New courses in Brain and Cognitive Scienceshttp://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Brain-and-Cognitive-Sciences/index.htm2008-04-29MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduen-USContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmExamines the neural bases of visual and auditory processing for perception and sensorimotor control. Focuses on physiological and anatomical studies of the mammalian nervous system as well as behavioral studies of animals and humans. Studies visual pattern, color and depth perception, auditory responses and speech coding, and spatial localization. Offered alternate years.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Brain-and-Cognitive-Sciences/9-04Fall-2006/CourseHome/index.htmSchiller, PeterBrown, M. Christian2007-11-15T04:40:26-05:009.04en-USBrain and Cognitive SciencesNeurobiology and NeurophysiologyNeuroscienceauditory cortexsound localizationbrainstem reflexesCochlearauditory nervevisual cortexlateral geniculate nucleusretinaspatial localizationspeech codingauditory responsesdepth perceptionnervous systemsensorimotor controlperceptionauditory processingvisual processingMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm