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The Brain and Space

Sciences

Self-paced course

Certification program

Neuroscience

Natural Science

Coursera

From Nov 3, 2023

English

Beginner

Lecture 1.1 - (S) Introduction to the Course

Lecture 1.2 - (S) Vision: What Do We See?

Lecture 1.3 - (S) Vision: How Light is Sensed by Neurons, Part 1

Lecture 1.4 - (S) Vision: How Light is Sensed by Neurons, Part 2

Lecture 1.5 - (S) Vision: How the Eye Forms an Image, Part 1

Lecture 1.6 - (S) Vision: How the Eye Forms an Image, Part 2

Lecture 1.7 - (E) Vision: Movie Interlude - Turning the World Upside-Down

Getting Started

Syllabus

Grading and Logistics

Philosophy

Readings

Module 1 Quiz

1 week: Course Introduction and Vision (Part 1)

Lecture 2.1 - (S) Vision: Binocular Cues for Depth Perception

Lecture 2.2 - (S) Vision: Monocular Cues for Depth Perception

Lecture 2.3 - (S) Introduction to Body Position Sensing

Lecture 2.4 - (S) Body Position Sensory Receptors

Lecture 2.5 - (G) Neural Signals: The Resting Membrane Potential

Lecture 2.6 - (G) Neural Signals: The Action Potential

Lecture 2.7 - (S) Converting the Mechanical to the Electrical

Lecture 2.8 - (E) Body Position Illusions and Experiments I: Pinocchio and Crossed Hands

Lecture 2.9 - (E) Body Position Illusions and Experiments II: Prisms

Module 2 Quiz

2 week: Vision (Part 2), the Body, and Neural Signals

Lecture 3.1 - (S) Introduction:  Figures and Backgrounds

Lecture 3.2 - (S, G, E) Synapses and Center-Surround Organization

Lecture 3.3 - (S) Maps of Visual Space

Lecture 3.4 - (S) Orientation and Border Ownership

Lecture 3.5 - (S, E) Phantom Limb and the Blind Spot

Lecture 3.6 - (S, E) Motion Vision

Module 3 Quiz

3 week: Brain Maps

Lecture 4.1 - (S) What is sound and how is it sensed?

Lecture 4.2 - (S) Deducing the Location of Sounds

Lecture 4.3 - (S) Movements and the "Cone of Confusion"

Lecture 4.4 - (S) Spectral Cues and the "Cone of Confusion"

Lecture 4.5 - (S) Learning to Find Sounds

Lecture 4.6 - (S, E) Ventriloquism and Finding Sounds

Lecture 4.7 - (S) Determining the Distance of Sounds

Lecture 4.8 - (S) Brain Maps as Representations

Lecture 4.9 - (S) Brain Meters as Representations

Lecture 4.10 -(S) Brain Meters and Movements

Lecture 4.11 -(S, E) Translating Maps to Meters

Lecture 4.12 - (S, E) Brain Representations for Sound

Module 4 Quiz - Part I

Module 4 Quiz - Part II

4 week: Sound and Brain Representations

Lecture 5.1 - (S) Defining Spatial Locations

Lecture 5.2 - (S) Visual Space is Synthesized Across Eye Movements

Lecture 5.3 - (S, E) Sensing Eye Position via Motor Commands

Lecture 5.4 - (S, E) Coordinating Between Vision and Touch

Lecture 5.5 - (S, E) Coordinating Between Vision and Hearing

Lecture 5.6 - (S, E) Translating Auditory Information into Visual Coordinates

Lecture 5.7 - (S) Going Places I: The Vestibular System

Lecture 5.8 - (S) Going Places II:  Vision and Movement

Module 5 Quiz

5 week: Reference Frames and Navigation

Lecture 6.1 - (S) Memory and Space: A Two-Way Street

Lecture 6.2 - (S) Memory in Neural Activity

Lecture 6.3 - (S) Memory in Synapses

Lecture 6.4 - (S, E) Memory and Parietal Cortex

Lecture 6.5 - (S, E) Memory, Navigation and the Hippocampus

Lecture 6.6 - (S) Space and Thinking

Lecture 6.7 - (S, E) Behavioral Ties Between Space and Thought

Lecture 6.8 - (S, E) Brain Evidence Connecting Space and Thought

Lecture 6.9 - (S) Space and Abstract Thought

Module 6 Quiz

6 week: Memory and Cognition

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