| WEEK # | TOPICS | PRESENTATION TOPICS |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | |
| 4 | Face 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. |
| 5 | Scene 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. |
| 6 | The 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. |
| 7 | Visual 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. |
| 8 | Visual 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. |
| 9 | Guest 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. |
| 10 | Project Presentations and Discussion | |
| 11 | Project Presentations and Discussion (cont.) | |
| 12 | Project Presentations and Discussion (cont.) |