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Assignments

Assignments include a written paper critique, two class presentations and a term paper.

Class presentation topics cover a selected article from the list of readings in the table below.


WEEK #TOPICSPRESENTATION TOPICS
1Introduction to fMRI and High-level Vision

Basic Neuroanatomy of the Visual System
2Functional Organization of the Ventral Visual Pathway

Controversies Concerning this Organization

fMRI Design/Methods

How to Critique an fMRI Paper
3Visual Recognition, Object Shape, and the Lateral Occipital Complex (LOC)
4Face Processing and the FFA

Student Oral Presentations
Eger, Schyns, and Kleinschmidt. "Scale invariant adaptation in fusiform face-responsive regions." Neuroimage 22 (2004): 232-42.

Rossion, B., R. Caldara, M. Seghier, A. M. Schuller, F. Lazeyras, and E. Mayer. "A network of occipito-temporal face-sensitive areas besides the right middle fusiform gyrus is necessary for normal face processing." Brain 126 (2003): 2381-95.

Peelen, M. V., and P. E. Downing. "Selectivity for the human body in the fusiform gyrus." J Neurophysiol 93, no. 1 (January 2005): 603-8. Epub August 4, 2004.
5Scene Perception and the PPA

Student Oral Presentations (cont.)
Janzen, G., and M. van Turennout. "Selective neural representation of objects relevant for navigation." Nat Neurosci 7, no. 6 (June 2004): 673-7.

Epstein, R., K. S. Graham, and P. E. Downing. "Viewpoint-specific scene representations in human parahippocampal cortex." Neuron 37, no. 5 (2003): 865-76.

Steeves, J. K., G. K. Humphrey, J. C. Culham, R. S. Menon, A. D. Milner, and M. A. Goodale. "Behavioral and neuroimaging evidence for a contribution of color and texture information to scene classification in a patient with visual form agnosia." Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 16, no. 6 (2004): 955-965.
6The Effect of Experience on Extrastriate Cortex

Student Oral Presentations (cont.)
Furmanski, C. S., D. Schluppeck, and S. A. Engel. "Learning strengthens the response of primary visual cortex to simple patterns." Current Biology 14 (2004): 573-578.

Gauthier, I., P. Skudlarski, J. C. Gore, and A. W. Anderson. "Expertise for cars and birds recruits brain areas involved in face recognition." Nature Neuroscience 3, no. 2 (2000): 191-197.

George, N., R. J. Dolan, G. R. Fink, G. C. Baylis, C. Russell, and J. Driver. "Contrast polarity and face recognition in the human fusiform gyrus." Nat Neurosci 2, no. 6 (June 1999): 574-80.
7Visual Attention

Student Oral Presentations (cont.)
McMains, S. A., and D. C. Somers. "Multiple spotlights of attentional selection in human visual cortex." Neuron 42, no. 4 (May 27, 2004): 677-86.

Murray, S. O., and E. Wojciulik. "Attention increases neural selectivity in the human lateral occipital complex." Nat Neurosci 7, no. 1 (January 2004): 70-4.

Muller, N. G., and A. Kleinschmidt. "Dynamic interaction of object- and space-based attention in retinotopic visual areas." J Neurosci 23 (2003): 9812-6.

Yi, D. J., G. F. Woodman, D. Widders, R. Marois, and M. M. Chun. "Neural fate of ignored stimuli: dissociable effects of perceptual and working memory load." Nat Neurosci 7, no. 9 (September 2004): 992-6.
8Visual Awareness: How does the Neural Representation of Conscious and Unconscious Visual Information Differ?

Student Oral Presentations (cont.)
Pasley, B. N., L. C. Mayes, and R. T. Schultz. "Subcortical discrimination of unperceived objects during binocular rivalry." Neuron 42, no. 1 (April 2004): 163-72.

Evidence of PPA response to unseen scenes: Marois, R., D. J. Yi, and M. M. Chun. "The neural fate of consciously perceived and missed events in the attentional blink." Neuron 41 (2004): 465-72.

Dehaene, S., A. Jobert, L. Naccache, P. Ciuciu, J. B. Poline, D. Bihan Le, and L. Cohen. "Letter binding and invariant recognition of masked words: behavioral and neuroimaging evidence." Psychol Sci 15 (2004): 307-13.
9Guest Lecture: Doris Tsao, Harvard Medical School

Student Oral Presentations (cont.)
Tsao, D. Y., W. A. Freiwald, T. A. Knutsen, J. B. Mandeville, and R. B. Tootell. "Faces and objects in macaque cerebral cortex." Nat Neurosci 6, no. 9 (September 2003): 989-95.

Nakahara, K., T. Hayashi, S. Konishi, and Y. Miyashita. "Functional MRI of Macaque Monkeys Performing a Cognitive Set-Shifting Task." Science 295 (2002): 1532-1536.
10Project Presentations and Discussion
11Project Presentations and Discussion (cont.)
12Project Presentations and Discussion (cont.)

 








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