Brain and Behavior: Cognitive Systems

 

KINE 6153

 

M. Fallah

 

 

Syllabus

 

 

Date

Paper

Presenter

1/13

A feature-integration theory of attention (Expts 1 & 2, Treisman & Gelade)

Conor

1/13

Feature-based attention influences motion processing gain in macaque visual cortex (Treue & Martinez-Trujillo)

Carolyn

1/20

fMRI evidence for objects as the units of attentional selection (O'Craven Downing & Kanwisher)

Aida

1/20

Spread of inhibition across an object's surface (Jordan & Tipper)

Laura

1/27

Visual object-agnosia with special reference to the gestalt theory (Russell)

Ashley

1/27

The role of temporal cortical areas in perceptual organization (Sheinberg & Logothetis)

Rav

2/3

Stimulus-selective properties of inferior temporal neurons in the macaque (Desimone, Albright, Gross, Bruce)

Kamila

2/3

Selective gating of visual signals by microstimulation of frontal cortex (Moore & Armstrong)

Kyle

2/10

Behavioral and magnetoencephalographic correlates of plasticity in the adult human brain (Ramachandran)

Mike

2/10

Synchronization of oscillatory neuronal responses between striate and extrastriate visual cortical areas of the cat (Engel, Kreiter, Konig, Singer)

Chris

2/24

Running enhances neurogenesis, learning, and long-term potentiation in mice (van Praag, Christle, Sejnowski & Gage)

Sheng

2/24

Neuroanatomical correlates of veridical and illusory recognition memory: evidence from positron emission tomography (Schacter, Reiman, et al)

Carolyn

3/3

Complex movements evoked by microstimulation of precentral cortex (Graziano, Taylor, & Moore)

Rav

3/3

Neuronal correlates of a perceptual decision (Newsome, Britten, Movshon)

Ashley

3/10

Sex, sexual orientation and sex hormones influence human cognitive function (Kimura)

Aida

3/10

To see but not to read; the magnocellular theory of dyslexia (Stein & Walsh)

Kamila

3/17

Neurocognitive mechanisms of synesthesia (Hubbard & Ramachandran)

Mike

3/17

Naps, Cognition, and Performance (Ficca, Axelsson, Mollicone, Muto & Vitiello)

Chris

3/24

Social Decision-making: Insights from Game Theory and Neuroscience (Sanfey)

Kyle

3/24

Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds, Spades: Players who suit muds (Bartle. Available in html: http://www.mud.co.uk/richard/hcds.htm )  & The untapped potential of virtual game worlds to shed light on real world epidemics (Lofgren & Fefferman)

Laura

3/31

Decision-making exercises

 

3/31