion of the Homework Assignment
26 Auditory Cortex: II. Bats and Echolocation

Language
27 Eaton-Peabody Lab Tour at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston
28 Review Session: Audition
29 Review Session: Vision
30 Final Exam