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The Visual System
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- Instructor
- Prof. Peter H. Schiller
- Term
- Spring 2005
- Level
- Graduate
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- 1 reading · 3 web pages
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Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 9.036 The Visual System, Spring 2005, Prof. Peter H. Schiller — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Lecture 2: A. The Lateral Geniculate Nucleus: Laminar organization of the LGN, receptive field properties of single cells B. The Striate Cortex: Striate cortex receptive field organization, cytoarchitecture, modular organization, imaging
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Lecture 3: Extrastriate Areas: Specificity of areas, single-cell receptive field properties, topography, imaging, functional and anatomical connections
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Lecture 4: The ON and OFF Channels and Brightness Perception: The ON and OFF channels and their function in vision
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Lecture 5: The Midget and Parasol Systems: Characteristics, connections and functions of the midget and parasol systems
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Lecture 6: Color Vision and Adaptation: The processing of wavelength information in the visual system, perception at isoluminance Adaptation phenomena and the neural mechanisms of visual adaptation
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Lecture 7: Eye Movement Control, Subcortical Structures: Codes for the generation of visually guided eye movements, the role of excitatory and inhibitory mechanisms in eye movement generation
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Lecture 8: Eye Movement Control, Cortical Structures: Parallel pathways for the control of visually guided eye movements, functions of cortical areas in eye-movement generation
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Lecture 9: Motion Perception and Smooth-pursuit Eye Movements: Motion processing in cortical and subcortical visual structures Pursuit eye movements
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Lecture 10: Depth Perception: Depth perception and underlying neural mechanisms
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Lecture 11: Pattern Perception: Pattern perception, underlying neural mechanisms and the significance of topographic organization Review of the course
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Lecture 12: Visual Illusions: What illusions can convey about how the brain processes visual information and what we know about the brain that can explain some illusions
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Lecture 13: Visual Prosthesis: Assessment of the research on visual prosthesis and discussion of the major tasks involved in making a visual prosthetic feasible
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Peter H. Schiller, 9.036 The Visual System, Spring 2005.
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