Week 7 - Neurons, Measuring Neurons and Visual Perception
A deep dive into the brain
Tasks
- Assignment 2 released, which is due on 1. April 12:00 noon.
- Attend lectures 19, 20, and 21.
- Attend your tutorial group. Make sure to first attempt the Questions for Tutorial 6 on your own. Paper download: Maguire et al., 2000
- Attend one of the drop-in labs.
- Read the readings for this week.
Lectures
| No | Date | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | 05 Mar | Neurons continued and Measuring the Brain |
| 20 | 07 Mar | Measuring the Brain |
| 21 | 08 Mar | Visual Perception I |
All lectures will be livestreamed and recorded on Echo Video. You may have to log on through Learn before this link works.
Readings
| Gage and Baars 2018 | Fundamentals of Cognitive Neuroscience (Second Edition): Chapter 3 - Observing the Brain | Required |
| Gage and Baars 2018 | Fundamentals of Cognitive Neuroscience (Second Edition): Chapter 4 - The Art of Seeing; Sections 1 and 2 | Required (more of this covered next week) |
Assignments
To access the assignments, please login in through Learn, and then go the link “Notable LTI 1.2”.
Quizzes
To access the quizzes, please login in through Learn, and then go the link “Gradescope”.
Tutorials
Please attempt to answer the Questions for Tutorial 6. These will be discussed in the tutorial sessions this week. Paper download: Maguire et al., 2000
Labs
Please attend one of the drop-in lab sessions this week. The labs are designed to help with the assignments, and you can ask the lab demonstrator if anything is unclear with Assignment 2.
