Psychology 261

Neural Networks: The Biopsychological Approach

 

Texts,  Readings, and Movie assign.

Presentations and Demonstrations

Exams

Paper

Aug-Sep

October

Nov-Dec

Office Hours - Contact Info

  Topic Text Project

29-Aug

Course Content and Organization

 

Author webpages

31-Aug

The Transparent Brain

C-1

 

3-Sep

Sensory Representation - I

C-2

Taste Space

5-Sep

Sensory Representation - II

C-2

 

7-Sep

Vector Processing - I

C-3

 

10-Sep

Vector Processing - II

C-3

Facial Recognition-(2)

12-Sep

Sensory Neuroanatomy

LEC

 

14-Sep

Artificial Neural Networks - I

C-4

 

17-Sep

Artificial Neural Networks - II

C-4

 

19-Sep

Artificial Neural Networks - III

C-4

NETTalk-(2)Stereoscopic Vision-(2)

21-Sep

fMRI colloquium - Phillips 11:40

 

 

24-Sep

Building other networks

 

 

26-Sep

EXAM 1

 

 

28-Sep

Neural Machinery - I

L-3

LeDoux (1)

1-Oct

Neural Machinery - II

L-3

Speed of transmission

3-Oct

Neuroplasticity- I

L-4

 

5-Oct

Neuroplasticity- II

L-4

 

8-Oct A

The Addicted Brain

R-drive

 

8-Oct B

Recurrent Networks- I

C-5

Clive Wearing (meet in G-22)

10-Oct A

Memento

 

 

10-Oct B

Memento

 

 

12-Oct

   

Memento (2)

15-Oct

   

 

17-Oct

   

 

19-Oct

Exam 2

 

Topic Approval deadline

24-Oct

The Human Cortex

H-3

Hawkins-(1)

26-Oct

Cortical Memory - I

H-4

 

29-Oct

Cortical Memory- II

H-4

Cortical Maps-(2)

31-Oct

CS 271

 

 

2-Nov

No class

 

 

5-Nov

CS 271

 

 

7-Nov

CS 271

 

 

9-Nov

Cortical Memory- III

H-4

Hierarchical Systems

12-Nov

Framework for Intelligence

H-5

 

14-Nov

How Cortex Works

H-6

 

16-Nov

TBA

 

 

19-Nov

How Cortex Works

H-6

Somesthetic Illusion

26-Nov

How Cortex Works

H-6

 

28-Nov

Cortical-Subcortical Interactions

L5

 

30-Nov

Memory Code

R-drive

 

3-Dec

Synaptic Sickness

L-10

Prozac-(2)

5-Dec

Taming stress

R-drive

Term paper due

7-Dec

Eyes Open - Brain Shut

R-drive

 

10-Dec

Neuromorphic -Chips

R-drive

 

15-Dec

Final