Disorders of Visual Cognition

Kine 4210

M. Fallah

Syllabus

Test 1 – Grades & Distribution

Test 2 – Grades & Distribution

Final Exam & Overall Grades

Date	Topic(s)	Reading
May 3	Overview of Vision (single)
May 3	The Eye – follow link & download The Eye (Dr. Vilis’ webpage)	Chapter 1
May 5	Central Visual Pathways (single)
May 5	Two Pathways and the Ventral Stream (single)
May 10	Dorsal Stream: Motion (single)
May 10	Color Vision (single)
May 12	Perception and Action (single)
May 12	Blindsight (single)	Chapter 3
May 17	Exam 1	Up to and including Color Vision
May 19	Disorders of Spatial Cognition (part 1and part 2) (single: part1 and part2)	Chapter 4
May 24	Visual Agnosia (part 1 and part 2) (single: part1 and part2)	Chapter 5
May 26	Normals (single)	Chapter 6
May 26	Spatial Attention (single)	Chapter 7
May 31	Exam 2	Up to and including Visual Agnosia
June 2	Oliver Sacks (single)	The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat
June 2
June 7	Feature & Object-based Attention (single)
June 7	Disorders of Attention (single)
June 9	Beyond the Visual System (single)
June 9	Clinical Exam (single); Q&A
TBA	Final Exam	Everything!