Objectives:
- Describe the cortical pathways for visual processing
- Review the fundamental response properties of neurons from retina to extrastriate visual cortex
- Review the functional architecture of visual cortex
- Discuss the way in which action potentials represent visual information
Reading Assignment:
Chapter 6 (The Cortical Representation) of Wandell B (1995) Foundations of Vision, B Wandell. Sunderland: Sinauer Associates.
Webvision section on primary visual cortex (Part IX). http://webvision.med.utah.edu/book/part-ix-psychophysics-of-vision/the-primary-visual-cortex/
