A walk through of the mammalian visual system
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Aug, 2012
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From the retina to the superior colliculus, the lateral geniculate nucleus into primary visual cortex and beyond, this lecture gives a tour of the mammalian visual system highlighting the Nobel-prize winning discoveries of Hubel & Wiesel. Speaker: Clay Reid.
Coding and Vision 101
12 parts
12-lecture course on the visual system and neural coding produced by the Allen Institute for Brain Science.
What is meant by computation?
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Aug, 2012
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From Universal Turing Machines to McCulloch-Pitts and Hopfield associative memory networks, this lecture explains what is meant by computation. Speaker: Christof Koch.
The structure of the neocortex
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Sep, 2012
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In an overview of the structure of the mammalian neocortex, this lecture explains how the mammalian cortex is organized in a hierarchy, describing the columnar principle and canonical microcircuits. Speaker: Clay Reid.
Cell types and computing in the retina
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Sep, 2012
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The retina has 60 different types of neurons. What are their functions? This lecture explores the definition of cell types and their functions in the mammalian retina. Speaker: Christof Koch.
Optical imaging of brains
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Oct, 2012
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Optical imaging offers a look inside the working brain. This lecture takes a look at orientation and ocular dominance columns in the visual cortex, and shows how they can be viewed with calcium imaging. Speaker: Clay Reid.
Brain Imaging and Visual Cortex
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Nov, 2012
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Functional imaging has led to the discovery of a plethora of visual cortical regions. This lecture introduces functional imaging techniques and their teachings about the visual cortex. Speaker: Christof Koch.
Information Processing in the Brain
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Jan, 2013
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What is information? How is it measured? This lecture explains these ideas and explores the task of characterizing neuronal response properties using information theory. Speaker: Christof Koch.
Seeing the World in Color
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Dec, 2012
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What is color? This lecture explores how color is "made" in the brain and variations of color perception including trichromacy, color blindness in men, tetrachromatic vision in women, and genetic engineering of color perception. Speaker: Christof Koch.