| WEEK # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to fMRI and High-level Vision Basic Neuroanatomy of the Visual System | |
| 2 | Functional Organization of the Ventral Visual Pathway Controversies Concerning this Organization fMRI Design/Methods How to Critique an fMRI Paper | |
| 3 | Visual Recognition, Object Shape, and the Lateral Occipital Complex (LOC) | Written critique of an fMRI paper due at the beginning of class |
| 4 | Face Processing and the FFA Student Oral Presentations | |
| 5 | Scene Perception and the PPA Student Oral Presentations (cont.) | |
| 6 | The Effect of Experience on Extrastriate Cortex Student Oral Presentations (cont.) | |
| 7 | Visual Attention Student Oral Presentations (cont.) | |
| 8 | Visual Awareness: How does the Neural Representation of Conscious and Unconscious Visual Information Differ? Student Oral Presentations (cont.) | |
| 9 | Guest Lecture: Doris Tsao, Harvard Medical School Student Oral Presentations (cont.) | Experiment proposal due in class |
| 10 | Project Presentations and Discussion | |
| 11 | Project Presentations and Discussion (cont.) | |
| 12 | Project Presentations and Discussion (cont.) |