Lecture Notes

WEEK # TOPICS
1 Introduction to fMRI and high-level vision (PDF - 2.4 MB)
2 Functional organization of the ventral visual pathway (PDF - 2.4 MB)
3 Visual recoginition, object shape, and the lateral occipital complex (LOC) (PDF ‑ 1.4 MB)
4 Scene perception and the PPA (PDF - 1.6 MB)
5

Part A: Visual anatomy

These slides from the fMRI for Newbies site are an expanded version of those used in the class

Part B: Face perception and the FFA (PDF - 2.2 MB)

6 Visual attention (PDF - 1.1 MB)
7 Visual awareness (PDF - 1.5 MB)
8 The dorsal/parietal pathway: visual attention, visually guided action and number (PDF)
9 Classification methods, brain reading (PDF 1.9 MB)
10 Development and effects of experience on visual and extrastriate cortex (PDF)