Lecture Videos | Perception | Brain and Cognitive Sciences | MIT OpenCourseWare

Course Info

Instructor

Prof. Josh McDermott

Departments

Brain and Cognitive Sciences

As Taught In

Spring 2024

Level

Undergraduate

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Laboratory Assignments

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Lecture Videos

Lectures were recorded in 2023 and 2024 and cover all topics taught in the course: YouTube Playlist.

1: Introduction to Perception

2: Frequency Selectivity and Nonlinearity in Hearing

3: Sound Localization, Pitch, Timbre, and Loudness / Psychophysical Methods

4: Pitch Perception and Scene Analysis

5: Auditory Scene Analysis

6: Auditory Scene Analysis (cont'd) and Speech Perception

7: The Eye and Retina

8: The Eye and the Retina (cont'd)

9: Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (LGN) / Primary Visual Cortex (V1)

10: Mid-Level Vision

11: Mid-Level Vision (cont'd)

12: Lightness Perception, Color Perception

13: Color Perception (cont'd), Motion Perception

14: Motion Perception (cont'd)

15: Depth Perception

16: Depth Perception (cont'd)

17: The Generic Viewpoint Assumption; Object Recognition

18: Object Recognition (cont'd), Texture Perception

19: Texture Perception (cont'd)

20: Attention

21: Attention (cont'd)

22: Attention (cont'd), Touch

23: Olfaction and Gustation

Course Info

Instructor

Prof. Josh McDermott

Departments

Brain and Cognitive Sciences

As Taught In

Spring 2024

Level

Undergraduate

Topics

Learning Resource Types

Laboratory Assignments

Lecture Videos

Problem Sets

Readings

Supplemental Exam Materials

Download Course

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