Neural Plasticity and Perceptual Learning (meets with ENG BE 710)

GMS NE 710

This course explores the capacity of cortical sensory and motor maps in the adult brain to change as a result of alterations in the effectiveness of the input, direct damage, or practice. The lectures will describe and discuss (1) the physiology and anatomy underlying adult dynamics; (2) psychophysical methods and experimental paradigms that have been used to study cortical plasticity in the early stages of the sensory and motor pathways; (3) evidence for perceptual learning; and (4) biologically plausible computational models of learning. We will discuss application of functional neuroimaging to study perceptual learning and restorative plasticity in the human brain. a semester-long project is required. There will be 3 hours lecture/week and 1 hour of discussion of relevant papers and progress on the semester-long project.

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